I rang Citibank today to chase up my 40,000 points (still haven't received them, signed up for the card more than a year ago, keep getting told they'll call me back). The operator told me that my card (Platinum) no longer credits to Qantas. Another card headed for the scrap heap... after I get my points. Bloody Citibank. No follow up, sneaky eroding of benefits.. it's not worth the effort.
It's becoming exponentially harder to earn QF points, and with the phone ASA business, exponentially harder to redeem them for anything besides coughpy Woolies Gift Vouchers. It's far more worthwhile putting one's efforts into finding cheap J class fares on the open market than accumulating points with an ever-diminishing value.. still... being that credit cards are a necessity, it's time to find the next one. Citi have sufficiently screwed me, it's time they started screwing themselves.
