Qantas Green frequent flyer tier

[Bbjai]

I did it to get 100 SC this year to qualify for Gold

 

[DejaBrew]

I did it to get 100 SC this year to qualify for Gold

How did you get 100 SC from Green Tier?

 

[Bbjai]

How did you get 100 SC from Green Tier?

Qualified last day of my year. Claimed reward in the next year. Oh I haven’t requalified but assume when I do I get the extra 50 SC

 

[Aeryn]

How did you get 100 SC from Green Tier?

Assume they did first qualification near the end of their FF year but claimed the SCs at start of new FF year, they requalified again and claimed the requalification SCs before the end of the current year.

Works because you have 3 months from earning the reward to claim it and this can cross FF years

 

[DejaBrew]

Qualified last day of my year. Claimed reward in the next year. Oh I haven’t requalified but assume when I do I get the extra 50 SC

Ah, ok. That makes more sense. You had me thinking we’d all been missing a trick with Green Tier

 

[Bbjai]

Hahaha yes - well it is a good trick if you are on silver and need a little extra to lock in gold. I had a bunch of flights right after my gold expired so effectively claimed 100 to get to gold early at a low cost and got 2 years worth of gold faster

 

[DejaBrew]

Nicely done @Bbjai

 

[redbatz]

Just found out about the changes. Well that sux. I have 3 leaves and should get the offset one from a flight in September. Im from SA and Im sure I still saw that car/house offset a little while ago but decided to leave it till September when my current membership expires. Bugga! The only options left are the eco hotel - but already booked hotels for upcoming stays and dont seem to be any in Adelaide. I cant even use the recycle option as I checked and dont even appear to do it in my council area.

 

[KathN]

It appears that they're adjusting the tier somewhat.

The word "offset" doesn't appear...
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And the Choose Sustainable section has been rejigged. (No more dollar offset of a digital delivery )
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Both of these options take you to the same page, so I wonder if they've jumped the gun before everything was tidied up.
Surely Qantas wouldn't release something half-baked?

I ordered organic wine on 26 June 2025 and I’m still waiting on the

 

[KathN]

EDIT:

To add: I’m desperate for SC to maintain Gold by 30/9/25 as I had 3 months no-fly post surgery. And just saw the GT option. Done the others (except Eco hotel as I’m overseas atm) and will try to do 3 x weekly Recycle Smart pick ups by mid August.

I ordered organic wine on 26 June 2025 and I’m still waiting on the

 

[outthere1000]

I'm a solo traveller who doesn't drink wine, doesn't go to resorts, eco or otherwise (the greenest option is not to go to a resort at all) and who already has solar panels. Those 50 status points were really useful but I guess that'll be the end of Green Tier for me. And probably Gold tier as a consequence. Sad. Thanks again, Qantas - a special gift right after letting a cyberthief nick all my details.

 

[redbatz]

I'm a solo traveller who doesn't drink wine, doesn't go to resorts, eco or otherwise (the greenest option is not to go to a resort at all) and who already has solar panels. Those 50 status points were really useful but I guess that'll be the end of Green Tier for me. And probably Gold tier as a consequence. Sad. Thanks again, Qantas - a special gift right after letting a cyberthief nick all my details.

Agree - Im very similar. Although I do drink wine - but not home alone!

 

[Mr H]

Imagine going through all this effort for 10,000 points.

I do this each year. This year it took me maybe 5-10 minutes max. It's a bit of fun and it works out marginally better value than converting Everyday Rewards.

 

[MELso]

I do this each year. This year it took me maybe 5-10 minutes max. It's a bit of fun and it works out marginally better value than converting Everyday Rewards.

Until this year, I was in the same boat. It was a cheap way of acquiring almost 10,000 points (went for SCs this year).

Offset a MEL-SYD flight for a couple of hundred points, buy wine (or pay for carbon neutral delivery for $1), do a quiz (or have it rolled over), pay $15 to offset one's Tassie holiday home (and effectively get the flight carbon offset back in points) and pay 3200 points for a $25 tax deductible gift to charity. Easy peasy...

But I guess the point being made is that the faff factor has increased markedly with the removal of the carbon offset for one's home and carbon neutral delivery options. You now need to buy wine, and either stay in a pricy hotel, install solar panels, change energy suppliers (and probably pay higher rates) or pay $60 to get three recycling pickups (and arrange said pickups).

 

[Bayside Flyer]

I like that the real focus of this thread is not the "green" save the planet stuff, but what the points incentive is. I guess that answers my question

 

[exceladdict]

@Matt Graham any bites from Qantas PR on your article or official comms about the changes?

 

[DejaBrew]

I like that the real focus of this thread is not the "green" save the planet stuff, but what the points incentive is. I guess that answers my question

I don’t see anything particularly wrong with Qantas incentivising members to consider green options, but we’re kidding ourselves if we think that GT is an entirely altruistic initiative for Qantas and that their expectation is that the primary driver for those taking it up is to be “greener” in their choices. In the grand scheme of things, the program costs Qantas very little for the privilege of the PR generated by pushing its “green” credentials.

 

[Himeno]

I don’t see anything particularly wrong with Qantas incentivising members to consider green options, but we’re kidding ourselves if we think that GT is an entirely altruistic initiative for Qantas and that their expectation is that the primary driver for those taking it up is to be “greener” in their choices. In the grand scheme of things, the program costs Qantas very little for the privilege of the PR generated by pushing its “green” credentials.

It likely makes them more in wine sales and kickbacks from providers (solar sales, hotels, etc) then it costs them to run the program.

 

[Mr H]

It likely makes them more in wine sales and kickbacks from providers (solar sales, hotels, etc) then it costs them to run the program.

I doubt it shifts the dial on selling wine or getting kickbacks - I’d bet the rationale is to demonstrate how much social good they are doing to offset their carbon - giving them leverage to argue against any new environmental taxes or other requirements.

 

[DejaBrew]

I doubt it shifts the dial on selling wine or getting kickbacks - I’d bet the rationale is to demonstrate how much social good they are doing to offset their carbon - giving them leverage to argue against any new environmental taxes or other requirements.

I'd tend to agree, however....

It likely makes them more in wine sales and kickbacks from providers (solar sales, hotels, etc) then it costs them to run the program.

....I'm sure that they'll happily take anything that comes their way in terms of additional wine sales and/or payments from other vendors to be partners in the program. Does it move the needle for Qantas? Probably not. But if it offsets (pun intended ) some of the costs associated with running the program, then happy days.