Yada Yada
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- Dec 6, 2004
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Hi,
I've been a lowly bronze FF for about 10 years as I did not need to travel much for work. That has changed this year - in the last four months I've done a stack of flying and jumped up to gold status.
I have a few newbie questions that I hope someone can help with:
1. Where can I see a listing of the different classes of seats for QF? I see people talking about D, J and Y class but do not know what any of this means. I purchase a combination of tickets for my travel, e.g. often Red-e-deals to Melbourne or Brisbane and business class for the return leg, so I'd like to know how these are all classified.
2. It looks like I earn FF points faster as a gold status FF, but do I earn status credits faster also?
3. I joined the Qantas Club a few months ago, so that specific benefit of attaining gold status didn't really count. Is there any other major tangible benefit to being a gold FF?
The reason I ask is that it seems a lot of the FF program is smoke and mirrors rather that substance - i.e. the idea that you get better treatment and possible free upgrades, etc. I've already caught the bug whereby I feel that I have to maintain my status, as if I am in some type of competitive situation, so I try to fly QF wherever possible, even though some other airlines are less expensive and have better service (e.g. SQ in particular).
I've been a lowly bronze FF for about 10 years as I did not need to travel much for work. That has changed this year - in the last four months I've done a stack of flying and jumped up to gold status.
I have a few newbie questions that I hope someone can help with:
1. Where can I see a listing of the different classes of seats for QF? I see people talking about D, J and Y class but do not know what any of this means. I purchase a combination of tickets for my travel, e.g. often Red-e-deals to Melbourne or Brisbane and business class for the return leg, so I'd like to know how these are all classified.
2. It looks like I earn FF points faster as a gold status FF, but do I earn status credits faster also?
3. I joined the Qantas Club a few months ago, so that specific benefit of attaining gold status didn't really count. Is there any other major tangible benefit to being a gold FF?
The reason I ask is that it seems a lot of the FF program is smoke and mirrors rather that substance - i.e. the idea that you get better treatment and possible free upgrades, etc. I've already caught the bug whereby I feel that I have to maintain my status, as if I am in some type of competitive situation, so I try to fly QF wherever possible, even though some other airlines are less expensive and have better service (e.g. SQ in particular).