<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Dave Noble:
You can do the "lets all be Platinum" unchallenge more than once. You cannot use it to get back status just lost however</font>
Thanks Dave, thought you would post here. You now get a second
from me
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">The upgrades can be converted at 4 upgrades = 2000 points</font>
2K points will be more use to him than upgrades that he won't use and thus probably only lose.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Don't sign up for both challenges. It has no benefit to him and may be baneful. SYD-LHR or MEL-LHR will complete the Platinum challenge on its own and he will get the 100% bonus for it too.</font>
OK, from what you said, best to simply load him up to AA membership and then ring AA SYD to get him Plat Unchallenged.
Dave, note that he is not taking the same flight through to LHR - he is taking BNE/SIN, change flights to SIN/LHR (and same on return), thus I know it is not as beneficial towards Challenge as direct flight but nothing I can do.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Sign up for both and he may only get Gold from the flight to Oz and still need another 5000 points to complete the Platinum challenge. You are risking getting less points for nothing</font>
Sorry, I think you are confused in the bold type above - he is flying
from OZ first. By my calculations (using the AAdv QF Points Table 2004), he will get Mileage at 0.5 (due to V fare), QPoints however still at 1.0.
Flight To/From Flown AA Miles Q-Points
QF 51 BNE/SIN 3,814 1,907 3,814
QF 9 SIN/LHR 6,772 3,386 6,772
So at this point, he should be Plat according to my calcs...as 10K Q-Points needed for Plat. Bonus miles on QF9 (for sector reaching Plat) are 3,386 (thus total FF points are 8,679 at this point)
With the reverse flights, the only difference I can see is the Plat bonus for FF points added on top.
(Please correct me if my calcs are wrong!!)
But this way, he will end up with significantly more points towards future use than under the QF scheme (where he has insufficient points to even get an upgrade). Yes, he can only spend on Award QF flights (through the AA award seat bucket, probably not as big as thre QFF Award bucket) and not Upgrades, but this doesn't worry him. He'd be happy to get anywhere for free!
At least he will have a chance to use the outbound BA Lounge/QP in LHR and SIN (but given his 3 hour layover there, I think it will be better for him than out with the masses of unwashed).
(changed to delete attempt to insert AA web address for QF Flight Table post 1/1/04, it just doesn't fit!)
[This message has been edited by QF WP (edited Mar 15, 2004).]