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

[mviy]

For many years nearly all of my flights have been DSC ones. I have flown more than required to attain/retain status multiple times knowing that the DSC would count to LTSC.

At the moment this change impacts me negatively a lot more than the recent points devaluation despite having lots of points. Though when I get to LTG it now being harder to achieve will make it a little more exclusive, though that is undermined a bit by how easy it is to gain access to the lounges SG can access with lounge passes, QANTAS Club membership etc.

 

[SYD]

For many years nearly all of my flights have been DSC ones. I have flown more than required to attain/retain status multiple times knowing that the DSC would count to LTSC.

At the moment this change impacts me negatively a lot more than the recent points devaluation despite having lots of points. Though when I get to LTG it now being harder to achieve will make it a little more exclusive, though that is undermined a bit by how easy it is to gain access to the lounges SG can access with lounge passes, QANTAS Club membership etc.

QP and Passes aren’t new and also pretty worthless outside of Oz (except AA ACs). So getting to SG (OWS) each year (and hopefully LTG for you) is still very much worthwhile.

 

[serfty]

NB daughter who hasn't flown for 10 years but did earn 1k Qantas points via a Woolies promotion some time ago called asking what she can do with the 40 SC Qantas promised her in an email they received today.

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[RB001]

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what she can do with the 40 SC Qantas promised her in an email they received today.

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Earn 260 more so she can get one of them fancy silver cards...

 

[JYK]

QBR is also on double points, and must be registered separately.

 

[Murmal]

Whoever is advising Qantas Loyalty during their challenging times doesn't seem to understand much about not upsetting their loyal customers.
I already have pre-booked flights to attain required status for the coming 18 months.
The SC 'gift' is worthless as it is surplus to my current year requirements and expires .
From posts here, sounds like many are in the same boat. I dare say the geniuses at Qantas knew this too.
During DSC promotions I usually throw in a few extra dom trips to add to the LT tally.
Those extras are now worthless, so Qantas will lose out.
We're small fry but are probably the most loyal of their customers and have been for many years.
Discouraging 'enhancement', poor gratitude.

 

[RooFlyer]

just woke up to see this. Read the first few pages here. It seems like a typical Qantas shermozzle. T&Cs cut and pasted randomly, an SC gift that’s worthless to many (and given it doesn’t count to LTG I’d say it’s deliberately framed that way). A cynical 'look over there' stunt by Qantas to divert attention from their very high profits.

oh, I’ve also see that Virgin has just given me $25.

 

[Blackadder]

I suspect it’s not going to affect to many “racing” towards achieving LTP! But I get the angst of others seeking LTG - although, I reckon a relatively small proportion of my first 14K SCs were from DSC.

It’s possibly to encourage you to fly a little more and go for Gold. Hey, throw in a DSC offer while they’re at it.

More than a coincidence the two promos coincide.

With the gift still 505sc for Gold.
As a purely self funded traveller even with a dsc can’t justify at least 255sc in flying when that is more than my travelling for the year to date.

 

[SYD]

Whoever is advising Qantas Loyalty during their challenging times doesn't seem to understand much about not upsetting their loyal customers.
I already have pre-booked flights to attain required status for the coming 18 months.
The SC 'gift' is worthless as it is surplus to my current year requirements and expires .
From posts here, sounds like many are in the same boat. I dare say the geniuses at Qantas knew this too.
During DSC promotions I usually throw in a few extra dom trips to add to the LT tally.
Those extras are now worthless, so Qantas will lose out.
We're small fry but are probably the most loyal of their customers and have been for many years.
Discouraging 'enhancement', poor gratitude.

AFF regulars are probably not representative of the average QFF punters. I suspect outside this forum, both the gift and DSC/P promos were well received.

oh, I’ve also see that Virgin has just given me $25.

I got one of those via VBR. If it were $250 and I might consider it… Very unlikely to ever step onto a VA plane using my own money after the recent hatchet job.

With the gift still 505sc for Gold.
As a purely self funded traveller even with a dsc can’t justify at least 255sc in flying when that is more than my travelling for the year to date.

We’re purely self-funded travellers now and maybe we have the luxury of easily retaining WP each year - usually not via DSC but cheap partner J fares to Europe / Americas ex Asia (and SC earn on redemptions via PC). And other hacks learnt here over the years!

 

[justinbrett]

Whoever is advising Qantas Loyalty during their challenging times

What challenging times are those exactly?

For corporate, things look pretty rosy today.

A cynical 'look over there' stunt by Qantas to divert attention from their very high profits.

If that was their intention (which I don't agree), it failed. Profits and aircraft order got a lot of media coverage. Barely a passing comment relating to the DSC promo and "gifts". Although the $1K share bonus for employees was widely reported on.

No doubt the "gift" is there to increase revenue.

 

[RSD]

Last year they waited until AGM

Yes - I was expecting it to be then so have been caught a little unprepared for this one!

 

[tanahflyer]

AFF regulars are probably not representative of the average QFF punters. I suspect outside this forum, both the gift and DSC/P promos were well received.

I got one of those via VBR. If it were $250 and I might consider it… Very unlikely to ever step onto a VA plane using my own money after the recent hatchet job.

We’re purely self-funded travellers now and maybe we have the luxury of easily retaining WP each year - usually not via DSC but cheap partner J fares to Europe / Americas ex Asia (and SC earn on redemptions via PC). And other hacks learnt here over the years!

I'd be curious to know which cheap partner J fares you are referring to, or if this is simply a matter of having a "good" (read: cheap) origin city? With the potential end (let's hope this is a one-off) of LTG via DSC, its time to find solutions with partner airlines...

 

[justinbrett]

Yes - I was expecting it to be then so have been caught a little unprepared for this one!

VA results out tomorrow - maybe they wanted to get in first in case VA launches a similar promo.

I'd be curious to know which cheap partner J fares you are referring to, or if this is simply a matter of having a "good" (read: cheap) origin city? With the potential end (let's hope this is a one-off) of LTG via DSC, its time to find solutions with partner airlines...

Welcome to AFF!

Numerous examples - AA domestic fares, certain cities for long haul (including AKL to USA), Round the World bookings (DONE4) starting from another city like Tokyo...

 

[J-P]

I know Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum have all been invited.

I haven't received an email yet, are others in this boat too?

 

[RSD]

I haven't received an email yet, are others in this boat too?

I haven't received the email for the QBR double points offer that I have to register for - however I still can't get access to my account either - it has only been eight weeks of them trying to sort that problem out...

 

[tanahflyer]

VA results out tomorrow - maybe they wanted to get in first in case VA launches a similar promo.




Welcome to AFF!

Numerous examples - AA domestic fares, certain cities for long haul (including AKL to USA), Round the World bookings (DONE4) starting from another city like Tokyo...

Thank you! Thought it was about time after being a long time lurker observer.

ex-Asia, intra-Asia travel is a huge bummer on OW because many very good Economy Sale fares on CX and MH are 0% accrual on QF.