Originally Posted by
bigjono
Hard to say without any detail of the type of travel you do or what is important to you. If you travel a lot on A380 routes in J the upgrade priority to use points to get to F can be handy. The special services team are very responsive and helpful. 99% of staff will treat you in a manner comparable to an SG anyhow. If you are platinum and travel in J or F most of the time anyway not worth worrying about.
I’m not P1 (only humble WP) but on occasions I have found that “status means everything”. Its easy to grumble at many things, but sometime, just sometime, you get the right QF person and magic happens. In true QF fashion this is random and unpredicatble. It might only be a phone call that connects instantly to a great QF operator who can handle a complex issue (no one hour wait, no HUCA), or it might be upgrade priority or even best access to preferred seats, but status is king. As mentioned in another thread, friend who is partner of a P1 mentioned “frequent upgrades”.
Originally Posted by
minz56
Originally Posted by
GoldCanyon340
It's not worth chasing if you're 600 SC short.
QF will not grant an extra month of SC collection.
Originally Posted by
GoldCanyon340
QF created P1 to stop some (many?) high SC earning individuals jumping ship after qualifying/requalifying in their membership year. That's why there isn't a substantial range of benefits when compared to the much better BA GGL tier, it's just there to lock in revenue much the same as a Qantas Club membership does for Bronze and Silver flyers. I'm not defending QF's position rather just attempting to understand the thought processes; it wouldn't surprise me if P1 was the brainchild of bean counters as much as the Loyalty team.
Originally Posted by
warreng
I'm honestly not really sure why P1 exists. It's not really like CCR/GGL on BA and it doesn't earn you the level of personal service that Global Services/CK passengers get on United/AA. In saying that, I've reached the SC threshold of 3600 but fallen well short of the 2700 on QF flights for the past few years, so I'm probably not the kind of FF member it's aimed at.
Originally Posted by
number_6
EK upgrades varies a lot by route and EK does treat WP well (doubt P1 is any better). I have no EK status as credit to QFF yet have about 50% J to F opup rate (free upgrade, no points required), but all were on less popular routes (e.g. DXB-Oz 1-stop not non-stop). Personally I find iRROP handling the biggest benefit of status, but the p1 value thread started with shocking mis-handling of IRROP so ymmv.
Originally Posted by
Dave Noble
If booking frequent paid business class trips to US, I would look at using the AA scheme rather than aiming for P1
You could be earning enough points per trip ( if booked on an AA flight number ) to almost get a free business class flight to the USA due to the points earning being tied to spend ( could earn 75,000 points per trip and 80,000 points needed for a business class one way to US ) - do 4 trips in a year and get 4 x systemwide upgrades, so can do 4 of the flights in 1st class if routed on a service with 1st
Seems a lot more valuable than a bottle of wine
Thanks Dave! I’ll book my next few flights with AA. Unfortunately I’m on a QF booked flight to the US this week and Europe next week, but I’m going to shuffle it around where I can.