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

[logicallysynced]

On the plus side everyone is getting free SCs it seems?

https://www.qantas.com/au/en/frequent-flyer/status-and-clubs/status/loyalty-gift-2025-FAQ.html

 

[kallinch]

Also the gift of SC and/points will be credited by 30th Sept pending criteria

 

[Spacetravel]

View attachment 466187Well this is disappointing change.

Getting harder and harder to earn lifetime status and P1

 

[kallinch]

Getting harder and harder to earn lifetime status and P1

Yeah. I feel like this is the start and a following of the pattern VA will have from 1oct.

Makes me wish I had LTG already. Oh well.

 

[moa999]

On the plus side everyone is getting free SCs it seems?

https://www.qantas.com/au/en/frequent-flyer/status-and-clubs/status/loyalty-gift-2025-FAQ.html

Bronze 40
Silver 40
Gold 80
Platinum 150
Plat One 300
Including LT, based on status at 28-Aug-2025.

 

[DejaBrew]

Bronze 40
Silver 40
Gold 80
Platinum 150
Plat One 300
Including LT, based on status at 28-Aug-2025.

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.

 

[DejaBrew]

booked by 3 September 2025, for travel between 4 September 2025 and 22 August 2026 (excludes codeshare and partner airline flights).*

while double Status Credits earned from previous campaigns counted towards Lifetime status, any earned from this campaign will only count towards your annual status.

And seemingly no magic..v.
(At least on my read)

Strangely, the T&Cs at the bottom of the page make no mention of this, primarily as they’re still referencing the March promo

 

[exLXCXFF]

Make sure you get then confirmation email when registering

 

[justinbrett]

The loyalty gift is odd. For one, it seems the reverse (loyal customers who have already requalified don’t need them, but this will help those who haven’t got enough travel booked to requalify).

This feels more like covid era status keeper. I wonder if elite numbers are starting to drop off?

 

[encryptededdy]

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.

Yep, October here. Oh well

The no DSC towards lifetime hurts more.

 

[DejaBrew]

The no DSC towards lifetime hurts more.

Agreed, this is certainly unwelcome news. Will be interesting to see if this works in practice or if it’s like certain other T&Cs that are mentioned but not enforced.

 

[encryptededdy]

Agreed, this is certainly unwelcome news. Will be interesting to see if this works in practice or if it’s like certain other T&Cs that are mentioned but not enforced.

I've got upcoming flights that were booked as DSC from a previous promo (before this clause came in). Since between now and March next year you could be flying DSC on flights booked either under the old rules or the new rules, I wonder if their IT system can handle only applying lifetime SCs to those booked in March but not in August.

 

[DejaBrew]

I've got upcoming flights that were booked as DSC from a previous promo (before this clause came in). Since between now and March next year you could be flying DSC on flights booked either under the old rules or the new rules, I wonder if their IT system can handle only applying lifetime SCs to those booked in March but not in August.

Yep, same boat here. Maybe we could be lucky this time around?

 

[madrooster]

I wonder if their IT system can handle only applying lifetime SCs to those booked in March but not in August.

The system does recognise which promo you are triggering as the description goes into the transaction history line item, so I would imagine it is possible to trigger posting differently.

 

[msam95]

I noticed this promotion will also be occurring:

https://www.qantas.com/au/en/frequent-flyer/status-and-clubs/status/loyalty-gift-2025-FAQ.html

 

[elanshin]

Hmm i might need to math my partner's status since she rolls over on Aug 31. Maybe it might make WP possible for a year.

Bonus probably isn't going to do much for my own requalification.

On a completely different note. I just tested and confirmed that splitting your PNR keeps the DSC flag.

 

[Port Power]

I just received the free status credits information when I opened the app now at 12:45am. Very nice bonus. However I did not receive the notice about DSC and only read it on this thread! I am about to book return flights to Europe and have been holding off for a possible October DSC promotion. Thank goodness for AFF! I’ll have to spend today (after I get some sleep) finalising the flights. At least, I hope the information to register is somewhere on my app!!

Of course with a DSC promotion, the fares have gone up again. No business saver fares now! My trip has gone up from $10,000 to $15,000.

Edit: The invitation to register for DSC is in my app. I had to scroll down much further to see it. Nevertheless, it is still only because of AFF.