Qantas Points Club Discussion

[MooTime]

I qualified for PC, and I am 54K QFF short of qualifying for PC+, which is due in 5 months (the anniversary date is 30 September).

Is it worth it for me to push for PC+? I don't travel QF much at all. If I do travel, I will travel with my family (total of 4 people together). I have been picking up QFF points here and there via credit card and home/car insurance signup bonuses.

I'd say no, but being rather close maybe. Ha how's that for sitting on the fence.

I'm on PC+ currently, seldom fly QF so apart from the extra $50 voucher for vino & hotel, 10% off vino, don't get much out of it at all.

I only get to 350k points cos grab points where I can to get the family up up & away when we can.

 

[elanshin]

I qualified for PC, and I am 54K QFF short of qualifying for PC+, which is due in 5 months (the anniversary date is 30 September).

Is it worth it for me to push for PC+? I don't travel QF much at all. If I do travel, I will travel with my family (total of 4 people together). I have been picking up QFF points here and there via credit card and home/car insurance signup bonuses.

Realistically, the main benefits of PC+ are

100 SC rollover (not 100 extra but rollover), free Qantas Club, more Wine and hotel vouchers, 10% off QF marketplace/Wine, additional points earning at those places and the odd extra deal (like the current points deal where PC get double but PCP gets triple).

You can ask yourself if those are worthwhile.

I wanted the extra 100 SC rollover and needed points for double OWA J booking last year so I requalified PCP, this year I may just get PC and call it a day.

 

[Mr H]

Realistically, the main benefits of PC+ are

100 SC rollover (not 100 extra but rollover), free Qantas Club, more Wine and hotel vouchers, 10% off QF marketplace/Wine, additional points earning at those places and the odd extra deal (like the current points deal where PC get double but PCP gets triple).

You can ask yourself if those are worthwhile.

I wanted the extra 100 SC rollover and needed points for double OWA J booking last year so I requalified PCP, this year I may just get PC and call it a day.

Plus extra bonus points from Qantas Hotels.

 

[sudoer]

I don't travel QF much at all. If I do travel, I will travel with my family (total of 4 people together)

Presumably partner + 2 kids?

If kids are under 18, you could take all 4 people into the Qantas Club (domestic) or Qantas Business Lounge (international) using the Points Club Plus QC benefit when flying QF or JQ (note different terminals in SYD/MEL on JQ though)

If you fly Qantas even a couple of times per year I would say this is probably worth going for. You'll get access for the reminder of this membership year + next year.

 

[kamchatsky]

Presumably partner + 2 kids?

If kids are under 18, you could take all 4 people into the Qantas Club (domestic) or Qantas Business Lounge (international) using the Points Club Plus QC benefit when flying QF or JQ (note different terminals in SYD/MEL on JQ though)

If you fly Qantas even a couple of times per year I would say this is probably worth going for. You'll get access for the reminder of this membership year + next year.

Yes (partner + 2 kids, aged 11 and 9).

I didn't know that the QC also allows for kids. I always thought that this was strictly +1 only. I will probably have a domestic trip towards the end of this year, and go overseas at end of this year and sometime next year, but no preference on QF.

I didn't think QC also works for JQ flights either. I thought it is for QF only.

Looks like I will be going for PC+ then.

 

[sudoer]

I didn't know that the QC also allows for kids. I always thought that this was strictly +1 only. I will probably have a domestic trip towards the end of this year, and go overseas at end of this year and sometime next year, but no preference on QF.

Definitely one guest + 2 kids for Qantas owned/operated lounges.

https://www.qantas.com/au/en/qantas-experience/at-the-airport/airport-lounges/access.html#children

I didn't think QC also works for JQ flights either. I thought it is for QF only.

From the link above:

Qantas Club members will continue to be able to access the Qantas Club lounges when their next onward flight on that day is on a Qantas or Jetstar flight number.

If you are considering flying JQ, do some research about the exact lounge arrangement at those ports.

In some terminals it's inconvenient and requires transferring terminals - e.g. SYD dom, MEL dom, PER, SIN
In some terminals it's impossible to reach the QC lounge from the terminal JQ operates from - e.g. NRT
At many airports JQ departs from the same terminal as the QC and access is easy - e.g. SYD int, MEL int, BNE, ADL, CNS, OOL, TSV, AKL, WLG