Platinum One yesterday, today, maybe tomorrow

[AirKat]

This week I've passed a milestone I've been waiting for for a long time, making Platinum One. April annual leave slowed me down but with a month to spare I've made it across the line with all domestic Y flights. So I've been stalking the website for 2 days waiting for my status to change!! Suddenly this week it seems to take two days for flights to credit and now that a couple have to take me to P1... my status is still WP! I'll keep checking I guess...



PS Yes I know this is a #firstworldproblem

PPS All 3600 is on QF... the 2700 threshold is not the issue

 

[TonyHancock]

Give them a call. It didn't seem to be automatic when I hit the mark.

 

[pauly7]

Wow that's a lot of bum on seat miles!

Congrats on your induction to the most elite of elite earned FF tiers in Australia!!

 

[AirKat]

Give them a call. It didn't seem to be automatic when I hit the mark.

Thanks Tony, I think you predicted this about a month ago!

Wow that's a lot of bum on seat miles!

Congrats on your induction to the most elite of elite earned FF tiers in Australia!!

Thanks!! Yes a big year, Mr AirKat does not share my enthusiasm

 

[TonyHancock]

Yes a big year, Mr AirKat does not share my enthusiasm

You have my enduring admiration. There is no way I could achieve what you have. Getting to WP1 in domestic Y makes you a serious FF, I hope QF do look after you as a WP1.

 

[Happy Trails]

I hit the magic 3600 today (with a little help from HKG double SCs).
But given I've no flights for the next five weeks, and the general underwhelmingness reported by the existing P1 cohort, I'm not in any great hurry for the formal status change. I'll hold off calling for a week or two and see what happens.

 

[Shelf]

:shock: all domestic Y seats!

WD btw

 

[amaroo]

I can't fathom 3600 SC in the same sentence as Dom whY - you are the Michael Palin of the FF world. Talk about taking the difficult route:shock:

QF should work on a PR campaign around FF's like yourself - hope they shower you with much OPUP love

 

[fly by wire]

What's your job to require that much flying? (if you don't mind disclosing)

 

[drross]

What's your job to require that much flying? (if you don't mind disclosing)

my thoughts too. unbelievable amount of domestic flights ..

 

[simongr]

I am hoping those were at least flex savers and not red-e-deals...

 

[Kangol]

That is some serious flying.. say on average 300SC/month, 75SC/week - that's MEL-SYD return twice a week, every week!

 

[AirKat]

Hi, thanks all for your comments and yes it is a lot of flying. In general I do about 4 flights a week but it can be more or less. Mostly flexi-savers... only a few red e-deals in there.

I do a lot of presenting and training which means I might need to go to perth but only to present at a conference for an hour. Add on dropping into our local office and doing some training with the staff and I'm only there for a day. I also live in Melbourne but HO is in Sydney which means a trip 3 weeks out of 4.

Generally I am in Perth, Bris, Ade once a month, add in the Mel-Syd flying, plus the occasional need to go more far fetched places like Cairns, Darwin, Hobart if a company puts on a conference there. If you're looking to earn some SCs, Darwin to Hobart is a pretty good run via Ade and Mel.

I should end my year at around 4,000 scs. The points add up too, I've just booked FASAs on QF9 from Mel-LHR next year for Mr AirKat and I. All in all I am pretty happy with QF, they do look after me by moving my flights if I show up early etc even though there should be charges etc. Or re-booking a red e-deal earlier this week on the next flight without a fuss when I missed a PER-MEL flight earlier this week. But yes, I will be pretty pleased if I start to see some op-up love

 

[pauly7]

That is some serious flying.. say on average 300SC/month, 75SC/week - that's MEL-SYD return twice a week, every week!

Feeling a bit ill at the thought!

But just in awe

 

[AirKat]

Update

1 week (and 70 sc's) after crossing the threshold my status seems to have clicked over by itself. I did have an op-up this morning on qf500, however the website didn't show any recognition of P1 until this evening.

 

[danny09]

Well done Thats good it did it automatically & bonus you got an op-up.

Im on target to get P1 in 4 months, cant wait

 

[Red Roo]

Hi AirKat,
Congratulations on reaching P1!
Red Roo

 

[esquire]

Welcome to the WP1 fold AirKat.

Us domestic Y FF superstars are the elite of the elite when it come to how many safety briefings we have seen and how many sectors we fly in a year.

I share your joy and/or pain - most of my flying is also domestic Y (for me, at the moment, commuting between PER and CBR + the occassional side trip). I'm on my forth year of 3600+SC from mainly domestic (shame WP1 hasn't been around that long). Should be my last year this year...although I said that last year too!



Enjoy!

 

[MichaelD]

I did have an op-up this morning on qf500.

My theory is that P1s automatically OpUp if a J seat is available when the flight closes. You'll be the perfect P1 test case for this theory [I gave up on the OpUp lottery a while back and just buy J these days - you get used to it very, very quickly.].

And I also echo the amazement at making P1 via economy domestic flying. That's a lot of pain. Well done.
(At least it wasn't via red eDeal flying - an even more mindboggling concept).

 

[wafliron]

My theory is that P1s automatically OpUp if a J seat is available when the flight closes. You'll be the perfect P1 test case for this theory [I gave up on the OpUp lottery a while back and just buy J these days - you get used to it very, very quickly.].

That's not the experience WP1's have posted in here though, is it? Pretty sure several reported slightly improved op-ups rates, but still sub 20% - and you'd have to be very unlucky to have a 100% full J cabin on 80% of your flights.