Qantas Points Club Discussion

[Mogul]

Points Club Plus here.

Lifetime SC's - 240

Points earned this membership year (from 21st Feb 20) 21,940.

Having QC membership now will sway my preference to QF over VA on shorthall and family trips depending on fare difference of course.

This will hurt VA.

 

[RichardMEL]

Thanks to all who have posted the links to find the info since I had nothing on my account and yeah because I am 34k points off lol. That's fine I was just a bit confused. Appreciate those posting here with the info!

 

[Dave G]

Made points club fairly easy. Have 120k coming pretty soon from ANZ. Might have to xfer 20-30k from plat charge to get me over the line to plus
P.S. How do we claim lounge passes ? And do they take them off you when you hit plus ?

Edit 2 - Was going to wait for the Westpac bundle - 80/20 MC/Amex. But would have to wait another 6 months for the Amex 18 month clearance. This just tipped me over the edge and went for the MC alone. Conditionally approved in less than 10 mins.
Points club plus on the way !

Also - my welcome letter talked about earning SC on the ground - any one got any ideas ?

 

[exceladdict]

Personally pretty happy with this new program.

I found myself in points club and status credits retrospectively assigned for award travel back in January - very happy with that outcome

The benefits may not be amazing but i don’t plan on changing my existing habits and therefore will leverage the new points club benefits where possible without any additional effort.

Points Club Plus here.

Lifetime SC's - 240

Points earned this membership year (from 21st Feb 20) 21,940.

Having QC membership now will sway my preference to QF over VA on shorthall and family trips depending on fare difference of course.

This will hurt VA.

30k off Plus for this year and the next. If I get there, it will also make me neutral, currently VA gold with retain looking less likely by the hour.

 

[Captain Halliday]

Is it just me or does the Points Club “blob” look a bit like a slight less sophisticated avios logo?

 

[exceladdict]

Is it just me or does the Points Club “blob” look a bit like a slight less sophisticated avios logo?

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I bet the graphic designer called it a 'device' as opposed to a blob!

 

[kermatu]

Didn't even know this thing really existed, so thanks to all for all the info on this site.
I'll qualify shortly for the base level. I'm P1 so not much benefit as it stands, but interesting timing of the rollout (including backdating of benefits). Confirmation I s'pose of how valuable the FF program is to QF - even in normal circumstances.

 

[Isochronous]

How long until they send out the QC cards to Points Club+ Members I wonder?

 

[LadyC]

I'm 40,000 from Points Club Plus with my year end on 31 March. Whilst I could transfer some points from Marriott across to hit the target, the proposition isn't compelling at this point in time. Assuming I get some flying in over the next 12 months, I should be able to make it next year. If I churn enough, I could probably do it without the flying also.

 

[FrustratedQP]

Does anybody know how far back Status Credits are being awarded for Reward Travel? For instance I was awarded Credits for a return flight a few days ago, but not for the original flight 4 weeks ago. I note that some people are saying that they are being awarded points for Reward Flights back in January. I had well and truly qualified for Points Club by January.

Disregard, Status Credits just arrived

 

[muppet]

How long until they send out the QC cards to Points Club+ Members I wonder?

The won’t ever send them out. Digital only.

 

[WLGFlyer]

Does anybody know how far back Status Credits are being awarded for Reward Travel? For instance I was awarded Credits for a return flight a few days ago, but not for the original flight 4 weeks ago. I note that some people are saying that they are being awarded points for Reward Flights back in January. I had well and truly qualified for Points Club by January.

Disregard, Status Credits just arrived

How far back did yours go? So far I have only received SCs for a reward flight I took yesterday.

 

[danmar]

Nothing stopping a business owner from charging their corporate spend to a personal credit card though (subject to their card's limits, of course).

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Assuming you are first eligible for the program, then yes.

All in all I like the look of this program. However, many of my points are accrued using American Express Qantas Business rewards card and transfers from Business rewards apparently dont count. I would make Points club plus if they counted but probably wont because they dont... Anyone know if you have a personal Amex card, do the points transferred across under that program count?

 

[FrustratedQP]

How far back did yours go? So far I have only received SCs for a reward flight I took yesterday.

I’ve only had one rewards flight in the past year. The outbound flight was four weeks ago and I returned 3 days ago. The flight from 3 days ago was credited on the day of the announcement but the outbound flight credited today.

 

[exceladdict]

All in all I like the look of this program. However, many of my points are accrued using American Express Qantas Business rewards card and transfers from Business rewards apparently dont count. I would make Points club plus if they counted but probably wont because they dont... Anyone know if you have a personal Amex card, do the points transferred across under that program count?

Absolutely - QF Ultimate Amex sign up bonus for me is a big chunk of my earning.

 

[danmar]

Absolutely - QF Ultimate Amex sign up bonus for me is a big chunk of my earning.

Thank you.
Does the personal platinum charge card also transfer directly across or would its points count? Understand its a much higher annual fee but some of the benefits such as AFR subscription etc go some way toward offsetting that.

 

[Obi-run Kenobi]

Absolutely - QF Ultimate Amex sign up bonus for me is a big chunk of my earning.

I'll be looking at this one in August after my exclusion period ends. Will be nicely timed for my new membership year.

 

[2infinity]

Here's the most interesting thing: Classic Flight Reward earning tables

Classic Flight Reward tables | Qantas Frequent Flyer

See how many Status Credits you’ll earn on Qantas marketed Classic Flight Rewards as a member of Points Club or Points Club Plus.

www.qantas.com

Very interesting. I also have had some classic flight awards status credits deposited to my account from recent flights, however, they don't match the table. I flew Brisbane to Cairns (862miles) in business, so should have gotten 24 status credits each way, but I got 28 each way?????

 

[Lynda2475]

Very interesting. I also have had some classic flight awards status credits deposited to my account from recent flights, however, they don't match the table. I flew Brisbane to Cairns (862miles) in business, so should have gotten 24 status credits each way, but I got 28 each way?????

Never complain about receiving more SCs than expected!

 

[2infinity]

Well Points Club has landed to very little fanfare. Like most of us, probably didn't know about it till I received my email saying I was in. Pity its only for 41 more days . I think the information on the Qantas website saying how long you'll enjoy the benefits is conflicting.

From Website: "You can enjoy your membership benefits from the moment you unlock Points Club, until the end of your next Membership Year."

So once you hit club level you continue to use it for the rest of your membership year. Got it.

Then the website gives an example: "So, for example, if your Membership Year begins on 1 January 2020 and ends 31 December 2020, and you unlock Points Club or Points Club Plus in June 2020, you can enjoy your membership benefits until 31 December 2021."

So according to the example, you enjoy the benefits for the membership year following the year of earning also. I guess this is similar to status, you get the following year at that status level too even if you don't earn anything.

Only churning 1 credit card a year at the moment, so will probably keep maintaining Points Club. Will probably need to 'up' the churn to 3 credit cards a year to hit +. Is it worth it? $600ish for additional credit card annual fees versus about the same to maintain Qantas Club annual fee. I spose I'd have all those extra bonus points, but might run out of eligibility (12-18months/card) too quick, not to mention the hit to my credit rating.