Qantas unveils the biggest changes to status in program history

[mviy]

Hopefully they clarify sometime in the next few months or so the actual dates for what is happening in 2026.

 

[SYD]

Hopefully they clarify sometime in the next few months or so the actual dates for what is happening in 2026.

My prediction is they’ll announce whatever changes (the Devil in the details stuff) on date X and there’ll be a rolling changeover based on FF year end date.

There’s going to be winners and losers, clutching of pearls, wailing and gnashing of teeth etc.

SYD+1 and I have over achieved on SCs this year with just short of ~2k ea for easy retention of WP, but with a 31 July anniversary, we won’t get to rollover any (other than 100 via PC+). But hopefully we’ll stay on the old requal threshold to July 2027.

I wouldn’t be surprised if we get the higher threshold starting Aug 2027 but rollover (if any) from July/August 2028…?

 

[Aeryn]

Also a 31 July FF year end, and because im in rare situation for me of being 500SCs over my WP re-qualification, you can just guarantee the roll-over wont start Aug 1st.

I tend to agree late 2026 means not before Q4 so i reckon no change until 1 Oct.

 

[RooFlyer]

Wonder when they will increase the enhanced thresholds and removal of loyalty bonus @SYD ?
It puzzles me as to how this is all going to gel without it being "give with one hand, take with the other" - methinks they are still trying to work it out!

I postulated at the time of announcement that this announcement was brought forward, with details incomplete, because their DSC announcement which was planned to be the usual 'distraction' announcement when Qantas announced a record H1 profit (26 Feb), was itself brought forward to 24 Feb, to counter VA's bonus SC promo or 23 Feb.

With a big FF announcement to keep the chooks fed, you know there's always going to be something else going on with Qantas that might be less appealing to their customers:

Qantas posts record H1 profit

I wouldn’t be surprised if we get the higher threshold starting Aug 2027 but rollover (if any) from July/August 2028…?

What's your thinking re so late for rollovers? If they announce the full new program by the end of this year, I'm counting on the rollovers being possible for membership years ending 31 Dec or 31 Jan onwards. For the first time I'm curating my SC earn ATM. Since I can't get to QR PC Plat now, I'm crediting all ongoing OW earn to QFF to have abt 1,000 surplus SCs by end of February '27, allowing the max rollover. of 500.

 

[TheCollecter]

There’s going to be winners and losers, clutching of pearls, wailing and gnashing of teeth etc

Oh there sure will be… with a year end of June 30, the “late 2026” start won’t benefit me at all. But then last year, the trial of SC on the ground’s timing really benefitted me, but I do recall many saying the timing did nothing for them at all. You take the good with the bad. And I guess keep the pearls handy