You'll probably have better planes and better service flying with QR, so it might be worth it going that way anyway! The GUF1/GUF2 you'd get anyway from TPs without needing to hit 5k for GGL,so I'll skip those (even though they're good!). The Jokers may or may not help for you - I find them great for Amex 2-for-1 + GUF2 + Joker to redeem in comfort at a lower price pretty much whenever we want. My other half loves her gold card, her two best mates love their silver cards, but if you don't have friends/family who'd appreciate them it won't make so much difference. The GGL phone team have been good whenever I've needed help / have a question / want to make a complicated redemption booking, and there's almost never a long wait, so that's good. CCR the first year was nice, but I haven't really missed it since requalifying on only 3k. All really depends on how much you (+family/friends) can take advantage of the extra GGL bits!