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[serfty]

When was the last time any changes to status thresholds were made? Was before my time... paging infinite wisdom @serfty

Not sure about infinite wisdom, but I still have a copy of the notification document relating to the last significant change to status level thresholds .

This change came into force on 15th September 2001 when Tier Credits were replaced by Status Credits. Also, earn became based on Miles travelled, not Kilometers.

At that time to earn/retain a level the SC's required were 350/300 for Silver, 700/600 for Gold and 1400/1200 for Platinum.

Over the years since then the earn criteria for Silver has been reduced along with the introduction of Platinum1 and then Lifetime Platinum.

Lifetime Tier Credit earn was used as an initial basis for lifetime Status Credits. No travel before September 1998 has been incorporated in in life time tally as Tier Credits did not exist prior to that.

 

[SYD]

When they added the unachievable for most Life Time Platinum level?

A Brief History of Qantas Frequent Flyer

Qantas Frequent Flyer began with just 50,000 members in 1987. It has since evolved significantly from its original model of only targeting business travellers.

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

 

[AFrequentFlyer]

Just out of interest for those that have written an email to defer the loyalty bonus, had you already had the bonus applied to your account? And, if so, were the bonus SC then retracted from the account?

 

[Doctore1003]

Not sure about infinite wisdom, but I still have a copy of the notification document relating to the last significant change to status level thresholds .

This change was on 15th September 2001 when Tier Credits were replaced by Status Credits. Also, earn became based on Miles travelled, not Kilometers.

At that time to earn/retain a level the SC's required were 350/300 for Silver, 700/600 for Gold and 1400/1200 for Platinum.

Since then the earn criteria for Silver was reduced and P1 and LT WP were introduced.

Lifetime Tier Credit earn was used as a basis for lifetime Status Credits. No travel before September 1998 has been incorporated in in life time tally.

Sounds like we are overdue for an “enhancement”