My thanks for your answers.

Just one more thing, so I will do 4 Qantas trips this year and will have about 400 Status credits before my membership year cutoff on the 31 July 2009. So will start 01 Aug 2009 with zero status credits and Silver membership level.

Around 20 Aug 2009 I will have earned 700 staus credits, but as I will be i europe at that time I will not be on Qantas metal, then when USA around 10 Sep 2009 I will then more up to Platium.

So my question is even though I have "platium" I will not get the benifits until 4 Qantas Metal flights are taken or do QF flight no.s qualify me, so book Qf flight no.s on AA of BA while overseas.

My Wife will earn all the points in one membership year, but was going to enrol the little one in Qantas this year on the begining of Sep 2008 so her membership will run out after she has 1400 status credits and then reset to zero then earn 350 status credits for the next membership year.

So me Silver with 4 Qantas flights, reset to zero, Platium but only 2 Qantas flights then remaining 2 after world trip.

Wife straight Silver , Gold then Platium all in one membership year with 4 Qantas flights before trip.

3 Year old Straght Silver, Gold & Platium with 4 Qantas flights, reset to zero, Silver then later 4 Qantas flights.

Also will we all when we get back have a Silver, Gold and Platium card in the mailbox waiting for us?

Many thanks Geoff