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

[Townsend]

Sadly don’t count toward LT status and I have a 30 September member year end, so would seem to be unfortunately zero value to me and likely many others in the same boat.

I am in exactly the same position. It actually hurts as it seems to benefit only people who have not flown a lot and need extra S.Cs to reach the next level

 

[Hamila]

Sigh, was one of the most affected in the data leak and have a 30 Sep membership year end. Reminds me of the last Covid support they provided where I also got screwed by the membership year end.

Would be nice if there was a targeted gift to those affected by the data leak, that contributed towards LTS/LTG.

 

[levelnine]

If Qantas had wanted to make the loyalty gift actually useful, they would have given it to people at the start of their next membership year or allowed people to swap it out for points. But they didn't, and that was a very deliberate decision.

 

[mviy]

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

 

[mbell1510]

Sigh, was one of the most affected in the data leak and have a 30 Sep membership year end. Reminds me of the last Covid support they provided where I also got screwed by the membership year end.

Would be nice if there was a targeted gift to those affected by the data leak, that contributed towards LTS/LTG.

Understand your point as someone who had all but two data points leaked. Just PR deflection from their almost record profit

 

[bPeteb]

Nothing will make up for my entire identity being in the leak but what's done is done.

With our current forward bookings I was 49 short for requal next year after deciding not to pursue green tier. The 150 gets me across with no more flights required. I'll be less that 200 to LTG after we get back from our cruise next June so those 200 will be what we'll chase with QF in 26-7. I see new airlines on the horizon.

I'm a no for this one.

 

[chrispy3276]

I think I'm in the +1 group for not using the DSC promo this time around. After already booked travel, I was around 70SCs short of retaining Gold, but am going to get 80 through the Loyalty Gift. With DSCs not counting to lifetime, I have no incentive to book travel during this promo, and will probably wait for things like Triple Points Frenzy promos on Hotels/Holidays to book more travel.

 

[jimmy hutspah]

Trust Qantas to award a gift for loyalty that, for many people, will have precisely 0 value lol.

Yep, absolutely ridiculous. and at the same time remove the Lifetime carrot for DSC's just to rub it in. Surely with the loyalty bonus they'd have workshopped it and said 'lets just allow people to claim it at any point in the next 12 months', but no...

 

[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.

 

[PineappleSkip]

Initially I was tempted to sit this one out, having 91% requalified WP four months into my membership year, largely off the back of partner airlines and previous DSC offers. But I kind of enjoy the ROK-MKY runs so I might just have a little nibble this time.

Mrs Pineapple is utterly enthralled at VH’s gift of 80 SCs to help her requalify LTG. But no, they don’t qualify for lifetime status, so that is a doubly worthless gift. She is enthralled because she wasn’t given a cashback bonus on a JQ flight, which would be a discounted entry to hell for her.

 

[justinbrett]

It's a pretty wild assumption by many that the loyalty gift is connected to the data breach.

QF never said that, and it would be a pretty poor way to do it for the same reasons mentioned above, for many it does nothing. It's basically a lose lose - they don't get the public PR credit by claiming they've offered compensation, and even if they did this would be a poor way to go about it. Just like the covid status keeper they'll always please some and piss off others when it comes to gifting status credits. Gifting points is much fairer.

I don't know why they offered the gift, my only theory is they've crunched the numbers and think this will entice some people to go for the next status tier. It's obviously intended to benefit Qantas.

Mrs Pineapple is utterly enthralled at VH’s gift of 40 SCs to help her requalify LTG.

Surely qualifying once is enough?

 

[Aussie_flyer]

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

 

[mviy]

Mrs Pineapple is utterly enthralled at VH’s gift of 40 SCs to help her requalify LTG.

The table indicates 80 SC for Gold. Though twice nothing = nothing

Dsc is not a right

That’s true, but many of us here want to extract as much benefit as we can from QFF, so any devaluation is disappointing.

 

[nancypants]

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

No it’s absolutely not a right but it’s also not a straightforward FF morale booster either.

Of course I’m sure they have highly paid people working for them that know that and consider the calculated risks of how these things are perceived

 

[Aggi]

Would have liked the option of rolling the status bonus over to the next year, that would have been fairer to those who don’t need it to re-qualify in their current year.

 

[DrJ]

Why oh why do these random SC gifts always pop up when I don't need them? With the loss of the deferred LB and the shifting of the GT goal posts meaning I won't retain it next year, having only a 100SC from PC+ rather than 200 head start in December, this is just rubbing salt in the wound. Of course it's great for those with earlier renewal dates, but IIRC the free SCs were around this time last year - maybe shifting the time of year they offer them each year could be a thing so all members get a chance to to benefit?
Anyway rant over, very much a first world problem. On the other hand I am very happy I have LTG locked away - it seems that they are starting down BA's path of making LT status harder to get

 

[serfty]

Sadly don’t count toward LT status and I have a 30 September member year end, so would seem to be unfortunately zero value to me and likely many others in the same boat.

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

Yep 0 value for me. I retained WP 6months ago.

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

Same ! 30 Sept year end. Not counting towards lifetime earn really hurts as well.

I am in exactly the same position. It actually hurts as it seems to benefit only people who have not flown a lot and need extra S.Cs to reach the next level

Sigh, was one of the most affected in the data leak and have a 30 Sep membership year end. Reminds me of the last Covid support they provided where I also got screwed by the membership year end.

Would be nice if there was a targeted gift to those affected by the data leak, that contributed towards LTS/LTG.

I'm in the same boat ... the 150 SC "gift" is useless to me having already qualified WP until end Oct. 2026.

I guess the 2500 PC gift has some value.

 

[clifford]

I think I'll sit this one out, as I've already made enough bookings to requalify for WP from September 2026. However, I don't have a real problem with the promo, especially as it's the second one this year.

The freebie SC's would have been nice and well timed for me (Sep-Aug qualification year), but as it stands, they will be completely useless to me (unless something goes wrong with my existing bookings).

At least the 5,000 points for PC+ will be useful.