Life Time Gold - The [Realistic] Holy Grail

[Flying mermaid]

I’ve got some residual QP membership from ages ago. Is there an unpublished request that can be made? How long does the refund take? Do they really look back 10+ years to see how much you paid and the calculate CPI etc to determine residual value?

When I claimed mine back they just looked at how much I paid, time left on it (it was a 4 year membership) and pro rated it. definitely no CPI

I just sent an email to QF FF centre and asked them to pass onto the relevant area.

 

[Kangol]

I’ve got some residual QP membership from ages ago. Is there an unpublished request that can be made? How long does the refund take? Do they really look back 10+ years to see how much you paid and the calculate CPI etc to determine residual value?

Yes, put in the request. I think mine took over a week because the card account used for the purchase is now closed and the amount had to be refunded to a different card. They had to phone me for these details and play phone tag which took time.
No CPI (obviously you are joking). Just pro rata calculation by the month.

 

[JohnK]

Each individual SC before LTG is a great achievement, each SC after getting LTG is just painful

Each SC is just as enjoyable after Lifetime Gold. Flying is still enjoyable. Off again to Thailand in a few days.

 

[opusman]

When I claimed mine back they just looked at how much I paid, time left on it (it was a 4 year membership) and pro rated it. definitely no CPI

I just sent an email to QF FF centre and asked them to pass onto the relevant area.

Reckon they'd do that for lifetime QP? I reckon I only used it for 2 or 3 years.

 

[Flashback]

Reckon they'd do that for lifetime QP? I reckon I only used it for 2 or 3 years.

Nope.

 

[Flying mermaid]

Reckon they'd do that for lifetime QP? I reckon I only used it for 2 or 3 years.

Nope - they seem to view it differently unfortunately

 

[opusman]

Pretty rough

 

[Scarlett]

Each individual SC before LTG is a great achievement, each SC after getting LTG is just painful

Each SC after getting LTG is just as much an achievement... it helps me maintain status with VA or *A!

 

[Gold Member]

I’ve got some residual QP membership from ages ago. Is there an unpublished request that can be made? How long does the refund take? Do they really look back 10+ years to see how much you paid and the calculate CPI etc to determine residual value?

I’m interested to know this also.

FYI, I’m currently sitting at 13,7XX SCs. I called and asked and they were willing to refund the unused portion for ‘people like me’ who are close to LTG and as I carefully explained ‘plan to travel with QF soon’ (ROFL).

My 3 year QC membership would have been paid for about 12-15 years ago. I was able to secure a discounted ADF rate at the time of $250 AUD per year. So doing the math, I should have been refunded circa $220 (10/12ths of $250). Instead, I was refunded almost $500! Perhaps they don’t have records going back that far so they’ve made an assumption to calculate the refund.

 

[Tooner]

FYI, I’m currently sitting at 13,7XX SCs. I called and asked and they were willing to refund the unused portion for ‘people like me’ who are close to LTG and as I carefully explained ‘plan to travel with QF soon’ (ROFL).

My 3 year QC membership would have been paid for about 12-15 years ago. I was able to secure a discounted ADF rate at the time of $250 AUD per year. So doing the math, I should have been refunded circa $220 (10/12ths of $250). Instead, I was refunded almost $500! Perhaps they don’t have records going back that far so they’ve made an assumption to calculate the refund.

I sympathise. In my case I had a month on my QC membership when I first went SG and by the time I fell from WP it was to LTG. So I only lost one month of QC!

 

[tyrolean]

I dropped from many years as PLAT to Life-Gold beginning this month with 18k SCs. I expected this, because I only had 50 SCs in my account. No call about my travel plans, just an automatic switch in the app. In the past I could visit the F-Lounge only on a few trips. Most OW-Airlines that I use have no F at all. I moved most of my travel to *A trying to build a Lifetime *G there. My LTG is a sweet fallback for the routes that are not served by *A.
I thought about QF for my next trip to Australia - but since I dropped there is no use into that at all. A LTP would encourage to retrurn - of course.

 

[opusman]

It's amazing how liberating LTG is. There's no way I could requalify as Platinum this year anyway and since there's no LTP to work towards I just.. don't care. So far all my flights have been on points. I'm halfway through my year and I have 20 SC! I didn't even register for the last double SC offer. It's amazing!

 

[JohnM]

I once thought LTG would be liberating - but now I live in fear and dread of having to invoke it .

 

[CaptJCool]

I never bought QC membership. Seemed redundant when travelling with work colleagues who had it. Besides Cocolat at Adelaide airport made a blinkin good hot choccie and sold orange halves (dried orange dipped in half of chocolate)

The recent 4 year deal looked a stunner but I had the view that I’m 80% of the way there so I may as well spend on airfares ....so the next two years are covered by status.

All going well, should I do the 100th anniversary visit every 56 domestic destinations really wont need to ever purchase it

 

[Christoo]

I hope they introduce something above LTG, like AA has.
Even if many years in the future as a crinkled old retiree I couldn't use the F lounge when travelling, I would at least like the Domestic Business lounge. The QP is a zoo and I could fracture a hip.

 

[Flying mermaid]

I hope they introduce something above LTG, like AA has.
Even if many years in the future as a crinkled old retiree I couldn't use the F lounge when travelling, I would at least like the Domestic Business lounge. The QP is a zoo and I could fracture a hip.

We have been using our LTG for a few years now and I don’t mind the QP - as retirees we tend to travel in the middle of the day, so haven’t found it particularly full. The biggest issue has been using the International business lounge in Sydney - really poor standard, particularly when paying for J. Kenyan Air’s J lounge in Nairobi was better!

 

[JessicaTam]

I hope they introduce something above LTG, like AA has.
Even if many years in the future as a crinkled old retiree I couldn't use the F lounge when travelling, I would at least like the Domestic Business lounge. The QP is a zoo and I could fracture a hip.

AA's LTP is OneWorld sapphire, the same as QF's LTG. And I don't believe AA sapphire members get domestic lounge access in the US, which would put QF above AA.

 

[Flashback]

BA of course has lifetime OWE. 1/3 of the way there......... feels so far away.

 

[JessicaTam]

BA of course has lifetime OWE. 1/3 of the way there......... feels so far away.

Well you as twice as far along as I am.

 

[TonyHancock]

BA of course has lifetime OWE. 1/3 of the way there......... feels so far away.

Well you as twice as far along as I am.

Whistles innocently