New Qantas promos including double status credits (book by 3/9/25; travel 4/9/25 until 22/8/26)

[Spacetravel]

View attachment 466187Well this is disappointing change.

Getting harder and harder to earn lifetime status and P1

 

[kallinch]

Getting harder and harder to earn lifetime status and P1

Yeah. I feel like this is the start and a following of the pattern VA will have from 1oct.

Makes me wish I had LTG already. Oh well.

 

[DejaBrew]

booked by 3 September 2025, for travel between 4 September 2025 and 22 August 2026 (excludes codeshare and partner airline flights).*

while double Status Credits earned from previous campaigns counted towards Lifetime status, any earned from this campaign will only count towards your annual status.

And seemingly no magic..v.
(At least on my read)

Strangely, the T&Cs at the bottom of the page make no mention of this, primarily as they’re still referencing the March promo

 

[exLXCXFF]

Make sure you get then confirmation email when registering

 

[DejaBrew]

The no DSC towards lifetime hurts more.

Agreed, this is certainly unwelcome news. Will be interesting to see if this works in practice or if it’s like certain other T&Cs that are mentioned but not enforced.

 

[encryptededdy]

Agreed, this is certainly unwelcome news. Will be interesting to see if this works in practice or if it’s like certain other T&Cs that are mentioned but not enforced.

I've got upcoming flights that were booked as DSC from a previous promo (before this clause came in). Since between now and March next year you could be flying DSC on flights booked either under the old rules or the new rules, I wonder if their IT system can handle only applying lifetime SCs to those booked in March but not in August.

 

[DejaBrew]

I've got upcoming flights that were booked as DSC from a previous promo (before this clause came in). Since between now and March next year you could be flying DSC on flights booked either under the old rules or the new rules, I wonder if their IT system can handle only applying lifetime SCs to those booked in March but not in August.

Yep, same boat here. Maybe we could be lucky this time around?

 

[madrooster]

I wonder if their IT system can handle only applying lifetime SCs to those booked in March but not in August.

The system does recognise which promo you are triggering as the description goes into the transaction history line item, so I would imagine it is possible to trigger posting differently.

 

[elanshin]

Hmm i might need to math my partner's status since she rolls over on Aug 31. Maybe it might make WP possible for a year.

Bonus probably isn't going to do much for my own requalification.

On a completely different note. I just tested and confirmed that splitting your PNR keeps the DSC flag.

 

[Port Power]

I just received the free status credits information when I opened the app now at 12:45am. Very nice bonus. However I did not receive the notice about DSC and only read it on this thread! I am about to book return flights to Europe and have been holding off for a possible October DSC promotion. Thank goodness for AFF! I’ll have to spend today (after I get some sleep) finalising the flights. At least, I hope the information to register is somewhere on my app!!

Of course with a DSC promotion, the fares have gone up again. No business saver fares now! My trip has gone up from $10,000 to $15,000.

Edit: The invitation to register for DSC is in my app. I had to scroll down much further to see it. Nevertheless, it is still only because of AFF.

 

[kallinch]

Looks like they’ve fixed the T&Cs now that had the March 2025 dates. And now highlights exclusion of lifetime SC

 

[Ade]

View attachment 466187Well this is disappointing change.

Ah, well. There goes getting to P1 thru DSC to get to LTG …

 

[Beano]

A gold status colleague received an email invitation but not me as WP.

 

[Beano]

Thanks AFF, found the invite on the app!

 

[kallinch]

Of note their March T&C that were published for sometime didn’t have lifetime SC exclusion.

I’m tempted to book and lodge complaint if DSC don’t show for lifetime.

 

[Scenicbumblebee]

Of course.....I just booked flights today

Probably could, but it's tricky enough to make the bookings at all.

Sometimes I fly as a carer with people with disabilities, and we need to call the Specific Needs line to make a booking.

I had already put it off for most of the week to make the booking, as I just couldn't get my head into the space of making a phonecall. (Time, availability, putting everything else on hold whilst being on the phone).

If however there is a DSC promotion, I may ask for some help for myself to do a status run alone to go from SG to WP.....that'd be a nice treat.

 

[BasedinBrisbane]

Needed 25 SC by the end of Sep and just booked flights yesterday, oh well.

 

[aikman]

Exclusion towards lifetime status - I didn't see this one coming. It's an effective way of changing the goalposts without changing the goalposts.

 

[levelnine]

Exclusion towards lifetime status - I didn't see this one coming. It's an effective way of changing the goalposts without changing the goalposts.

Too easy to get LTP. Had to make it harder

 

[mbe1510]

Let’s hope the “not counting towards lifetime” part is just a one-off — when has Qantas ever done anything generous? I hit Gold about eight months ahead of schedule, but as more of a leisure flyer I’ll likely fall well short of Platinum, even with the loyalty gift and this promo.

I’ll either sit this one out or maybe front-load my travel into this membership year (instead of early next) to cover the 350-credit shortfall and experience Platinum for one year before the soft landing back to Gold.