Life Time Gold - The [Realistic] Holy Grail

[Ansett Nostalgic]

Didn't realise QF is send out stats now. I've compiled my own through flightdiary.net...

 

[Q Class Plebeian]

Possibly best you don’t!

Well to be honest my employer paid for over 90% of it , I just pushed it over the LTG line with a single status run ( I had to fly that week anyway) and a Jetstar flight.

 

[SYD]

Well to be honest my employer paid for over 90% of it , I just pushed it over the LTG line with a single status run ( I had to fly that week anyway) and a Jetstar flight.

I’ve not done the sums dollar wise (probably impossible now) but I could probably work the percentage of SCs from work travel v private.

It’s probably much less than 90% since my last employer switched from QF to AN in 1999 - that didn’t age well - and was soon followed by DJ/VA for domestic and mainly EY, SQ and UA for longhaul. But I somehow I managed to maintain double platinum for several years!

 

[Dismounted]

I think the stats are not quite right - for me they seemed to only count QF flights and did not count a relatively significant number of flights I did on AA/AS

 

[Beano]

I think the stats are not quite right - for me they seemed to only count QF flights and did not count a relatively significant number of flights I did on AA/AS

I didn't check my count and had a few flights on EK an IB which may be missing.

 

[Pvcmenace]

I think it is only Qantas metal flights for sure, partner flights excluded is my guess. Unfortunately I have not kept a record of all flights taken.

 

[Damo_Oz_1]

Long time coming.... Ironically, an AA flight to LGA pushed me over the threeshold. Few airlines include partner flights to the lifetime equation (for the time being).

 

[Seat0B]

It's official - I am half way to LTP!! But given my age, I am pretty certain I will never make it all the way.

 

[mviy]

It's official - I am half way to LTP!! But given my age, I am pretty certain I will never make it all the way.

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Well a few free years of Platinum is better than nothing. Though I think many year would consider that LTSC tally of yours should be in the ballpark of what is required for LTP even though you are only halfway.

 

[esseeeayeenn]

Well a few free years of Platinum is better than nothing. Though I think many year would consider that LTSC tally of yours should be in the ballpark of what is required for LTP even though you are only halfway.

Absolutely.
Inarguably, Lifetime Platinum should be 28,000 SCs.
Instead they have created something above Lifetime P1 and called it Lifetime Platinum.
And those free years are a slap in the face.

 

[dairyfloss]

Absolutely.
Inarguably, Lifetime Platinum should be 28,000 SCs.
Instead they have created something above Lifetime P1 and called it Lifetime Platinum.
And those free years are a slap in the face.

Agreed - I reckon about 20 years of the status at full earn is the fair number for the lifetime milestone, as it is for Silver and Gold. LT Silver is 23.3 x 300SCs. LT Gold is 20 x 700SCs… LT Platinum is 53.6 x 1,400SCs (and 20.8 x 3,600SCs)

 

[leadman]

In the home stretch now, another big year and now ETA September 2028.