Originally Posted by
ph-ndr
I was debating adding a quick mileage run next week to just squeak in right above the cut-off for keeping Platinum, but no. It's not worth it, I'm happy to be downgraded and that also means I might as well have a look at how to solve my travel patterns in other manners.
If you are frequently at one of the airports that has a good F lounge available (LHR, HKG, SIN, BKK, MEL, SYD, HND, NRT) then it could still be worthwhile, but otherwise I agree. There is very little difference between Plat and Gold when flying QR since QR believes that anyone not in F/J is just not that important either way.
I never thought EY will end up having a far better F lounge experience at AUH (particularly the food, which is restaurant standard) than QR's AS, but here we are.