Does anyone know amount of ROP Gold and Platinum
May 27, 2017, 7:28 am
#31
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: BKK
Programs: TG ROP Platinum, M&M Senator, IHG Platinum, Accor Platinum
Posts: 8,318
You guys totally hijacked this to Thailand Elite.^^^^^
I would say depends since I believe majority of Gold or Plats (earned not gifted) are non Thai. Most Thais that I know either fly lowcost or something else. But I would guess domestic 0-1plat/6-10 gold, Asia 1-2/10-15, EU/AUS 3-4/15-20
I would say depends since I believe majority of Gold or Plats (earned not gifted) are non Thai. Most Thais that I know either fly lowcost or something else. But I would guess domestic 0-1plat/6-10 gold, Asia 1-2/10-15, EU/AUS 3-4/15-20
your figures make sense
May 28, 2017, 2:35 am
#33
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: BKK
Programs: TG ROP Platinum, M&M Senator, IHG Platinum, Accor Platinum
Posts: 8,318
how do you differ
- in F Lounge between a Platinum flying Y and a non Status passenger flying F
- in J Lounge between a Gold member flying Y and a non Status passenger flying J on another *A airline
May 28, 2017, 7:50 am
#34
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: USA
Programs: DL Gold / AA Gold
Posts: 609
Lounge was part of factor for the domestic into BKK (no better way to spot for dom).
Also, can at least guess the minimum from EU/AUS where you might see a Thai person/family standout then again onboard in J, if not assume Gold/Plat in Y.
Can't really tell much at BKK just like you said.
Jan 21, 2018, 4:45 pm
#35
Join Date: Oct 2015
Posts: 125
Just read the 25th anniversary enewsletter from Thai regarding ROP. It states 3,500,000 total members worldwide. Unfortunately without figures supplied from Thai themselves all else is a guess. My experience out of Australia would be on average 2-3 Gold and I have no confirmed Platinum sightings.
Domestic in Thailand I have only ever seen 1 Platinum bag tag, but many Gold. To put this in perspective I flew more than 50 sectors on Thai in 2017 spread evenly between international and domestic.
Domestic in Thailand I have only ever seen 1 Platinum bag tag, but many Gold. To put this in perspective I flew more than 50 sectors on Thai in 2017 spread evenly between international and domestic.
Jan 21, 2018, 7:38 pm
#36
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: BKK
Programs: TG ROP Platinum, M&M Senator, IHG Platinum, Accor Platinum
Posts: 8,318
Platinum bag tag? you mean the personal ones, not the one attached by the check in personnel?often I get a F tag (even there is no F on the flight), but domestic you only get a priority tag and there are usually dozens of others, much more then flying in J. so there must be a lot of Gold members
Jan 30, 2018, 10:43 am
#39
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Bangkok & Dublin
Programs: Thai ROP Platinum; BA Gold; Marriott Bonvoy Titanium For Life; IHG Diamond Ambassador
Posts: 375
Same applies towards redemptions etc,. The problem is that Thai ROP is one of the easiest *A rewards programs to join, after Aegean, but unless you fly regularly in Business or First on TG metal, you will be part of the >3m Gold members with expectations far higher than reality will ever deliver!!
Jan 31, 2018, 4:17 am
#41
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Bangkok & Dublin
Programs: Thai ROP Platinum; BA Gold; Marriott Bonvoy Titanium For Life; IHG Diamond Ambassador
Posts: 375
Feb 2, 2018, 5:19 am
#42
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Tokyo
Programs: NW Diamond, LH SEN, PC Spire - RA, TG PlatHyatt Diamond
Posts: 585
To know how many Gold or Plat on Biz or First on a certain flight, just go to galley and see the summary of all Biz / First passengers nicely written on a paper (not from manifest print out) with all necessary information for all eyes to see, or better, just ask FA 
Feb 5, 2018, 4:06 am
#43
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: BKK
Programs: BRK-B
Posts: 580
This is what I normally do to see if I'm the only *G in the entire cabin or not, by spying on a passenger list. TBH I usually found 1-2 TG*P pax on LHR flight.
Feb 5, 2018, 4:31 am
#44
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 905
Another indicator is the volume of passengers using the dedicated *G checkin desk at BKK. Really, I never saw a queue there. In fact, 99% of the time you can walk straight up to the desk. So I would guess that many of the ROP golds are those who don't fly so much ( maybe get G through a CC and fly once in a while). Apart from the GUP and the half-price birthday award, there's nothing much to enjoy ( but those two make the program worthwhile....and it would be very attractive to have those benefits by acquiring points through CC spend).
Feb 5, 2018, 8:30 am
#45
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Gent, Belgium
Posts: 113
Not that many
I regularly fly from Brussels to Bangkok on Thai. As I am ROP Gold for about 17 consecutive years now, invariably one of the flight attendants comes to great me personally. I have already asked how many Gold or Platinum members were on the same flight. On the last two flights I was the only one in C (there is no F on this flight). At least here on this route the number doesn’t seem to be very high. And you have a higher chance to have a Gold or Platinum member on a flight because by definition they fly more frequently.