Platinum qualification??

as suggested the answer will 99% be 'No' ...

many others go on 'status runs' to get the reqiured SCs ... plenty of others here can tell you which routings are the best for SCs based on price/miles flown etc ...

it all depends on how important WP status is to you and your situation as it unfolds in the next 12 months.

 

Depending on where you live, it is possible to earn 80 SC for around $500.

A very good investment if it results in Platinum!

 

or 160SCs for $700 on a r/t ticket... get the 1st 80SCs this year and then get the other 80 next year

Dave

 

If you are referring to the SYD-CBR-SYD run in business class that is now $590 for 80SC's.

 

Other than access to the Flounges and access to pre-assign exit row seats on international flights, not a great deal of difference. If you thought you might not requalify for Gold next year, then it would be useful since from Platinum you would only drop back to Gold

If you are going to take flights just for the sake of getting a black card, then I would suggest giving it a miss. If you can organise any currently intended trips to increase earnings, then go for it; I think that $600 could be better spent than just trying to buy status

Dave

 

Not much difference from Gold to Platinum.

No.

 

Thing is though, even though you might get in a few seconds slower as an SG you still get in so I wouldn't view it as a great saving

Dave

 

When kpc, oz_mark and myself got to the QP in BNE after OzFest III last week it felt to me that the person behind the counter was not interested who walked in or not. I hadn't even had the chance to take the QF Gold card out of my wallet and he just turned around and started doing other things.

A few minutes later I went outside to find ATM and when I walked back into QP again the person behind counter showed little interest. I noticed this with other people walking in as well.

As a QF Gold I thought that I could only gain entry into the QP if travelling on a QF flight. I would have expected him to sight my QF Gold card and ask to see the boarding pass as I could have been travelling Virgin or Jetstar that day.

Weird how you get the attendants behaving in different ways at different QP's.

 

It would appear that QP in MEL is a little more strict in allowing access. I would have thought that QP employees would all be aware of the guidelines in gaining QP entry yet choose to interpret them in different ways.

I have not had QF Gold that long to be able to comment on the different QP's but I will be visiting SYD, ADL and DRW QP's next week and will be able to see how these operate.

 

Travelling PER to East Coast twice a month (& back I assume) would be 24 return trips per annum. At around 3600 miles per round trip (more to SYD/BNE, less to MEL), that would earn 5400 FF points as a Gold or 7200 FF points as a Platinum on a round trip. Therefore net benefit of being platinum is around 43,000 pts, which is surely at least a bit of a difference.

The other big difference I found was when it comes to redeeming FF points for QF flights (officially same availability for both tiers, but in practice have found some variations).

And of course, the ultimate benefit only applies if you happen to be flying through Hong Kong on One World, access to the First Class side of the best airline lounges in the world!!

 

I certainly hope so. Some are early morning visits, so no amber fluid available but the afternoon visits should be enjoyable.

Once I reach the destination as a QF Gold can I visit the QP or is that privilege only for QF Platinum?

 

True, I did not consider the extra FF points.

... But if we value the points at 1 cent each then 43,000 points is $430 value but in order to reach QF Platinum the OP is 80 SC's short which would cost around $600 to achieve. So the benefit does not outweigh the cost in this situation.Also everyone values FF points and status differently.

If it was up to me I would go for the extra 80 SC's, not for the FF points, for the status and as some people have mentioned in earlier posts if you don't make QF Platinum next membership year then you may get comped to QF Platinum again or at worst drop back to QF Gold.