Reduction in points required for CR itinerary during booking process - reason?

[Horatio]

Hi all

Last night I was looking to book a business class reward flight NTL-BNE-CBR for early next year to take advantage of the recent DSC offer, and while Points Club is still around.

I was able to find one itinerary (and I think just one) with Classic Reward availability in the 10 or 12 days around late Jan-early Feb. It showed a CR price of 38,600 points per pax, compared to about 60,000 and upwards for CR+.

So I decided to book it, and while moving through the process a banner popped up saying Qantas had found a better price for the fare, and it dropped down to 29,000 points per pax. That all went through with both legs confirmed in J and 58,000 points taken from my account.

Does anyone know why this happened? A small system gitch that went my way? Or perhaps a legitimate recalculation based on the total distance of the trip? In any case, a good, unexpected outcome.

Cheers,
Horatio

 

[oz_mark]

Sounds like it has moved from pricing as NTL-BNE and BNE-CBR to pricing as NTL-CBR.

 

[Horatio]

Thanks, @oz_mark. I can see it now against the rewards points tables. Instead of charging as 2 x 0-600 mile rewards (2 x 19,300 points) it went to 1 x 601-1200 mile trip at 29,000 points.