Pretty much echoing the thoughts of the other P1s here...
The benefits have slowly been eroded over the years to the extent that, aside from the odd invitation, there's really not much of a discernable difference to Platinum. Sure, access to the VIP Service Team is nice, but these days they are just an offshoot of slightly better trained res staff based in HBA. Back when they were a dedicated team in CBR the whole offering was lightyears ahead of where it is now.
QF market P1 as being a highly personalised experience with travel being proactively monitored to minimise disruptions. I don't think you'd find a P1 who has actually ever seen any evidence of that. Mostly you as the traveller have to proactively solve problems and try to get the VIP team involved to action those solutions.
Seat releases, which were already becoming harder to get at the end of last year, appear to be under further squeeze since the introduction of Classic Plus.
As for the special invitations to events and activations, god only knows how those are distributed. The ones I have received have generally been during times where I am travelling (with QF...go figure - really personalised experience there!), others who have been P1s longer have had none at all, and some get them all the time.
Basically, the point I am making is that for the extra cost and time spent on aircraft required to attain P1 over Platinum, in consideration of the benefits QF spruik for the level, it's absolutely not worth pushing for. If you're getting their organically through regular flying, it's marginally better than Platinum.
The benefits have slowly been eroded over the years to the extent that, aside from the odd invitation, there's really not much of a discernable difference to Platinum. Sure, access to the VIP Service Team is nice, but these days they are just an offshoot of slightly better trained res staff based in HBA. Back when they were a dedicated team in CBR the whole offering was lightyears ahead of where it is now.
QF market P1 as being a highly personalised experience with travel being proactively monitored to minimise disruptions. I don't think you'd find a P1 who has actually ever seen any evidence of that. Mostly you as the traveller have to proactively solve problems and try to get the VIP team involved to action those solutions.
Seat releases, which were already becoming harder to get at the end of last year, appear to be under further squeeze since the introduction of Classic Plus.
As for the special invitations to events and activations, god only knows how those are distributed. The ones I have received have generally been during times where I am travelling (with QF...go figure - really personalised experience there!), others who have been P1s longer have had none at all, and some get them all the time.
Basically, the point I am making is that for the extra cost and time spent on aircraft required to attain P1 over Platinum, in consideration of the benefits QF spruik for the level, it's absolutely not worth pushing for. If you're getting their organically through regular flying, it's marginally better than Platinum.
