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

[Princess Fiona]

Offer has been changed. Does now count towards lifetime status.

Color me astonished but very pleased at this reversal.

 

[DejaBrew]

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Offer has been changed. Does now count towards lifetime status.

Color me astonished but very pleased at this reversal.

 

[MELso]

https://www.qantas.com/au/en/frequent-flyer/member-offers/twice-as-rewarding.html

And we’re pleased to let you know that bonus Status Credits earned as part of this offer will now count towards your Lifetime Status.

 

[JustSlash]

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Offer has been changed. Does now count towards lifetime status.

Color me astonished but very pleased at this reversal.

Wow, that’s great news! Quite the U-turn though. Makes you wonder what kind of boardroom drama went down upstairs.

 

[MELso]

Wow, that’s great news! Quite the U-turn though. Makes you wonder what kind of boardroom drama went down upstairs.

Maybe sales weren't as good as expected.

Mind you, for a loyalty scheme to piss off those people who aspire to be its most loyal customers takes a special kind of hubris. That's our Qantas!

 

[justinbrett]

Now just waiting for the loyalty bonus U-turn (ie, the one that breached their own T&Cs)

 

[dairyfloss]

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Offer has been changed. Does now count towards lifetime status.

Color me astonished but very pleased at this reversal.

You can just imagine the chatter around the QF Loyalty office in the last 24 hours as feedback started to roll in...

 

[justinbrett]

Bit of a faux pas in the Loyalty Lobby article about this promo -:

Qantas Double Status Credits Or Points September 4 – August 22, 2026 (Book By September 3)

Qantas frequent fliers can earn doible Status Credits or Points for travel between September 4 and August 22, 2026. Book by September 3.

loyaltylobby.com

Nah, turns out they were the most reliable source of all!

 

[DejaBrew]

Nah, turns out they were the most reliable source of all!

I will never bad mouth Loyalty Lobby again*.

* (......at least until such time as they provide further reason to bad mouth them )

 

[Princess Fiona]

Now if only they could -turn re: the "Loyalty" gift not counting toward LT status....

I have been told that is also counting towards lifetime status now.

 

[burneracc]

I take it the only way to apply dsc to an already made booking is cancel and rebook? Don’t particularly care about pricing since this is corporate travel.

 

[DejaBrew]

I have been told that is also counting towards lifetime status now.

I take it the only way to apply dsc to an already made booking is cancel and rebook ?

They're auto-including bookings that have already been made during the promo period but prior to the backtrack announcement.

 

[exceladdict]

Wow, what a Friday. The sun is out and sense has prevailed.

 

[flyingfan]

What a turnaround. Maybe the reasons they mentioned in the email response about needing a sustainable scheme were outweighed by the backlash?

 

[justinbrett]

I take it the only way to apply dsc to an already made booking is cancel and rebook? Don’t particularly care about pricing since this is corporate travel.

You need a new PNR. There is a way to create a new PNR and move an existing ticket to it, but it requires a wizard TA and depends on your ticket.

It is probably easier to cancel and rebook.

 

[33kft]

Nice! On the back of this u-turn, I'll make some bookings that I'd otherwise decided didn't need to be made in haste.

Well done all for holding the line.

 

[DejaBrew]

You need a new PNR. There is a way to create a new PNR and move an existing ticket to it, but it requires a wizard TA and depends on your ticket.

It is probably easier to cancel and rebook.

Agreed and thanks for clarifying.

Apologies @burneracc, I was assuming you'd booked something during the DSC promo period but I should have been clearer in my response. If your booking pre-dates the DSC promo, then @justinbrett is on right the money.

 

[Ade]

You can just imagine the chatter around the QF Loyalty office in the last 24 hours as feedback started to roll in...

Certain unmentionable expletives might have been flying around the Mascot office

 

[burneracc]

You need a new PNR. There is a way to create a new PNR and move an existing ticket to it, but it requires a wizard TA and depends on your ticket.

It is probably easier to cancel and rebook.

TY, although not what I wanted to hear

Will see if I can wrangle it, but since there's a hotel booking attached to my travel itinerary that I don't want to cancel, worst case I might have to fly without DSC on that trip

 

[RSD]

Wow, what a Friday. The sun is out

You obviously aren't in NW Tassie at the moment - bucketing down!