Qantas Platinum One experiences?

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aus_flyer

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To all the newly-minted Platinum One frequent flyers out there... I'm curious to hear... what's been your experience so far?

Anything different?

Free upgrades?

... or all hype?
 
Per_Travels said:
Got an invite to 'Experience our Chairmans Lounge' before my next flight. Email offer of a one off visit:
'As a valued Platinum One member, who holds Lifetime Status recognition with Qantas, we would like to show our appreciation for your support by offering you one-time access to experience the Qantas Chairmans Lounge before your flight'

Never had this before - is it common?
Mildly interested to see what it's like inside the hallowed ground.
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I saw one of these invitations, together with some pics of the P1 member's experience in the BNE CL on a Fb group, recently... I've also been seeing a higher number of reports of special treatment of P1, WP & SG in general, both on the ground and on board. There's almost certainly a push on to 'delight' and look after customers better, in light of recent events and press

Cheers,
Matt.
 
dairyfloss said:
I saw one of these invitations, together with some pics of the P1 member's experience in the BNE CL on a Fb group, recently... I've also been seeing a higher number of reports of special treatment of P1, WP & SG in general, both on the ground and on board. There's almost certainly a push on to 'delight' and look after customers better, in light of recent events and press

Cheers,
Matt.
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Frantically refreshes inbox 😂

Nope nothing here
 
aus_flyer said:
As nice as this is, I do find it an odd thing to do. I understand offering a Gold member a free pass to the Business lounge - as it’s showing something to strive for (with Platinum) or pay for.

But why give P1s a taste of something they can’t ever have - no matter how much they fly or pay?

It’s nice but also a cruel tease
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dairyfloss said:
I saw one of these invitations, together with some pics of the P1 member's experience in the BNE CL on a Fb group, recently... I've also been seeing a higher number of reports of special treatment of P1, WP & SG in general, both on the ground and on board. There's almost certainly a push on to 'delight' and look after customers better, in light of recent events and press

Cheers,
Matt.
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They would have delighted me much more if I was one of the people with a spare seat next to them in Y - as usual I have someone next to me whilst those further back don't
 
aus_flyer said:
As nice as this is, I do find it an odd thing to do. I understand offering a Gold member a free pass to the Business lounge - as it’s showing something to strive for (with Platinum) or pay for.

But why give P1s a taste of something they can’t ever have - no matter how much they fly or pay?

It’s nice but also a cruel tease!
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It’s might inspire one to run for public office
 
Have been around for a bit. IIRC they started during Covid - after all fewer people flying, CL's relatively empty.. why not? I've seen some indications of a few people recently getting these invites so it's nice that these are again a thing.

I've had two myself and I didn't find them a tease at all. Sure, I'll never be a CL member, but I see it as a treat. One of those intangibles that QF can bestow that can make the P1 feel a little more valued.

During my visit the CL's I was lucky enough to be admitted to (BNE and MEL) were dreadfully quiet. In fact I wound up spending 4 hours in the MEL one, and it was basically empty and I fell asleep! LOL (my MEL-SYD-OOL was cancelled so they put me on a direct).

Now I do want to say that while the CL is very nice indeed, and like a mini F lounge (yes, I enjoyed the S&P squid in BNE of course) they're not QUITE at that level (ie: only aus sparkling wine - but at least I could have bubbles with my brekky which was quite nice!). I mean they are nice lounges, super quiet and great service but I wouldn't be blown away .. and since I saw virtually no other guests (and I suspect this was part of the invite. .. they would not be expecting any or many actual CL's but have the lounges there and staffed it probably makes some sense to let a P1 in while keeping the privacy of the real movers and shakers that do inhabit them. Anyway as I said I fell asleep in MEL (it may have been the bubbly breakfast too). I mean at the end f the day it's a quiet, comfy place to wait for a flight but it's not like super fantastic. The menus are much smaller than in the int F lounges for example. So great for a meal(far better than the J dom lounges of course), table service, some nice drinks.. but yeah.. that's about it imo.

Now, I wouldn't say no to another invite of course. I really liked those invites I got and enjoyed the experiences and I think it's a nice kind of recognition QF can fairly easily do. So why not?
 
RichardMEL said:
Have been around for a bit. IIRC they started during Covid - after all fewer people flying, CL's relatively empty.. why not? I've seen some indications of a few people recently getting these invites so it's nice that these are again a thing.

I've had two myself and I didn't find them a tease at all. Sure, I'll never be a CL member, but I see it as a treat. One of those intangibles that QF can bestow that can make the P1 feel a little more valued.

During my visit the CL's I was lucky enough to be admitted to (BNE and MEL) were dreadfully quiet. In fact I wound up spending 4 hours in the MEL one, and it was basically empty and I fell asleep! LOL (my MEL-SYD-OOL was cancelled so they put me on a direct).

Now I do want to say that while the CL is very nice indeed, and like a mini F lounge (yes, I enjoyed the S&P squid in BNE of course) they're not QUITE at that level (ie: only aus sparkling wine - but at least I could have bubbles with my brekky which was quite nice!). I mean they are nice lounges, super quiet and great service but I wouldn't be blown away .. and since I saw virtually no other guests (and I suspect this was part of the invite. .. they would not be expecting any or many actual CL's but have the lounges there and staffed it probably makes some sense to let a P1 in while keeping the privacy of the real movers and shakers that do inhabit them. Anyway as I said I fell asleep in MEL (it may have been the bubbly breakfast too). I mean at the end f the day it's a quiet, comfy place to wait for a flight but it's not like super fantastic. The menus are much smaller than in the int F lounges for example. So great for a meal(far better than the J dom lounges of course), table service, some nice drinks.. but yeah.. that's about it imo.

Now, I wouldn't say no to another invite of course. I really liked those invites I got and enjoyed the experiences and I think it's a nice kind of recognition QF can fairly easily do. So why not?
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I had a SYD invite during Covid.
Really enjoyed the experience and was blissfully quiet compared to the J lounge
 
Just remember, these things like the P1 comp upgrades will almost never happen if/when expected (or wanted lol). that seems to be a rule :D

I'm glad to hear they're still a thing. In no way do I expect another one to come my way. Not only because I've already been lucky enough to enjoy twice, but also because expectation, specially when it comes to unpublished things from QF, can lead to disappointment. I prefer to expect disappointment.. then I'm usually quite satisfied to happy :D
 
I actually got a "Tell us about your thoughts on P1" type survey just today. nothing too exciting though - the kind they send out every so often. I'm still debating if I should bother doing it or not tbh
 
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