Qantas Platinum Status - is it worth it? 

Deliberately flew return Melbourne to Brisbane just to retain my Gold status. Definitely worth it. Getting into lounges, priority upgrades and joining the priority queues is well worth the effort.

My mum is loving her platinum status which she got last month! But strangely she got the old Q-bag tag (old logo), probably because she's based in HK

Hi Stefan, long time without contact ( lots of reasons you will know as a Victorian) Yes, since our last exchange, we have travelled extensively and both sit with platinum bagtags and have booked and paid for the next two international trip ( one on DSC). Yes, oh yes the black tags are so worth it when you can walk into any O W lounge in the world to have a shower, meal and drink in that order. Trust your hands on and lie back flying still exhilarates you, our next thrill is Qatar to Madrid and then some.

I've been a Platinum FF since 2012 and I cant imagine going back down levels. I agree with you Stefan I love the airports, lounges, and the planes.

Incredibly informative- very useful, your next overseas trip is going to be extremely good fun and comfortable! As a UK FF I hit 1500 SC but almost lost out on Platinum as I didn’t fly Qantas on my first year, only BA and Iberia but was given Platinum and never made this mistake again. I then flew Qantas for the first time from London to Singapore and when given the warm welcome back onboard, only to tell the Manager that I’d never flown Qantas before (slightly embarrassing) and it was my twin’s first time on a jumbo jet. He absolutely looked after us in the way Qantas is famous for, so 13 years down the line, I’m still Platinum. Couldn’t fly without it... I’ll teach you some Iberia/BA tricks to help you enjoy your Platinum perks if you ever head over to Spain! PS love your underground map in the frame! Nacho 😄👏🍾🛫

FIFO Worker - They gave us gold to switch to qantas.... Mind you we probably drink more than $700 worth of booze a year in the lounges

Okay right from the start I was just in awe about the cinematography, I have noticed that the quality of your videos has greatly increased. Amazing Stefan!

Platinum is great. Lounges (especially SYD/MEL F lounge) and in-flight service is great. Mum has been Platinum four years consecutively now and this is my first year as platinum.

It’s so refreshing to see high quality travel vlogs created in my home city, Sydney! Thank you Stef 🛫✈️

One great Qantas Platinum FF perk is lounge access on arrival. I love it!

BA Gold here; lifetime Qantas Club member (actually, it started out as a Flight Deck membership my father gave me in the late 1980s!). Being UK-based, and going across the Atlantic frequently, being oneworld Emerald is definitely worth it. When I lived in Australia, I really only flew domestically with any frequency, and then usually just SYD > MEL > SYD or SYD > BNE > SYD, and mostly in Economy, so it was hard to get up to higher tiers; over the years I did rack up 15,000 lifetime tier credits, but the highest status I ever earned was Qantas Gold. I moved to the UK in 2004 and transferred to the BA Executive Club; the frequent US trips meant I went from Bronze to Gold (Platinum equivalent) fairly quickly and I have maintained it ever since. The sweetest thing about being oneworld Emerald in my experience is using the American Flagship service when flying on AA. Given how incredibly busy US airports can be, those Flagship check-ins are fantastic. Also, the Qantas First lounges are really, really, amazing, especially the one in LAX. I love the one in MEL, too. Oh how I miss travel. Wretched Covid.

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Very interesting analysis Steph. Great range of music - trance/dance then a Burt Bacharach vibe, then modern jazz etc!

Platinum..? I think my frequent flyer status is plasticine.

Nice Chanel and video! Like how you shoot and the music! Subbed! All the best with your channel growth!

Best thing about qantas platinum for me is using the other lounges!! Malaysia airlines, Cathay first etc. They really are a step ahead of qantas. 3 years with platinum now, wouldn't go backwards.

I’ve booked business class overseas with qantas and Cathay but will always stay on bronze

not sure if you mentioned it but you definitly get treated better on the plane regardless of class travelling as well. I regularly get asked my meal preference early so they can save me my choice for example

DEFINITELY WORTH IT!! First class lounge access and great upgrades for the family. The service is much better and the customer service manager usually gives us a personal introduction. Also priority for the bulkhead economy seats. Fortunate to have enjoyed the wonderful perks of my dad’s platinum from a very young age. Great video!!

Great vid as usual, Stef! It's worth noting that the only way you can request an upgrade on the day ("hey, I'm at the airport and I have the points, so let's ask!") is from within the Qantas lounge... which means that if you aren't at least Gold, then Business is generally off-limits. ...but looking forward to hearing what happened at Moorabbin (not that anything that happens there surprises me any more!). :-)

Stefan, please have your wife start a blog,blog what ever it's called and talk about what to wear while traveling, best shoes walking,coats, ect. Would be great! Thanks

Melbourne under refurb now. Sydney J in 2019 ... showing its age atm. Great staff including those two lovely at the Lounge entry ! Nice video :)

Every new episode ups your game, great quality !

