Earn up to 110 Qantas Status Credits on the ground

[http_x92]

Will transferring points manually from my Marriott account count towards the hotel earn? It surely cannot be that easy…

Gave that one a go with the 1000 points minimum requirement. See how that one goes.

 

[exceladdict]

Will transferring points manually from my Marriott account count towards the hotel earn? It surely cannot be that easy…

I'll find out in six to eight weeks, all going well. Though I picked a different chain

 

[Dannee112]

Will transferring points manually from my Marriott account count towards the hotel earn? It surely cannot be that easy…

That seems to be the case.

The T&Cs specifically include Marriott Bonvoy as an inclusion.

I’m doing the same thing so we’ll find out in 8 weeks (or sooner)

 

[AFF Editor]

It would be good if AFF could get clarity on this because the T&Cs only exclude Wellbeing:

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and if you click through on the category it offers 4 options (only 1 Wellbeing which is excluded):

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The infographic from Qantas indicates that points earned from Binge or Kayo would be eligible.

 

[ChrisMars]

Qantas wellbeing, someone managed to find put if it s included? It ferls like it should right?

 

[bussyboy]

Qantas wellbeing, someone managed to find put if it s included? It ferls like it should right?

Agreed it should, but clearly excluded in the terms for that category

 

[RooFlyer]

Agreed it should, but clearly excluded in the terms for that category

Possibly because there isn’t a merchant attached? But I don’t know anything about well-being - at least as far as Qantas is concerned.

 

[exceladdict]

The infographic from Qantas indicates that points earned from Binge or Kayo would be eligible.

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Ok so one month for 1k points, $20 or so, $2/sc is a decent earn rate.

 

[ChrisMars]

Possibly because there isn’t a merchant attached? But I don’t know anything about well-being - at least as far as Qantas is concerned.

Is it healthy to eat popcorns, or binge watch tv show? Is that the best Qantas can for the "health leasure and entrrtainement" category? Oh well, no SC for this one for me.

 

[SYD]

This is a massive flex by Qantas Loyalty - as the person in this article points out:

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Earning Qantas SC switches the Pavlovian response from collecting Qantas Frequent Flyer Points to earning Qantas Status on the ground. As others have said - without much behaviour change, many will earn between 30-80 SC by doing what they already do in the QFF ecosystem already, so will be attractive to people who might struggle to obtain a desired Tier eg: people who don't fly enough for say Silver or say don't quite get to Gold by flying alone.

Sticking it to the RBA and proposed interchange caps is also part of the story, along with some feel-good PR after a few PR missteps in the recent and further past hangover from the Joyce era.

All the while, their competitor, Bain/Virgin Australia/Velocity, is lighting exploding cigars in their own face by increasing the requirement of spend to maintain status on an inferior product with fewer lounges and fewer international partners. Qantas loyalty must be laughing their cough off at the moment......

As an aside, VFF have allowed SCs earn via Flybuys for years (coincidently?) capped at 120 per calendar year (max 10 SCs pm).

Don’t recall seeing complaints here about those not being BIS earned SCs? Nor those of us who’ve used QF GT for what used to be cheap and easy 50 SCs.

Apart from timing (will help some more than others), I agree it’s a good initiative.

 

[http_x92]

Okay, taking one for the team and seeing if Binge would count towards the leisure SCs!

 

[Himeno]

Likely would only get something from Woolworths earn. Might get something for hotel or insurance, but I don't think points for bookings in Feb would post during the the promotion period.

 

[Captain Halliday]

Have some ideas for completing hotels and travel and shopping with little effort but will see if they come through first.

Good point. Best to act early so there’s time for plan B.

 

[SeatBackForward]

Surely a sign of how pathetic rewards programs are becoming...They'll water down the entire the QFF program to be revenue based, and then introduce some new "enhancement" to tie it back to actual flying.

 

[33kft]

Nor those of us who’ve used QF GT for what used to be cheap and easy 50 SCs.

Well there are the pages and pages of complaints about how green it isn't, which is like complaining that gift cards make bad gifts

There's always someone who can't be pleased