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Well... It seems it's time to fire off an email starting 'While I was pleased that Qantas has given me extra status credits, it's most unfortunate that they've come now as while I won't reach platinum this year, I was aspiring to reach platinum in my next membership year which starts on 1...

I don't know, but they seemed awfully insistent that I did so (even though the previous emails indicated they would not send a new credit card if not eligible), so I did to avoid anything going wrong.

TBH, unless you've got lots of flights in the US coming up (where silver status can save you a fortune in checked bag fees on AS and AA), silver's not really worth it - its main benefits are priority check-in and a single lounge pass.

Yeah - I've maxed out my flying PC points this year already. Just when I thought Qantas couldn't make this promotion any more annoying... :rolleyes:

Well, my 5000 points and 80 SCs have lobbed in. Already had PCP requalification lined up (and by the looks of it, the points didn't count for that for me, weirdly, given that it was stated that they would) and I'm 601 SCs off WP, so it's of limited use to me.

Status credits on QF classic rewards are eligible for DSCs if you’re PC or PCP. However, classic upgrades see you get the original SCs (but with DSCs if the original ticket was booked during the promo).

True that. I ordered some pale ale a few weeks and while the specific variety I ordered was out of stock, the Coles/LL store substituted a slightly different pale ale from the same brewery (they shouldn't have but anyway...) Moral of the story - don't order anything you don't want to drink!

So it looks like some routes from Australia to North America in EK F are available again through the regular booking engine BUT they now seem to price each leg separately. So where I'd paid 227.5K points (and a heap of cash) before 5 August for SYD-DXB-SEA, it now costs 390.8K points (and a...

$80 for 800 points. And 1200 points for a $20 spend on sunscreen (which I don't need), 600 points for $10 on freezer spend and 450 points for $15 spend on pantry items. $80 spend not happening as I have a big Coles order in for this week to take advantage of the big booze discounts and my Coles...

But it is fun! Could do EK F one way on a QF code, and go the other way in cattle...

Looks like TK no longer offers mixed class fares out of Australia. :( (Not surprising given they offer services out of SYD and MEL now, but it's sad as it was a way of having a fairly risk-free way of getting to Europe part of the way in J for under $5k with a decent array of connections from...

Thanks - missed week 1 of my 4x$90 due to a case of beer out of stock but looks like I'll do weeks 2 and 3, so if I also do week 4, I'll give them a bell.

This has just changed to 1 September 2025. NAB is so dodgy. Can you please extract $100 from them?

And it's been damp in Melbourne. Let's just say the sun's shining metaphorically. :) Just got to have Qantas see the error of its ways on non-lifetime status of the loyalty SCs now...

Yup - MacBank has been great over the years as a backup to my Citi Plus. They have a really good app that allows you to do shockingly radical things the NAB app can't manage like save favourite PayIDs... Now it steps into the spotlight, and UBank becomes my international fee-free backup Visa...

Maybe sales weren't as good as expected. Mind you, for a loyalty scheme to piss off those people who aspire to be its most loyal customers takes a special kind of hubris. That's our Qantas!

https://www.qantas.com/au/en/frequent-flyer/member-offers/twice-as-rewarding.html

In that case, can second the recommendation of a long weekend in SIN as suggested upthread. Did it last year as a mattress run and it was good fun.

Is that with or without the loyalty bonus?

There's no guarantee anything you order at Coles will be in stock. The saving grace is that any dollar discount continues to apply (unless the entire order is $0 or less, in which case it gets cancelled).