How long does it take to receive new status card?

[M@rcoPolo]

Hi there

I'm going to pass 700 SC and hit gold on a flight to Japan on November 15th...
As next month I will be leaving on a RTW trip on Dec 14th, do you guys think I'm likely to receive the new card before my RTW trip? Reason why I'm asking it will include 3 legs on AA and I understand the chance of getting into their lounges without showing an actual card is pretty slim...

Thanks
MP

 

[markis10]

It's taking around two to three weeks at present.

 

[munitalP]

Your AA boarding pass will show your status on it - I have never been asked to show my card at Las Angeles or Chicago - keep a QF boarding pass showing the new Gold status just in case - good luck


munitalP

 

[straitman]

Your AA boarding pass will show your status on it - I have never been asked to show my card at Las Angeles or Chicago - keep a QF boarding pass showing the new Gold status just in case - good luck


munitalP

I would reword that to say that your AA boarding pass should show your status on it. (I find this is the case only about 50% of the time) As well as keeping a QF boarding pass you could print a copy of your summary page from Qantas dot com as a backup.

 

[markis10]

Maybe the QFF ap does have a purpose in this scenario?

 

[Warks]

A few days before my anniversary I cracked Gold after being Silver for the past year. I'd already received a new silver card months ago with the first 'new' cards for frequent PER travellers. Just as I hit Gold I received the new Silver pack with all the tags etc. Some three weeks later I still haven't had any acknowledgment of my Gold status except online (where it counts) so it shows up on my boarding passes.
Today I received another letter telling me they'd sent me a Silver kit recently. They included a complimentary QC pass expiring Jan 2012. Somewhere along the line (maybe when I cracked Silver?) I received another one of these - expiring August 2011.
But of course I've been a paying QC member the past 18 months!

I've got a current QC card and two PS cards with the new chip! No SG card yet though!

Seems the left hand...

 

[docjames]

I had no issue with AA lounge access when qualifying Gold two days before my next AA flight.

YMMV.

 

[simongr]

Your issue is more likely to be BA than AA.

 

[samh004]

Your issue is more likely to be BA than AA.

Yeah. I have heard there’s a QF staff member in an office near the BA lounges in LHR so perhaps if they were there they could confirm your access, but otherwise it’s likely to be a BA lounge no go zone.

 

[dfcatch]

Yeah. I have heard there’s a QF staff member in an office near the BA lounges in LHR so perhaps if they were there they could confirm your access, but otherwise it’s likely to be a BA lounge no go zone.

Yes there is a QF Host in the First Lounge at T3. They have a little office just behind the dragons.

 

[samh004]

Yes there is a QF Host in the First Lounge at T3. They have a little office just behind the dragons.

So surely if you held the status but not the card you could request to speak with them and they could vouch for your eligibility