The Ultimate Guide to Qantas Double Status Credit Runs

Qantas Boeing 737-800 Business Class. Photo: Qantas.

Qantas Frequent Flyer is currently offering double status credits on all Qantas flights worldwide, for travel from 28 February 2020 until 14 February 2021. By maximising this offer, it’s possible to earn status credits on Qantas flights for as little as $2.36 per status credit!

Want to take advantage of the current Qantas double status credits promotion and upgrade your Qantas Frequent Flyer status? We’ve put together a comprehensive list of the best Qantas status runs to maximise your status credits during the current promotion!

The list at the bottom of this article contains over 50 Qantas Frequent Flyer status runs that are available to book right now! There are some excellent deals available from Gold Coast, Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Maroochydore, Launceston, Broome and Bundaberg. We’ve also found some great Qantas double status credit runs available on Qantas flights departing from New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

There are currently status runs available on Qantas domestic flights, as well as to New Zealand, Asia, the United States and South Africa. If you’re looking to fly to Europe, you could also take advantage of the current Qantas promotion by using the Finnair Business Class sale from Australia to Europe.

Gold Coast-Melbourne-Auckland in Qantas Business Class

The best Qantas status run we found is in Business class from the Gold Coast to Auckland, via Melbourne. This ticket would cost $1,321 return for Business class…

Qantas Business class booking from Gold Coast to Auckland on the Qantas website

The Gold Coast-Melbourne flight normally earns 60 status credits one-way, and Melbourne-Auckland earns 80 status credits one-way, before Double Status Credits. On a round-trip booking with Double Status Credits, this itinerary therefore picks up a handy 560 status credits! If you were to fly this itinerary 2.5 times, you would earn 1,400 Qantas status credits – enough to reach Platinum status from scratch.

This is one of several trans-Tasman Business class itineraries that made our list.

Qantas Business Class to Bali

As usual, flying Qantas Business Class to Denpasar (Bali) is also a good earner. Qantas flies from Sydney and Melbourne to Bali, but the best value status runs also include domestic connections. For example, this double status credits run from Brisbane to Denpasar via Melbourne earns 720 Qantas status credits…

Qantas Business class booking from Brisbane to Bali on the Qantas website

Note that Qantas operates a Boeing 737-800 with recliner Business class seats from Melbourne to Bali, and an Airbus A330 with lie-flat beds in Business class from Sydney to Bali. This means you’ll have a much better in-flight experience if you take the Sydney-Denpasar flight. But Qantas realises this and charges around $100 more to fly from Denpasar to Sydney in Business on the overnight return leg, compared to flying from Denpasar to Melbourne.

Qantas sale fares from New Zealand

While the current Double Status Credits promotion is running, there are barely any Qantas sale fares available on flights departing from Australia. But this is not the case for flights departing from New Zealand! Qantas has some great status runs available at the moment for customers originating in Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington.

Qantas is currently offering sales from Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch to:

Bali, Jakarta, Manila or Hong Kong (via Sydney or Melbourne) in Economy for NZD799 (~AU$766) return
Los Angeles or San Francisco (via Sydney/Melbourne/Brisbane) in Economy for NZD999 (~$960) return
Los Angeles or San Francisco (via Sydney/Melbourne/Brisbane) in Premium Economy for NZD2,599 (~$2,493) return
Johannesburg or Cape Town (via Sydney) in Business for NZD4,299 (~$4,118) return

For example, you could fly from Auckland, Christchurch or Wellington to Cape Town – via Sydney and Johannesburg – for NZD4,595 (~$4,402) return in Business class. This particular double status credit run would pick up 1,080 Qantas status credits:

Qantas Business class booking from Auckland to Cape Town on the Qantas website

(You can save almost $300 by flying with South African Airways instead of British Airways between Johannesburg and Cape Town, but by flying with British Airways you’ll earn an extra 120 status credits for the Johannesburg-Cape Town flights.)

