The Qantas Status Run Master Thread

[sydneyboi]

Maybe after tomorrow's AGM there is clarity with PC and GT @clifford

My thinking is, as my PC banner says expiry June 2027 and today's DSC promo is up to August '27, SC's from CR will cease end August/September 2027.

my Points club plus says valid to December 2027

 

[Flyfrequently]

my Points club plus says valid to December 2027

Well that shoots my theory out of the water @sydneyboi

 

[mviy]

If you attain/retain it, it will be valid till the end of your following membership year. Your membership year end date depends on when you became a QFF member.

 

[PERLHR]

So anyone got some decent runs in mind with this promotion bearing in mind some fares seem quite expensive in biz compared to VA on some routes. As usual, limited to zilch out of Perth.

 

[exceladdict]

ust booked a DSC classic reward for Oct, CBR-SYD-BNE-MKY-BNE-SYD-CBR (with an overnight stay in MKY) for 58,000 pts and $534.42 in taxes/charges. By my calculation, it should return 216 SC and put me over the line for Platinum until Aug 2028.

This was the best classic reward itinerary I could find in terms of points per SC. Hopefully it will credit even though the Points Club is being shut down.

So anyone got some decent runs in mind with this promotion bearing in mind some fares seem quite expensive in biz compared to VA on some routes. As usual, limited to zilch out of Perth.

I was investigating some CR options recently in terms of points per SC (taxes hard to consider unless i price them individually, and assume that you can get seats released as WP). Some other options Claude suggested - not necessarily doable given the 24hr limit and current schedules... perhaps starting with a red eye over to mel it could be done.

Routing (each way)	Cabin	Zone	Pts/way	SC/way	Pts/SC	Flights/way
PER-ADL-MEL-CBR-SYD-BNE-TSV-CNS	X	4	23,300	53	440	7
PER-ADL-MEL-CBR-SYD-BNE-TSV-CNS	U	4	68,400	136	503	7
PER-ADL-MEL-CBR-SYD	U	3	43,600	82	532	4
PER-ADL-MEL-CBR-SYD-BNE-CNS	U	4	68,400	128	534	6
PER-MEL-CBR-SYD	U	3	43,600	74	589	3
PER-MEL-BNE-CNS (yours)	X	4	23,300	37	630	3
PER-ADL-MEL-SYD (yours)	U	3	43,600	64	681	3
PER-MEL-BNE-CNS (yours)	U	4	68,400	94	728	3

 

[Sydney]

I'm trying to see the value in buying tickets to places you don't really want to be at a time when you really don't want to go just to earn double sc for a few very limited perks that, besides queue jumping, you could pay for it yourself for a lot cheaper. It's invariably thousands of dollars for a few perks that are like whoopydoo. If you put as much energy into making money, you'd be a multimillionaire or billionaire and have your own jet or can afford to fly without bothering with all this.
We're trying to buy enough in the next year to get platinum, mucking round with the glitchy Qantas site and thought we really don't want to be in Cairns in January, nor Denpasar! Nor do we want to fly to Melbourne, that dive of a socialist hell hole, just to catch a flight to Cairns via Brisbane in January!!

 

[sudoer]

If you put as much energy into making money, you'd be a multimillionaire or billionaire and have your own jet or can afford to fly without bothering with all this.

I spend 50-60 hours a week putting energy into making money, who do I contact for my private jet?

 

[Sydney]

I spend 50-60 hours a week putting energy into making money, who do I contact for my private jet?

Mate, if you need to ask ...

*Seriously, after hours of reading, researching and searching over the last few days, we finally realised, we'd rather spend double the amount and earn half the SC to go where and when we actually really want to go!

 

[MEL_Traveller]

I'm trying to see the value in buying tickets to places you don't really want to be at a time when you really don't want to go just to earn double sc for a few very limited perks that, besides queue jumping, you could pay for it yourself for a lot cheaper. It's invariably thousands of dollars for a few perks that are like whoopydoo. If you put as much energy into making money, you'd be a multimillionaire or billionaire and have your own jet or can afford to fly without bothering with all this.
We're trying to buy enough in the next year to get platinum, mucking round with the glitchy Qantas site and thought we really don't want to be in Cairns in January, nor Denpasar! Nor do we want to fly to Melbourne, that dive of a socialist hell hole, just to catch a flight to Cairns via Brisbane in January!!

It’s looking for that sweet spot, where you’re getting max SCs for the lowest possible rate.

otherwise agree it might not be for everyone!

There are those too that might be close to lifetime gold… so combining a sweet spot status run now can lead to lifetime benefits later when retired, or you’ve lost the travel bug!

In any individual year, a QF club membership might be cheaper than doing a status run… but getting to lifetime gold might save you $500 a year for 20 years down the track!

 

[aikman]

I'm trying to see the value in buying tickets to places you don't really want to be at a time when you really don't want to go just to earn double sc for a few very limited perks that, besides queue jumping, you could pay for it yourself for a lot cheaper. It's invariably thousands of dollars for a few perks that are like whoopydoo. If you put as much energy into making money, you'd be a multimillionaire or billionaire and have your own jet or can afford to fly without bothering with all this.
We're trying to buy enough in the next year to get platinum, mucking round with the glitchy Qantas site and thought we really don't want to be in Cairns in January, nor Denpasar! Nor do we want to fly to Melbourne, that dive of a socialist hell hole, just to catch a flight to Cairns via Brisbane in January!!

Thanks for that dose of reality.

Now if you don't mind let's get back to finding the best value status runs so we can waste money flying somewhere for no reason other than to log in to our Qantas account and watch our SC tally go up.