Thoughts on Tyabb airfield? Might get lessons there as it's a bit cheaper and less congested than Moorabbin (even though Moorabbin is closer). Thanks!

brilliant video. being a fellow one world traveller once you get to a level its definitely worth retaining it.... dropped back down from ba bronze to the basic blue as was using redemption flights all year which at the time i didn't realise for a while that it wasn't collecting me points. like you said its only worth it if you're going to use it

when flying on partner airline there are a few things to look out for, even in the same class different fare bracket will have different points and SC earining. its a fun game to play i must say

Hey Stefan, I don’t know if this question has been asked /answered yet but I’m off to America soon and my girlfriend’s dad ( whom I’m going with )is a qantas frequent flyer and has access to the qantas business lounge. I was just wondering if you know if your permitted any guest passes for people your traveling with ? Cheers✈️

Hi Stefan...love your vids...do you live in Melbourne? Anywhere near Moorabbin?

But if you have Silver and above Status Credit, you get MORE status credits than a Bronze person for the same flight. Silver gets 50% more, Gold gets 75% more and Platinum gets 100%. So a Bronze 10 Status Credits is worth 15 in Silver, 17.5 in Gold and 20 in Platinum. That would mean you need less flights in order to maintain your status tier.

Hi Stefan. Planning to book a RTW trip with Qantas early next year ( April/May), but my FF year ends at the end of April. Hope to get sufficient status points to move into gold ( been there, lost it etc etc) hangs our plans or simply wear the loss? Cheers

I like the cinematic footage. Look forward to seeing more. Adds a nice balance to a vlog

I suppose to make it worthwhile you would have to be a frequent traveler. Its been a while since iv'e been to Circular Quay, must go there soon.. How do you like the Qantas coffee ??

I am currently Silver with Emirates just got promoted this year (2018) I got a double tier mile promotion with them so I am aiming for gold currently. Hoping to reach gold by Dec 31st after flying to Barcelona from Sydney in Economy flex for Christmas

Great video Stefan, how long until you get to share your Lifetime Silver/Gold with us?

The answer is almost always no, unless you're flying for work where travel is more a chore and you, there is little reason to "invest" your money into flying enough to get these benefits. it's different if you already fly a lot for leisure and it makes sense to maintain more loyalty towards the airline to ultimately gain these benefits. people that do giant status runs when they're not even flying enough to hit 70% of their needed SC.. dumb.

Hi Stefan, my wife and I are both sitting on a silver status with a business class trip from Melb. to Sydney in September . Then flying to Memphis, via SanDiego and return to Melb in November 2018.. Will be going RTW on one world in April 2019 and probably face the loss of my status points ( again, 250 down the gurgler)) as my membership ends on April 30. With a commitment to travel twice a year to Memphis, how can I protect my status points?

Be careful what class your booked with in partner airlines. I just flew Qatar Airlines SYD-AMM return and got 0 status credits and 0 frequent flyer points. Because it was a sale and booked discount economy I was not eligible! 😢😢

Thanks for the helpful video.

Hey I love your videos I’m 15 and I want to become a qantas pilot when I can I love watching our videos because I love to fly but I very rarely get to. My dad flys 4 times a week from Melbourne to Karratha in 2 weeks he does fly in fly out. he is a platinum and I love flying business and he flys us for free like we went Hong Kong from Melbourne and we went business class I was so good on the red eye flight. Love your vids keep up the good work by the way can you make a vid on were it start as a pilot because I want to start soon thanks.

Am I seeing the old Qantas lounges??

Ha ha ha! I love the cat in that suitcase.

What about the bonuses in points? Like emirates they do a 75% bonus in points for the platinum members. Do these bonuses make that much of a difference?

Thanks for the Advice! Your the BEST!

Why is a Malbannite doing a video from Sydney? Oh yeah, they don’t have a harbour….

holy shit your cinematic was amazing

Your editing is amazing 🙌🏼

Nice vid Make more I love these!!

You make a story great ! Thank you

congrats n welcome to the club! Lucky you, you have the new qtag! I'm still using the old platinum qtag from years ago which isnt as distinctive as the new one.

To be honest, Sydney’s international business lounge is pretty basic. Much prefer the Singapore one.

Lovely editing and cinematography!

Hey Stefan Your cat is the spitting image of ours. Is it a Manx (long hair with tail version)?

How did you make your money?

Double status today! Going for platinum!

Yes! That brings me to 40 internet points! 20 from your channel and 20 from MelAvGeeks. He's only got a few videos but I would love it if you two could do a collaboration. Also, you've got a really cute cat. 😻

Your in Sydney Australia

Just get elite status with one airline from each of the 3 alliances.

Love the video very interesting

Good insight thanks for sharing

Bring back Flying Friends everyone push for this to happen

Amazing video

This is very interesting.

I love stefans cinematography and your totally in Beijing or you could be in Shanghai Hahaha nah Sydney (Sydney's dominated by chinese never go to Hurstville. we where walking down a road one day a guy was texting and driving went into an electricity pole. Also who was that taking a picture of the Qantas sign the wife couldn't tell she looks like the lead singer of EchoSmith

I love how in love you and your wife are!

You can skip first minute of this video it's nothing there

and what happened to seatguru

this is how i found it: EP129 / SYDNEY

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.....next stop, gold for life

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Sydeny

TLDR; after tonight the answer is clearly NO. Thanks for nothing QANTAS

qatar airways is the best airlines in the world !