Fairer & Simpler Enhanced QFF Optus Plans effective 12 Apr

[QPProletarian]

From 12 April 2024 Qantas Frequent Flyer members can no longer sign up to aQantas SIM Only Plan by Optus.​

Existing Qantas SIM Only Plan customers will continue to earn Qantas Points for a period of 12 months after 11 April 2024.​

As a current subscriber, don't believe I've had comms on this yet. The 5GB allowance was a little limited, but what I liked best was the stress free voice roaming without daily $5 malarky.

 

[AIRwin]

Looks like Optus is no longer even on the list of QFF partners:

https://www.qantas.com/au/en/frequent-flyer/partners.html?categories=phone-utilities-services

 

[SYD]

I’ll be ditching Optus soon, after they canned the $50 plan that included roaming. I negotiated a replacement plan with $20 pm discount (pay $29) but the $5 roaming is too unreliable (fine if you use it everyday, but trying to use ‘as required’ can cause false activations).

 

[justinbrett]

Hopefully QF will strike a deal with Telstra. Seems a good fit since they already have their own reward currency.

 

[SYD]

Hopefully QF will strike a deal with Telstra. Seems a good fit since they already have their own reward currency.

Vodafone might be more practical for FFs because their $5 daily roaming is more reliable than Optus and a heluva lot cheaper than Telstra (both plans and roaming).

 

[TheDefenestrator]

Vodafone might be more practical for FFs because their $5 daily roaming is more reliable than Optus and a heluva lot cheaper than Telstra (both plans and roaming).

Vodafone would be interesting seeing as QF had a partnership with them back in 2016. Does anyone remember when that ended?

 

[justinbrett]

Vodafone might be more practical for FFs because their $5 daily roaming is more reliable than Optus and a heluva lot cheaper than Telstra (both plans and roaming).

QF isn’t really the airline for the price sensitive.

 

[Peso]

I've considered porting to Optus to take up this plan, but I make a lot of intl calls, and the non-inclusion of them (despite having included roaming) is very odd and a non-starter for me.

 

[bussyboy]

Sounds like an opportunity for a new partnership and sign up bonus offer!!

 

[QPProletarian]

I've considered porting to Optus to take up this plan, but I make a lot of intl calls, and the non-inclusion of them (despite having included roaming) is very odd and a non-starter for me.

There was a $10 month add on for this, but they could’ve marketed it better

 

[dylarr]

There was a $10 month add on for this, but they could’ve marketed it better

I believe the current on-market Optus plans include this by default which was one of the only difference between those and the Qantas SIM only plans. It would have been nice if they had of included it to bring the plans into parity, but it's a moot point now.

 

[SYD]

I believe the current on-market Optus plans include this by default which was one of the only difference between those and the Qantas SIM only plans. It would have been nice if they had of included it to bring the plans into parity, but it's a moot point now.

You can actually turn On/Off via app the $10 pm calls to overseas from Oz.

Roaming (including calls back to Oz) is either the $10 or min $5 daily charge (depending on plan type).