Qantas Green frequent flyer tier

[DejaBrew]

Not sure if this is a recent change or not, and I might have missed this before, but looks like you can no longer make Qantas Wine deliveries carbon positive (and thus getting a green leaf) for $1.

I added it to the charity donation in Dec and that worked…… tried again just now and it still looks like that works…. Not sure why?

Carbon positive delivery can also still be added for digital gift cards if I’m not mistaken.

 

[Lat34]

I added it to the charity donation in Dec and that worked…… tried again just now and it still looks like that works…. Not sure why?

100% still works today.

 

[SYD]

It was previously an option:

Make your purchase Climate Positive | Qantas Marketplace

Use Qantas Points or cash to off set your Qantas Marketplace delivery

wine.qantas.com

But if you try to add this product to your basket, the website now automatically removes it at the checkout.

I couldn’t get far a couple of weeks ago.

But as others have said, other stuff from MP is combinable.

 

[Peso]

Booked a reward ticket two months ago (DSC) and paid to offset carbon, though the booking is for July. I recall getting the green leaf a few weeks after paying, long before the actual flight, but I still haven't got mine this time. Should I contact QF at this point?

 

[dairyfloss]

Booked a reward ticket two months ago (DSC) and paid to offset carbon, though the booking is for July. I recall getting the green leaf a few weeks after paying, long before the actual flight, but I still haven't got mine this time. Should I contact QF at this point?

Yes - the green leaf for flight offset should occur within a few days of paying for it. It’s not connected to the flight date

 

[mviy]

T&Cs say much longer than a few days though so they will probably not do much till the T&C period has occurred

 

[sudoer]

T&C say 8 weeks.

I also paid for an offset in March, points deducted immediately but no leaf forthcoming. Contacted QFF at 4 weeks, they were rudely adamant it would arrive before 8 weeks.

Tomorrow is 8 weeks and still no leaf. Will be submitting a complaint form about how it was handled.

 

[MELso]

And once the eight weeks is up, you'll then probably need another week to get the leaf and then wait 21 days for the option to select SCs or points before firing off the next complaint!

I redeemed my carbon offset on 21 December and it took until 21 March to get the status credits. Eight weeks for the green leaf to (not) show, a week for them to sort it out, 21 days for the reward option to (not) show, and a few days for that to get sorted out...

 

[HSB44]

T&C say 8 weeks.

I also paid for an offset in March, points deducted immediately but no leaf forthcoming. Contacted QFF at 4 weeks, they were rudely adamant it would arrive before 8 weeks.

Tomorrow is 8 weeks and still no leaf. Will be submitting a complaint form about how it was handled.

They always say that.
It never comes through, and it always takes a lot of effort to convince them to help.
That's one of the things that Vanessa never fixed..
The system is shockingly dodgy and they can't be bothered to spend a cent fixing it.

They don't give a rats about customer service - the green tier is just there so they have something to fill in the blank space about sustainability on their annual report.

Try social media if they won't help you

 

[Mattg]

I recently considered booking one of the "sustainable" hotels that gets you a green leaf.

There's no option to filter to only show sustainable hotels on the Qantas Hotels booking website, so I had a look at this list. There aren't really that many hotels on the list and it doesn't seem to have been updated since 2021. I also couldn't find anything on the Qantas Hotels booking page when actually booking the hotel indicating that you'd get a green leaf.

It does look to me a bit like the Green Tier program is not really being maintained or improved much any more.

 

[SYD]

I recently considered booking one of the "sustainable" hotels that gets you a green leaf.

There's no option to filter to only show sustainable hotels on the Qantas Hotels booking website, so I had a look at this list. There aren't really that many hotels on the list and it doesn't seem to have been updated since 2021. I also couldn't find anything on the Qantas Hotels booking page when actually booking the hotel indicating that you'd get a green leaf.

It does look to me a bit like the Green Tier program is not really being maintained or improved much any more.

There’s a bunch of Accor properties in QLD (mainly BNE) from memory. For a non ALL Accor elite chaser, they’re probably an option but also if desperate for 50 SCs, it could make sense to forgo one ALL night.

 

[bussyboy]

None in Tasmania if i recollect, the greenest of states!!

