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Depends - some people are willing to pay around $350 per annum for normal QP membership - they don't fly enough to get to Gold, and they like their lounge access (particularly the free HP's).
They might only do enough flying to get to Silver each year, 350 SC's to qualify and 300 to retain.
So, over 10 years, they would accrue around 3050 SC's(probably more, but you get the picture).
Now, this isn't even 25% of the way to Lifetime Gold, so at this rate they would have well over 30 years to get to Lifetime Gold status. Not having QP membership over this time would deprive them of lounge access (and free HP's of course, we need to get our priorities right).
Now, given that Lifetime QP is about the same as 10 annual memberships, it starts to become cheaper (on a per annum basis) after the ten years, so in some cases - those who will never be higher than Silver or Bronze - to take out the annual membership.
Of course, all of those Ansett Golden Wing life members will probably disagree with me, also those who have been killed in car accidents or suffered fatal heart attacks months after taking out their lifetime QP memberships, but you get that.
Dave
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