Full list of Qantas double status credit runs

Here is the full list of the best Qantas Frequent Flyer status runs to book during the February 2020 double status credits promotion:

Origin	via	Destination	One-way/ return	Class of travel	Price	Status credits (with DSCs)	$/SC
Gold Coast	Melbourne	Auckland	Return	Business	$1,321	560	$2.36
Adelaide	Brisbane	Christchurch	Return	Business	$1,494	560	$2.67
Brisbane	Melbourne	Denpasar	Return	Business	$1,962	720	$2.73
Canberra	Melbourne	Auckland	Return	Business	$1,354	480	$2.82
Canberra	Melbourne	Christchurch	Return	Business	$1,356	480	$2.83
Canberra	Melbourne	Auckland	Return	Business	$1,356	480	$2.83
Brisbane		Christchurch	Return	Business	$975	320	$3.05
Canberra	Sydney & Melbourne	Denpasar	Return	Business	$2,535	800	$3.17
Melbourne	Sydney	Denpasar	Return	Business	$2,083	640	$3.25
Melbourne		Auckland	Return	Business	$1,057	320	$3.30
Melbourne		Wellington	Return	Business	$1,064	320	$3.33
Sydney		Christchurch	Return	Business	$1,068	320	$3.34
Sydney		Auckland	Return	Business	$1,072	320	$3.35
Sydney	Melbourne	Denpasar	Return	Business	$2,162	640	$3.38
Auckland	SYD/BNE/MEL	Los Angeles	Return	Economy	$960	260	$3.69
Wellington	SYD	Los Angeles	Return	Economy	$960	260	$3.69
Christchurch	SYD/BNE/MEL	Los Angeles	Return	Economy	$960	260	$3.69
Auckland	SYD/BNE/MEL	San Francisco	Return	Economy	$960	260	$3.69
Wellington	SYD/MEL	San Francisco	Return	Economy	$960	260	$3.69
Christchurch	SYD/BNE/MEL	San Francisco	Return	Economy	$960	260	$3.69
Adelaide	Melbourne	Denpasar	Return	Business	$2,366	640	$3.70
AKL/WLG/CHC	SYD/MEL	Denpasar	Return	Economy	$766	200	$3.83
AKL/WLG/CHC	SYD/MEL/BNE	Hong Kong	Return	Economy	$766	200	$3.83
AKL/WLG/CHC	Sydney	Manila	Return	Economy	$766	200	$3.83
AKL/WLG/CHC	Sydney	Jakarta	Return	Economy	$766	200	$3.83
Melbourne	Sydney	Jakarta	Return	Business	$2,483	640	$3.88
Brisbane	Sydney	Jakarta	Return	Business	$2,491	640	$3.89
Adelaide	Sydney	Jakarta	Return	Business	$2,495	640	$3.90
AKL/WLG/CHC	Sydney & Johannesburg	Cape Town	Return	Business	$4,402	1200	$3.67
Launceston	Melbourne	Sydney	One-way	Economy	$172	40	$4.30
Gold Coast	Melbourne	Canberra	One-way	Flexible Economy	$431	100	$4.31
London	Sydney	Auckland	Return	Economy	$1,564	360	$4.34
Melbourne	Brisbane	Cairns	One-way	Flexible Economy	$524	120	$4.37
Adelaide	Melbourne	Gold Coast	One-way	Business	$878	200	$4.39
London	Singapore & Melbourne	Brisbane	Return	Economy	$1,546	340	$4.55
Perth	Sydney	Jakarta	Return	Business	$3,793	800	$4.74
Maroochydore	Sydney	Melbourne	One-way	Business	$761	160	$4.76
Launceston	Melbourne	Sydney	One-way	Flexible Economy	$382	80	$4.78
Sydney		Auckland	Return	Premium Economy	$767	160	$4.79
AKL/WLG/CHC	SYD/MEL/BNE	Los Angeles	Return	Premium Economy	$2,493	520	$4.79
AKL/WLG/CHC	SYD/MEL/BNE	San Francisco	Return	Premium Economy	$2,493	520	$4.79
Perth	Sydney	Noumea	Return	Business	$2,736	560	$4.89
Adelaide	Melbourne	Gold Coast	One-way	Economy	$245	50	$4.90
Brisbane	Sydney	Wellington	Return	Economy	$602	120	$5.02
Melbourne	Brisbane	Port Moresby	Return	Economy	$717	140	$5.12
Wellington		Melbourne	Return	Economy	$425	80	$5.31
Bundaberg	Brisbane	Sydney	One-way	Economy	$220	40	$5.50
Maroochydore	Sydney	Melbourne	One-way	Economy	$238	40	$5.95
Perth		Broome	Return	Economy	$358	60	$5.97

You can discuss Qantas status credit runs on The Australian Frequent Flyer forum: Discussion/Q&A on Best QF Status Run Options

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The editor of Australian Frequent Flyer, Matt's passion for travel has taken him to over 60 countries… with the help of frequent flyer points, of course!
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