 

[joelby]

It's not necessary to build sustainable hotels in Tasmania because tens of thousands of holiday homes there have been fully offset!

 

[bussyboy]

It's not necessary to build sustainable hotels in Tasmania because tens of thousands of holiday homes there have been fully offset!

Yet can't get accreditation for green leaf

 

[sudoer]

It's not necessary to build sustainable hotels in Tasmania because tens of thousands of holiday homes there have been fully offset!

More offsets than people living there...

 

[Flyfrequently]

Just did Oz Harvest donation, will see how long it takes to get my last leaf

No rush, anniversary year ends 30 June will choose reward 1 July.

 

[SYD]

Just did Oz Harvest donation, will see how long it takes to get my last leaf

No rush, anniversary year ends 30 June will choose reward 1 July.

Should be ~48hrs for the leaf. From memory the “congrats” email can take a day or three but the dashboard usually updates immediately once you have that last leaf.

 

[Aeryn]

Having been Green Tier every year since its launched I have decided this year not to bother due to the massive increase in cost especially for offsetting one's Tasmanian holiday home. It is also annoying there are no international Green Hotels, and that some local green properties in the same brands as those that are eligible are not green leaf eligible.

I have already requalified Platinum and also already have enough forward flight bookings on DSCs to requalify Platinum next frequent flyer year and as I have zero chance of hitting P1 I do not really need the extra SCs except towards Lifetime Gold.

Green Tier used to be a super easy and very cheap way to get 50SCs, now it is more expensive than flying.

 

[QF_Flyer]

Having been Green Tier every year since its launched I have decided this year not to bother due to the massive increase in cost especially for offsetting one's Tasmanian holiday home. It is also annoying there are no international Green Hotels, and that some local green properties in the same brands as those that are eligible are not green leaf eligible.

I have already requalified Platinum and also already have enough forward flight bookings on DSCs to requalify Platinum next frequent flyer year and as I have zero chance of hitting P1 I do not really need the extra SCs except towards Lifetime Gold.

Green Tier used to be a super easy and very cheap way to get 50SCs, now it is more expensive than flying.

Must admit I had to do the sums this year, I do P2's whenever and mine close to year end, so I can use the 50SC in the next year. I've never come close to needing the 50SC, but lifetime is helpful; P2's are always 10k QF points.

Each year, for OH, I get closer to not bothering - $50 for the holiday home, $1 delivery offset on something (I believe wine bought using the PC+ vouchers, actually, which was "green leaf earning wine" itself), ~2,700 points to donate (was a discount code at the time), few hundred points for a short trip carbon offset and either Saveful or the quiz I never seem to have to actually do. So, $51 + approx. 3,000 QF points - I'd value those QF points at ~$60, so $111 or so for 10k QFF, worth maybe $200. Oh and I guess 510 points back on the cash spend at 10x QFF/$1 on "green" stuff. So at the moment, it's still working out, but with QF points being a depreciating asset, it's no investment.

Once I hit LTG, I'll maybe take the points towards PC+ instead. I don't really know how to value SCs, but using the same formula as for P2, $2.22/SC is good (imo); $2,664 for Platinum renewal (if you could earn every SC at that rate, we'd probably all just pay for it and be done with it, but that would make it boring!

I mean, it's nothing like the early days, $15 for Tassie, just outright pay $1 for the delivery offset without ordering anything, offset a MEL-SYD one way, donate 3,200 points and do a quiz, but it's ok. I've never had anything at all from it other than the annual reward and a green bar/roo on the card in my app, though.

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It's not necessary to build sustainable hotels in Tasmania because tens of thousands of holiday homes there have been fully offset!

Not to mention that not a single person in Tassie owns a car, cleanest air on earth

 

[MELso]

Once I hit LTG, I'll maybe take the points towards PC+ instead.

Of course, green tier points don't count for PC+ so the only real value for anything status-related is in the 50SCs.

Green tier SCs are slightly better than the 100 rolled over from PC+ in that they count towards lifetime totals but otherwise, unless they mean the difference between hitting a higher tier and not, they have very little value. Having said that, if 50 SCs do make a difference to your status, green tier at ~$2/SC is still a good value.