FlyerTalk Forums - Airpoints members with >$1000 APD, how'd you do it?

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Originally Posted by mcgma760 (Post 30748737)

I'm the same as you, 49 domestic, 8 TT flights last year and still only Silver (although, closer to Gold now than last year).

I only earn perhaps 1,200 APD p/a, flights and by using my AMEX Platinum card, too.

It's striking me by some of the comments that some people have either forgotten where they came from or are so out of touch when their leading sentence is: "it isn't hard when..." or "it's pretty easy when"... keep trying OP!

Haha that is true.

When people say that though, they don't mean that they aren't in a very fortunate position. I know I am extremely lucky. It's kind of like saying "finding someone to be able to understand you when traveling over isn't that hard if you speak English." Yes, someone who speaks Chinese only would find traveling overseas on their own around the world to be extremely difficult, and we are very fortunate that English is our main language and that it's the "universal language." If I said that, I would simply be providing context for why I'm able to travel so easy globally compared to non-English speakers - by acknowledging my very lucky life situation.

And so yes it "is pretty easy" to wrack up points if your work or business flies you overseas in premium cabins, or if your business has you spending lots on CCs - me saying that is acknowledging that I'm very lucky :)

Trust me: when I joined here I was not in a position to be flying like this. BP or even PE was completely out of the question so I looked at everyone complaining about BP's lack of prawns and was like "are you serious?"