As a Gold I had 40 Qcredits and used 25 to redeem an upgrade. I now have 15 left with which are pretty useless now, not enough to upgrade anywhere. The shortest flight I travel DOH-BAH is 16 Qcredits for a Y-F upgrade. I travel light and never need excess baggage or extra lounge passes (1 pass = 15 Qcredits).