Qantas Green frequent flyer tier

[burneracc]

Upgrading your flight will not give you extra SC's I believe, only the class originally booked.

Yup am aware of this, just trying to give myself the best odds I can to clear my classic upgrade request on the 17 hour flight.

Unrelated but I'm wondering how quickly I can check in and then out of the eco hotel booking I made just to get the leaf. Maybe I'll tell them I just booked it for a nap.

 

[TheCollecter]

Unrelated but I'm wondering how quickly I can check in and then out of the eco hotel booking I made just to get the leaf. Maybe I'll tell them I just booked it for a nap.

Talk of renting a room by the hour really scares me! If you check in, then say work called you in for an emergency, I don't think they'll care you left early. Bought and paid for, the leaf is yours surely. I may need this strategy soon enough for the same reason, what is the cheapest place you found?

 

[Jacques Vert]

I may need this strategy soon enough for the same reason, what is the cheapest place you found?

Look at Ibis Styles Brisbane and Crystalbrook Newcastle.

 

[BenP]

Yup am aware of this, just trying to give myself the best odds I can to clear my classic upgrade request on the 17 hour flight.

Unrelated but I'm wondering how quickly I can check in and then out of the eco hotel booking I made just to get the leaf. Maybe I'll tell them I just booked it for a nap.

I read it is more that you actually need to check in, swipe your room key ie you can't just 'book' and not show up. To be safe just it look like you stayed then just drop the card off for the self check out box

 

[bam71]

Is this what its come to?

 

[TheCollecter]

Oh, it gets way worse... things I bite my tongue on to get green tier

 

[http_x92]

Confirming that a mattress run works if you want to go for the hotel Green Tier leaf.

Just need to show up at check in and leave later that day. Might need to come back the next day and hand in the room key though.

 

[Vic]

I'm struggling to log in to the qantas wellbeing app - I've defaulted to saveful for now, but is there any way of getting the wellbeing app working? It seems like a faster way of getting that leaf.

Anyway, I've just done my first survey in saveful - wondering if there are any anecdotes on how quickly the saveful leaf comes through. I have 30 days to hit green tier as I will be 23 SC short of WP before I fly long haul to the UK. My other option is to pay out of pocket to upgrade a work flight or to do some tiny status run, so on the whole I think GT will be cheapest for me.

For the rest, I'm planning on (not) staying at an eco hotel, which is a remarkably un-green thing to do, order wine, have already donated points yesterday (leaf posted today!), and offset a flight.

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just seen the following on the qantas site;

I'll keep trying to log in every day or so in the meantime.

Ibis styles Elizabeth St Brisbane is about the cheapest Green hotel. But need to complete the stay to get the tick...

Yes, the fast check out box would be great. Or just leave the key in the room and go.

 

[burneracc]

Is this what its come to?

wdym im literally saving the world by unlocking green tier

 

[burneracc]

I may need this strategy soon enough for the same reason, what is the cheapest place you found?

cheapest place I found within my narrow restrictions of the one week in the next month that I'm NOT in perth was the wool store place in Sydney. used points club voucher, net cost $190, get back ~2k points which will cover the carbon offset for the flight over

 

[miles_collector]

You don't even need to check-in.
Last year I booked a stay at Ibis styles Brisbane, non-refundable, and I was credited the points related to that stay + the green leef...

 

[Flyfrequently]

Bought Qantas (Green leaf) wine yesterday, points with bonus points posted today along with 5th

 

[exceladdict]

Decided to bite the bullet and hit green for the last time, given we don't know the end date and I might not have any extra qf flights to offset this year.

50sc closer to LTS; am going to miss GT as a little extra boost each year.

 

[http_x92]

Also planning to be aggressive to get Green Tier. Decided to wait for the new anniversary year to receive the 50 SC and now making one final push before it goes away.

The others are doable... but now deciding between the carbon offset and a green tier hotel staycation...

It was a good run.

 

[tdimdad]

Dear brains trust, looks like QFF has quietly removed many easy and cheap options from the green tier. What now, how do I best complete the rest???

A charity donation is easy for the third leaf. But then I get stuck: no plans to book a hotel, I have my electricity already sorted elsewhere, how on earth would I find 3 loads of recycling here, and wine is also a moot point in this household. Four weeks to go...

 

[SydneySwan]

Dear brains trust, looks like QFF has quietly removed many easy and cheap options from the green tier. What now, how do I best complete the rest???

A charity donation is easy for the third leaf. But then I get stuck: no plans to book a hotel, I have my electricity already sorted elsewhere, how on earth would I find 3 loads of recycling here, and wine is also a moot point in this household. Four weeks to go...
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If you are ruling out all the options then I suggest you let green tier go for this year.

 

[TheCollecter]

Dear brains trust, looks like QFF has quietly removed many easy and cheap options from the green tier. What now, how do I best complete the rest???

A charity donation is easy for the third leaf. But then I get stuck: no plans to book a hotel, I have my electricity already sorted elsewhere, how on earth would I find 3 loads of recycling here, and wine is also a moot point in this household. Four weeks to go...
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A few posts up someone found some wine for $15 for a tick… maybe have it delivered to a friend as a gift? That plus a donation leaves one tick. Is offset delivery of the wine still a thing?

 

[Flyfrequently]

A few posts up someone found some wine for $15 for a tick… maybe have it delivered to a friend as a gift? That plus a donation leaves one tick. Is offset delivery of the wine still a thing?

That was me @TheCollecter posts #2597 #2612
Used a $50 off (PC+ voucher) and the % as PC+) 6 bottles of Oxford Landing

@tdimdad guess it depends on whether the benefits ie vouchers /SC's are of any use to you

 

[TheCollecter]

That was me @TheCollecter posts #2597 #2612
Used a $50 off (PC+ voucher) and the % as PC+) 6 bottles of Oxford Landing

@tdimdad guess it depends on whether the benefits ie vouchers /SC's are of any use to you

And a great shout it was too! In fact I’m going to check it out now

 

[mad_atta]

cheapest place I found within my narrow restrictions of the one week in the next month that I'm NOT in perth was the wool store place in Sydney. used points club voucher, net cost $190, get back ~2k points which will cover the carbon offset for the flight over

I did something similar earlier this year - booked the 1888 Woolstore for a net cost of $126 after Qantas Hotels voucher. Actually stayed there as we used it as an excuse for a nice dinner in the neighbourhood, plus I didn't want to give them any excuse not to credit me the points.

That said, I had to request manual points and green tier credit, which was a bit of a pain, as it all happened after my membership year end.

Were I to do it again, I'd check out manually rather than using the fast key drop, as I wonder whether that might have contributed?

So just be warned that their systems might not be the best. My partner had booked Ovolo in Melbourne the week prior, also via Qantas Hotels, and his green tier and points credit was almost instantaneous.