Is it Worth Attaining Qantas Silver to Book Emirates First?

[4lex]

I haven't flown much since 2021 and my platinum has fallen to bronze. i do like an EK F award though which soon i can't get. I'm wondering if it's even worth pursuing 200sc with QF to regain access there. I'm PCP and have millions of QF points. I could think of a reason to go to DFW soon, i fly out of PER.
Should i bother chasing this?
Cheers.

 

[sudoer]

You need 300 SC to attain silver, whether you should bother chasing is a call only you can make...

 

[4lex]

If you've nothing of value to add it is ok to add nothing.

 

[RooFlyer]

If you've nothing of value to add it is ok to add nothing.

There was value in sudoer's reply.

 

[ChrisMars]

I haven't flown much since 2021 and my platinum has fallen to bronze. i do like an EK F award though which soon i can't get. I'm wondering if it's even worth pursuing 200sc with QF to regain access there. I'm PCP and have millions of QF points. I could think of a reason to go to DFW soon, i fly out of PER.
Should i bother chasing this?
Cheers.

You need to weight:
The inconvenience and cost to chase silver.
The likelihood you can book your EK flights in F, once EK implements all the announced change. At best F availability goes back to what it was a while (1 year?) ago. You have the points, great, but you need the seats.
Cost taxes, and percieved value of EK F flights. Do you have other options for comfortable travel from PER?

Since you are PCP, I would wait first to see if F redemptions come back at a better volume. Worse case scenario you drop bronze, start with 100SC from PCP, maybe a green tier, and you are back 200 SC away from Silver, but you have all the info to make a better informed decision.

So much depends on your plan, preferences etc...

 

[aikman]

If your main objective is to continue to use your millions of points for EK F then yes you should pursue Silver. Considering the millions of points and thousands of dollars in surcharges you'll be spending for EK F then earning 300 status credits is not really a big deal.

 

[kangarooflyer88]

Couple points here, the policy Qantas has announced has zero effect right now (that comes into effect on February 18). So if you find something on EK in F you should book it now. That way there is no need to go out of your way for Silver Status. I'll let the other commenters speculate how EK F will work after that date if you already have an EK F award flight but want to change the dates. Aside from booking EK F flights (supposing there is availability) are there any other tangible benefits you can point to that you reasonably expect to use with Silver status?

As for Silver status itself there are a number of ways to earn status credits on the ground such as the green tier and some Qantas credit cards I believe so you could of course factor that into the calculation. Getting 300 status credits on its own isn't hard, particularly if you are based in Perth and there is an appealing double status credits promotion available.

 

[sudoer]

some Qantas credit cards

No credit cards have offered SC on the ground for a few years.

 

[SYD]

I'm PCP and have millions of QF points.

You can earn status credits flying QF Classic Reward flights as PCP.

 

[MelbFlyer]

If you can find any EK First reward seats now, book it now before the requirement to be Silver kicks in as well as increased points required to redeem EK reward seats.

At least then you'll have a PNR and should be able to change it later on if need be.

The 5k points change fee should be less than the potential amount of a newly booked reward after the increase in points comes into effect / is loose change to the "millions" of points you have.

EDIT : As per below, you can change after booking, however any changes will be subjected to the new restrictions (and probably new points rate as well).

 

[FF98]

book it now before the requirement to be Silver kicks in as well

Just chiming in on this, as I am not too sure as well. From the Qantas page, this strategy doesn't work if I am interpreting it correctly

 

[MelbFlyer]

Just chiming in on this, as I am not too sure as well. From the Qantas page, this strategy doesn't work if I am interpreting it correctly

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Oh, scrap that then - I'll edit my post to avoid confusion.

I guess they're really clamping down on changes after the fact.

Maybe it explains the reason for my experience as per my below post (not being able to add a flight onto an old PNR which was booked prior to the devaluation in 08/2025).

Post in thread 'Qantas Classic Reward & Upgrade Devaluation on 5 August 2025'

Jan 16, 2026

Hi all, sorry to bring up an old thread but I suspect that this may be the reason why I've been denied twice over the phone for this enquiry.

Long story short, I have an active PNR (1st flight not yet flown) from prior to the devaluation / increase in points required for reward seats, as per discussed in this thread.

Looking to add another reward seat onto this PNR (obviously would like to take advantage of the lower rates if at all possible), have been told twice that it's unable to be done.

Has anyone else been able to add new reward seats onto an existing PNR that existed prior to...

• MelbFlyer

 

[mviy]

If you had WP in the past you may have made significant progress towards LifeTime Silver, so it would be worth checking if you are anywhere close.

Getting Platinum requires 1400 SC if you don’t have it, which is 20% of the 7000 SC to get LifeTime Silver. 1200 to retain. So if you had some years as Platinum or a lot of years of Gold you could be somewhere close

 

[4lex]

Thanks everyone. Still some way short of lifetime silver at about 5k. About ten years ago we decided to do a status run as the platinum benefits were useful to us over the next couple of years so we did some MH J legs booked under dsc promo.
Yes the taxes are excessive for ek f redemptions, but the points are very low cost as they're primarily harvested from business operating expenses paid on amex and it's my favourite way to fly.
I'm half way across my membership year at this stage so now thinking in terms of a status run at the start of the next. The irony of offering sc on a green tier and incentivising flying for no good reason is not lost.

 

[Doddler]

Thanks everyone. Still some way short of lifetime silver at about 5k. About ten years ago we decided to do a status run as the platinum benefits were useful to us over the next couple of years so we did some MH J legs booked under dsc promo.
Yes the taxes are excessive for ek f redemptions, but the points are very low cost as they're primarily harvested from business operating expenses paid on amex and it's my favourite way to fly.
I'm half way across my membership year at this stage so now thinking in terms of a status run at the start of the next. The irony of offering sc on a green tier and incentivising flying for no good reason is not lost.

Substantially easier if you book a status run flight during a double status credits promo. In past years there has been one in Feb/March. You have to keep a lookout - they typically only give you a few days to book.

 

[4lex]

Indeed. Does DSC apply to PCP redemptions?