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

[me-h]

I'm about 400 sc from hitting LTG finally, and had been waiting for next DSC offer to do a little holiday somewhere to knock it over. Given the extra SC won't count, I think I'm better just waiting until after the promo when there are some cheaper sale fares, right? I'm relieved I'm close enough I can still get over the LTG line soon-ish, but disappointed at this change of the rules. I've been WP for quite a few years now but will come nowhere near retaining WP this year (so the gifted SC are useless), and I'm not going to go on a bunch of DSC status runs just to get that for another year, as LTG is pretty much the only goal for me now that am so close.

 

[Dvg]

Good luck on lowering the bar!

Pretty sure qantas has never lowered the bar unless it was a customer service issue

 

[QF_Flyer]

I notice that the FAQ says it can take up to 8 weeks for the DSC to be credited.
What are people's experiences with how soon they show up in reality ?

If I book a flight using this, it would be in early / mid October and my year-end is Oct 31st.

Given the DSC would be just enough to have me retain gold, I am a bit concerned that they may not show up in time.

In my experience (had DSC flights from the last round flown last month) it's within a couple of days of the flight. Even if they don't, they count from the date flown, so even if they're late, they still count towards your current year.