New Qantas promos including double status credits (book by 3/9/25; travel 4/9/25 until 22/8/26)

[andye]

Now that Oman Air is in the frame I will have to look a their SC earn rates vs on EK - could be a better option than EK for my Cairo runs.

No published earn rates for WY on QF yet. Said to be coming late 2025

 

[DejaBrew]

No published earn rates for WY on QF yet. Said to be coming late 2025

Perhaps a similar timeline to HOB lounge refresh?

 

[andye]

All the other OW carriers I've checked seem to have managed to integrate WY by now. Quite good earn on AY

 

[RSD]

All the other OW carriers I've checked seem to have managed to integrate WY by now. Quite good earn on AY

Someone has to be last...

 

[Himeno]

Someone has to be last...

WY sponsored into oneworld by QR, so due to the QR/QF "issues", they complete the process with QF last?

 

[AFrequentFlyer]

From the March DSC thread:

Wonderful - thanks for that.

 

[justinbrett]

WY sponsored into oneworld by QR, so due to the QR/QF "issues", they complete the process with QF last?

QF sponsored MH - how did that turn out?

 

[RB001]

Perhaps a similar timeline to HOB lounge refresh?

Qantas has a lounge in New Mexico?

https://www.flightconnections.com/flights-from-hobbs-hob

 

[SYD]

WY sponsored into oneworld by QR, so due to the QR/QF "issues", they complete the process with QF last?

It’s a two way street. WY doesn’t let you enter QFF details into their bookings…(last I heard).

 

[DejaBrew]

Qantas has a lounge in New Mexico?

https://www.flightconnections.com/flights-from-hobbs-hob

Arriving earlier than the HBA lounge refresh as I understand it

 

[Aussie_flyer]

I could probably search for this but off hand, a buy now pay later (hold booking with $25 fee) made today and paid in 2 weeks should be ok right? I've made a tentative pending confirmation of some leave I have and thought I would try this option. I'm fairly sure its good to go but any experience from anyone here?

 

[elanshin]

I could probably search for this but off hand, a buy now pay later (hold booking with $25 fee) made today and paid in 2 weeks should be ok right? I've made a tentative pending confirmation of some leave I have and thought I would try this option. I'm fairly sure its good to go but any experience from anyone here?

I don't think many tried this route but given other data points, no reason why this wouldn't work.

 

[RB001]

I could probably search for this but off hand, a buy now pay later (hold booking with $25 fee) made today and paid in 2 weeks should be ok right? I've made a tentative pending confirmation of some leave I have and thought I would try this option. I'm fairly sure its good to go but any experience from anyone here?

Per the promo page FAQ, it is answered specifically.

"Will I earn double Qantas Points or double Status Credits if I use ‘Book Now, Pay Later’ to make my flight booking?"

"If you book your eligible flight during the promotion period, you will earn the bonus reward regardless of payment date. You will not earn double Qantas Points or double Status Credits if you do not complete your payment on the advised payment due date. If you book your eligible flight outside the promotion period and pay for your booking within the promotion period, your booking will not be eligible."

 

[Aussie_flyer]

Per the promo page FAQ, it is answered specifically.

"Will I earn double Qantas Points or double Status Credits if I use ‘Book Now, Pay Later’ to make my flight booking?"

"If you book your eligible flight during the promotion period, you will earn the bonus reward regardless of payment date. You will not earn double Qantas Points or double Status Credits if you do not complete your payment on the advised payment due date. If you book your eligible flight outside the promotion period and pay for your booking within the promotion period, your booking will not be eligible."

I should have gone and read it myself, thanks good result

 

[FlyandStay]

Hi, just wondering if anyone can tell me.. If I make a dsc booking in Y, and later change that same booking to J (paying change fees etc) - does that change the PNR, and if not - do the DSC bonus apply to the original Y status credits, or the new J status credits? Many thanks

 

[dylarr]

Hi, just wondering if anyone can tell me.. If I make a dsc booking in Y, and later change that same booking to J (paying change fees etc) - does that change the PNR, and if not - do the DSC bonus apply to the original Y status credits, or the new J status credits? Many thanks

If you change the booking to J you will be awarded SC’s for J.

However if you are upgrade an existing booking, you are awarded SC’s for the original booking class.

 

[FlyingKangaroo]

Well, two years in a row QF has successfully sucked me in and got me to book earlier than I would have for trips on my "might be fun to go there sometime" list, and in J.

Returned today from a SYD-BNE-APW-BNE-SYD trip (Samoa truly was the gem people say it is) and pocketed 480 SCs having booked during the October 2024 DSC promo for $2100. While we there, we booked SYD-BNE-VLI-BNE-SYD to give Vanuatu a go next year. That'll be 400 more SCs for $1750 return. In theory, you could earn/retain Platinum for around ~$5000 AUD with a few of those.

That said, the trip we just returned from today in J was a useful sanity check/reminder that paying many thousands of dollars solely to chase status for an average product and the lacklustre benefits on offer is not a rational thing to do (at least in my case as a primarily self-funded flyer), so I'm not going to succumb to the temptation to book more to chase Platinum just to visit the F lounge or maybe-if-I'm-lucky secure a few long-haul rewards in J on request.

But given the fares quoted above, I can tolerate paying twice the economy fare for one trip to guarantee I'll lock in at least SG status in my next membership year. The lacklustre benefits (and at times decent, e.g., AA Flagship Lounge in the US), plus savings on baggage fees and preferential seating on a number of OW carriers probably does balance things out, and we can tick off another "might be fun to go there sometime" place off the list while doing it.

Perhaps the eligibility towards lifetime status could be a driver, but I'm still too far off from that at this point to invest too much after too many years overseas locked into other alliances.

 

[SYD]

I recently received a QANTAS “care voucher” for an involuntary downgrade. Would I be correct in assuming that using that to book something for DSC/DPs might fail because it’s linked to an existing underlying PNR created outside the promo window?

 

[elanshin]

I recently received a QANTAS “care voucher” for an involuntary downgrade. Would I be correct in assuming that using that to book something for DSC/DPs might fail because it’s linked to an existing underlying PNR created outside the promo window?

I believe by default it should fail but from memory recent t&c changes means you can ask them for it iirc.

 

[MelbFlyer]

Has anyone received their loyalty bonus points and SCs yet?