Given everything that goes into determining how many status credits you earn on a flight, the current status credit system on Qantas is basically a proxy for a spend based system. While not a very good proxy in that it is not a linear relationship between spend and status credits, it does take...
I've done Perth to Hong Kong, via, umm, Perth. On the initial flight got to around Port Hedland when a medical situation arose, and ended up flying back to Perth
Qantas opted to go with a system that would work across its route network - including trans-pacific. That system got delayed, and while maybe they could have changed tack and gone with Starlink, they seem to be sticking with what they chose.
If is is a 3% cash advance fee, suggest you spent $152 on the cash advance. Maybe $150 for the card and a $2 fee.
For interest, seems roughly correct for $152 for 27 days.
Maybe, but in the specific instance at hand, I can't imagine anyone (let alone Qantas) doing much about it. Imagine the PR look of Qantas taking Norton to task for this...
It is hard to work out what you intended to do, but it is possible to set up pooling in two ways
1) Pool the points
2) Pool the points and status credits
Once you set up pooling, and points (or status credits), someone earns will be transferred to the beneficiary account. The points and status...