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I agree with you Fishhead.
l've only got QP and am Silver and happy as Larry. I think that Qantas does NOT look after their Platinums very well, but that's just my opinion. Why would l spend money on an airline that doesn't look after their Platinums, let alone anyone else down the food chain??? If work pays, fine, but l'm not really into doing MR's here in Oz. Just not worth it.
What do you really get out of been Platinum? Double points + Jlounge + Flounge when fly int. Ok, you can argue that you can use the Flounge when flying through Dom connection, but how often is that?
There also is no an incentive for QF to upgrade very frequent flyers as often as other airlines because they are too busy looking after the CL's IMO.
At least AA offer SWU (System Wide Upgrades) when reaching their too tier and also "gifts" every million miles as well. Plus, l'm sure that alot of people can also say yes, that CX looks after QF Plats better than Qantas does with upgrades. JohnK can certainly add to this.