Qantas unveils the biggest changes to status in program history

[termx]

Pulled the trigger on a Qantas Wine purchase using the PC wine voucher to get the last green leaf for Green Tier. Easy 50 SCs this membership year instead of uncertainty as to when exactly Green Tier bites the dust.

 

[Aeryn]

For people within Australia, this is now clearly diluting given on ground SC earn possibility.

However the maximum OTG earn is 140SCs which doesn't even compensate for the 200 SC increase to keep Platinum nor the removal of 50-100 SCs from lost Loyalty bonuses so you still very much need to do more BIS (bum in seat) flying than you did before this change to keep the same status.

So unless OTG increases it is actually even more of FF flyer program and less of a OTG (given removal of PC+) than before unless your lowly goal is only Silver.

 

[fletty]

Pulled the trigger on a Qantas Wine purchase using the PC wine voucher to get the last green leaf for Green Tier. Easy 50 SCs this membership year instead of uncertainty as to when exactly Green Tier bites the dust.

Redeemed my GT SCs as well - I don't trust that the system will grandfather green tier given the whole feature has been so buggy.

 

[serfty]

But this is a one off occurrence. Once you get that 3k the next 10k is a much bigger hurdle. One that may disinterest people again.

Certainly disinterests me once I'd reach 45K.

See post#46

 

[SeatBackForward]

We clearly have radically different incomes

Let me put on my *well paid social media influencer with wealthy parents for safety net* hat on

"C'mon, it's about attitude and determination, don't let those things constrain your lifestyle goals"

 

[SeatBackForward]

After all, QFF is Qantas Frequent Flyer program …

Points. it's a Frequent Points Program. Fixed it for you.

 

[Kangol]

Points. it's a Frequent Points Program. Fixed it for you.

Profit. It's a Profit Program. Fixed it for you

 

[dairyfloss]

I would expect that a WP Milestone year could be invoked at any time, not fixed to one's membership year.

Would also be interesting to see if it works the same as "attaining" WP (i.e. invoke WP on day 1 of your member year and you get it all the way through your current plus subsequent member year)?

Having said that, I'm going to assume it will work much in the same way as the gifted WP status that can be bestowed by P1s at present.

I have wonderered about that as well. I guess we'll have a better idea by this time next year.

I reckon this one might be handled more like a Qantas Club membership is. An uplift in status level that works like a 12-month membership and commences at a time of your choosing. This way, no change to membership year, and no upgrading an account such that they get the remainder of current year + all of the next.

 

[Aeryn]

I reckon this one might be handled more like a Qantas Club membership is. An uplift in status level that works like a 12-month membership and commences at a time of your choosing. This way, no change to membership year, and no upgrading an account such that they get the remainder of current year + all of the next.

My guess it will be for 1 FF year, and you have to nominate to use it ahead of that year starting (or on day 1) if you want to benefit for a full year.

 

[DejaBrew]

Hopefully it comes with a soft landing if you don't earn enough to retain WP for the subsequent member year....

 

[dairyfloss]

My guess it will be for 1 FF year, and you have to nominate to use it ahead of that year starting (or on day 1) if you want to benefit for a full year.

Time will tell, but that seems rather restrictive?

 

[Aeryn]

Time will tell, but that seems rather restrictive?

It will be cheapest option as no IT changes needed - basically you have to call/use a form to contact QF and an agent gifts you WP status (using the method they use for status matches); and then it just resets per usual on the following year.

Would be interesting to see after a "free' WP year if you have a soft landing to SG or go back to whatever based on your earn.

 

[dairyfloss]

It will be cheapest option as no IT changes needed - basically you have to call/use a form to contact QF and an agent gifts you WP status (using the method they use for status matches); and then it just resets per usual on the following year.

Would be interesting to see after a "free' WP year if you have a soft landing to SG or go back to whatever based on your earn.

Given this one's only relevant to LTG... I'm pretty confident there's an assured soft landing

 

[SeatBackForward]

My guess it will be for 1 FF year, and you have to nominate to use it ahead of that year starting (or on day 1) if you want to benefit for a full year.

Hopefully it comes with a soft landing if you don't earn enough to retain WP for the subsequent member year....

Time will tell, but that seems rather restrictive?

So lets play out an interesting scenario. You have one of these LTG Platinum banked years ready to use. You realise your next anniversary year will be a low travel year so you apply that Platinum year. Then it turns out that in the year you flew enough to earn WP in it's own right anyhow - do you then have WP for that year + next year only? or should you (reasonably) be considered as retaining Platinum for next year PLUS the year after that?

 

[DejaBrew]

So lets play out an interesting scenario. You have one of these LTG Platinum banked years ready to use. You realise your next anniversary year will be a low travel year so you apply that Platinum year. Then it turns out that in the year you flew enough to earn WP in it's own right anyhow - do you then have WP for that year + next year only? or should you (reasonably) be considered as retaining Platinum for next year PLUS the year after that?

So you're talking the QC membership-on-hold scenario then?