Qantas Frequent Flyer - Travelling on the last day of my membership year - risky?

I'm planning a trip that will get me the status points I need to maintain QFF silver, and I am wondering about the return flight (which I need the status points from).

The trip is US-AU-US, and I am thinking of returning on the last day of my membership year, in which case both flights (cross pacific and US domestic connection) will occur within the membership year according to local time, but not quite according to Australian time.

Anyone know if this is risky? I had a look at the Qantas website and couldn't see a definitive answer (I also tried searching these forums and some simple web searching, but it was tricky to work out how to phrase the query to get what I wanted, at least I wasn't able to find a relevant thread).

Thanks!

QF Silver/OW Ruby, what entitlements are you chasing? Luggage or seating?

QFF processes AA flight sectors based on the date provided by AA, so it should be safe for your membership year. Your only risk is somehow being delayed so that the last flight winds up being a day later (e.g. SYD-LAX diverts to NAN for medical emergency, which has happened surprisingly often in the past couple of years). But Silver is worth so little (primary benefit is the extra baggage allowance on QF, which I suppose can be worth hundreds for some).

The flight will count as per the scheduled date on the ticket; if you depart USA on 31st August , regardless of what date the flight lands, the flight will count for august. If the flight is scheduled for 23:59 on August 31 but gets delayed for an hour, it will still be credited as August 31st

PS (Silver) is worth something especially if you are after the extra QFF points for long haul flights on QF, JQ, AA or BA.
Extra baggage on QF and the Business Class check in for oneworld flights are also quite handy.
Of course the benefits of Silver/Ruby are not as good as the higher tiers:D

Wife just made Silver whilst I will be forever Bronze unless I do some JASA segments.

The issue for OP wasn't the QF trans-pacific segment but to get same-day credit for an onward AA domestic segment. So defnitely a risk if there are delays, but 99% of the time it would work out fine. Silver doesn't always get J check-in, it doesn't on QF Int'l for example nor on BA ... Oneworld is pretty weak on the Ruby benefits, but then make it up by making Emerald easy to get.

The issue for OP wasn't the QF trans-pacific segment but to get same-day credit for an onward AA domestic segment. So defnitely a risk if there are delays, but 99% of the time it would work out fine. Silver doesn't always get J check-in, it doesn't on QF Int'l for example nor on BA ... Oneworld is pretty weak on the Ruby benefits, but then make it up by making Emerald easy to get.

BA had some troubles in the past, but since a few years they have the ruby symbol at their Business-Class Check-In desks. Having an own ruby tier since a few months has made it easier as well.

QF offers Premium-Economy Checkin, which is better than the mile-long queues of Eco-.

Thanks for all the responses!

As for whether Ruby is worth it, I find I can make it without that much difficulty, and the extra points are quite nice, plus it makes a real difference for getting through lines faster at the airport (particularly security when going on AA flights). Cathay also gave me exit row for free, which was nice when crossing the pacific!

Definitely not in the league of Emerald (to have lounge access would be rather nice...), but IMO still worth it as long as I don't have to go too far out of my way.