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

[flyingfan]

Unbelievable. Clearly they need to cull those marching took quickly to LTG.

 

[MELso]

My flight tomorrow requalifies my Plat status....as my membership year emd 31.10, the gift of 150SCs is useess for me. I guess i should be overjoyed by the gift of 2500 points as a PC member

I totally agree that having a 31 October membership year end is the pits when they pull this sort of stuff!

I have 719 SCs at the moment with 14 more to come, having carefully planned out falling over the line to SG. The 80 SCs are nigh on useless given they don't contribute to lifetime status. Similarly, a Qantas hotel booking with triple points in early October will give me more than enough to requalify for PCP so the 5000 points there also do little on that score (although at least I can use them for a flight at some stage I suppose).

I possibly could get to WP by booking a status run from MEL to ZQN via BNE (getting the loyalty bonus) but it's looking exxy pricewise in September and I'm away in October.

 

[Kendall Roy]

Glad I'm now LTG, so I'll sit this one out!

 

[AIRwin]

Glad I'm now LTG, so I'll sit this one out!

Not even double points?

 

[Pushka]

 

[mviy]

This has just probably doubled my time to reach LTG from here and has increased my incentive to fly partner airlines.

 

[JYK]

Can I check if anyone here had DSC success with either GV or Regional rebooking methods during the last DSC promo? There was a wording change in t&c then, but we were still hopeful.

 

[aikman]

I think the time has come for me to abandon the dream of a lifetime of ham & cheese toasties prior to boarding overpriced flights.

Let's see how much money I save by being a free agent.

 

[mviy]

With these changes I am glad I have made as much progress as I already have towards LTG. I just hope the goalposts don’t get shifted any more before I reach LTG.

 

[Aussie_flyer]

Lot of doom and gloomers here. Dsc is not a right

 

[burneracc]

Hugely helpful for me - have 2x per-syd returns to book for work and will additionally think about booking some personal travel. At the very least this makes it very easy to maintain SG which is what they are probably after. Will sleep on whether it’s worth chasing WP. Any indications on whether movie nights are done?

 

[Aussie_flyer]

Oh Qantas you cheeky devil... They played me on this one!
Just booked a few grand worth of business travel for the next month which was to take me to within 10SC of retaining WP (with 3 months left). Then they drop this little nugget which would will easily get me there. Had this been announced any earlier I would've taken the SCs and switched the remainder of my flying to Virgin for the year, which I likely will now anyway as I'm not going to go close to P1.

What's the purpose of earning WP then flying with another airline?

 

[justinbrett]

Just saw WoAG is excluded including status credits. That’s new.

 

[Mwenenzi]

Just saw WoAG is excluded including status credits. That’s new.

WoAG means?

 

[pagingjoan]

WoAG means?

Whole of Australian Government

 

[aamslfc]

Well, well, well.

Almost booked a couple of QF domestic legs last night, but boy I am glad I held off.

Been checking fares and waiting to book some international trips towards the end of the year, looks like we'll be spamming QF for those and beginning our switch away from VA and their partners.

 

[Vee711]

I'm a Bronze member w/ Points Club - currently on 196 SC and I've earned or used points in the past 18 months, so therefore I assume I'm eligible for these 40 SCs?

My anniversary is the end of November, so still a bit of time left.

I've got a CR flight coming up soon before then which will earn me 48 SCs - so with the 48 + 40 SCs, I'd be sitting at 284 SC - 16 short of Silver.

I don't really have anything else planned / everything is already booked - but even just booking a return flight for a short weekend away to Sydney before EOM November (even without DSC) would get me to Silver, lol.

The closest I've / would be to graduating from Bronze for the first time

Green tier would net you an additional 50SC that can push you over the line for Silver

 

[Aussie_flyer]

If you can get VA status or maintain then you have more choice on your Int'l long hauls that have perks. Domestic short hauls generally aren't that different of an experience to matter too much.

Sorry but the poster said they're going out of their way to retain WP then immediately moving to VA, to me it's illogical. Just how much flying are you doing in this scenario that requires status at both QF and VA. How many long haul internationals a year that you would need a second option to get what, lounge access?

 

[Flyerwin]

I've already qualified for WP and the bonus SC is coming before my renewal, so not helpful.

This DSC promo is very early this year - struggling to lock down travel for next year this early... I assume no more DSC promo this year, but likely 1 more in February/March/April....

 

[Pushka]

Works for us. April 30. However status won't be as exciting this time next year as trip to Europe is booked with non Qantas group airlines.