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It appears to me that P1 is a hit/miss affair. My experiences seem to back this up. When it works it's great, but you wouldn't want to count on it. Given the renewal requirements are triple those for WP it'd be nice to have some certainty.
I just blew 20,000 points on J upgrades for Miss Nutwood and myself. Looking at the empty J seats, I realised that we'd have been upgraded free of charge if I hadn't applied. I don't actually mind the spirit of gamble, but given the $'s invested to achieve P1?!
Every time I queue in a "premium service" lane, I contemplate the difference in the flying required to achieve 250 SC's ( silver renewal) V 3600 SC's (P1 renewal)!
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I find it interesting that in my year of flying (more than 10 domestic flights in Y, most of the int flights were in J) as a P1 I got 0 of the Enjoy your trip upgrades. Unless one of my magic 1 in 10 happened to be a flight were I was already in J or if they don't count reward flights
I mean QF does this with empty sectors..
I mean they're basically giving the upgrades on what they'd consider distressed inventory
Ah but were your Y flights during busy peak times with high demand and already full J cabins? I mean QF does this with empty sectors.. think MEL-BNE on a Sat arvo, or MEL-SYD early Sunday or mid week lunchtime or something.
I absolutely would not expect a comp upgrade on a Monday morning/Friday arvo/evening on a trunk route.
I mean they're basically giving the upgrades on what they'd consider distressed inventory as an undocumented perk.. and in a way that's why it isn't documented.. because in no way could they promise every 10th Y flight(or whatever) would be automatically upgraded for nix.
I don't mind that much the system there is, but I'd be more than happy for it to be replaced with say 4 confitmed one sector upgrades per year valid for Y->J or J->F or whatever and confirm at time of booking (Unless there are zero revenue seats obviously).
I doubt we'd see something like that anytime soon though.
I guess most of my flights were like this but Monday morning would be more 10am or something similar MEL-CBR return (Depart CBR on Friday, return Monday). Business was never full on any of my flights that I took. Some I'm pretty sure J rewards were still available
Wow, they reaaly want you to feel valued, don't they.
"We appreciate your business so much we'll give you a freebie only when we can't possibly do anything else with it. "
I wonder if flying in the highest COS has any effect on that number...A fellow P1 said to me 1 in 6 flights (discussed during a long phone chat with SST). But it could be any random number I guess.
I wonder if flying in the highest COS has any effect on that number...
Same, not sure if domestic vs international plays a role too.A very interesting question. I do tend to fly in the highest COS in most of my flying so I guess my percentage of P1 upgrades/flights where I am not in the highest class available is possibly quite high compared to some....
The service applies in LHR too (flew EK) so I presume it would apply in all of those special treatment lounges. Just have to show your card for the non QF bpsSame, not sure if domestic vs international plays a role too.
Can also report that the P1 service does extend in the HKG lounge if you aren't flying on QF metal.