Qantas Classic Reward & Upgrade Devaluation on 5 August 2025

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

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