Qantas Classic Reward & Upgrade Devaluation on 5 August 2025

[Kangol]

The 5k gets knocked out separately at a weird timing so it's probably just not deducted yet but will be.

That's what I thought, however it's been a couple of weeks and still no deduction.
In previous changes with no "upgrade", the 5k has been charged immediately.

 

[CaptJCool]

Thought this the most useful place to share this schematic
Was looking at the points and economy fare rate as a point of reference for which way to go when booking as sometimes the values in the paid fare and other times in the Classic Reward (eg when I booked Griffith to Perth on CR instead of a revenue fare of $1,434!?!