New Qantas’ Double Status Credit Offer – August 2026

It’s back! Qantas has just announced its latest double status credits offer – amazingly, the third bonus status credit offer this year! The “Twice as Rewarding” offer gives frequent flyers the usual choice to register for double points or double status credits.

Many AFF members use double status credits offers as an opportunity to book planned flights – or status runs – to accelerate their progress to attain or maintain higher status levels.

Australian Frequent Flyer has a dedicated article on the best Qantas status runs for 2026.

How to take advantage of this offer

To register, download the Qantas App. If you already have it, you’ll need the latest version to see the offer. You are given a choice to accept either double status credits or double points.

You may also be able to register via clicking on an email link or directly on the Qantas website.

To be eligible, you’ll need to make a new booking between 26 August 2026 and 11:59pm AEDT on 2 September for travel between 3 September 2026 and 14 August 2027. You can change your reward preference up until the 2 September 2026 deadline.

As usual, only flights marketed and operated by Qantas within the booking and travel window will earn bonus status credits or bonus points. This includes QantasLink flights and flights operated on Finnair wet leased aircraft.

For clarity, flights on Jetstar don’t count. Nor do codeshare flights operated by Oneworld partners, Emirates or any other codeshare operators, even though those codeshares may carry a QF flight number.

While many people get excited about bonus status credits, it’s important to consider your own circumstances. You might be better off earning double points if you don’t have that much travel on Qantas planned, for example.

Note that if you have Points Club or Points Club Plus, Classic Reward bookings on Qantas flights will also earn double status credits.

Will this offer count towards Lifetime Status?

The last double status offer caused a stir among frequent flyers as the initial T&Cs stated that bonus status credits earned would not count towards lifetime status. Qantas subsequently reneged on this condition.

However, in this promotion Qantas have made it clear that bonus status credits earned under this promotion will count towards Lifetime Status!

Are double status credit offers becoming too common?

This is now the third Qantas double status credits offer in 2026, with previous offers launching in February and May. Although, the May offer was only for domestic and trans-Tasman flights, and for a much smaller travel window.

But, this begs the question – are status credit offers becoming too common, and perhaps, too predictable? Velocity has also ran four different bonus status credit offers this year – it’s not just Qantas!

So, frequent flyers might be de-incetivised to book during normal periods. Instead, they can just wait for a new bonus status credit offer – which, as this year has shown, won’t be too far away! While these offers provide a nice one-off financial boost for an airline, the boost is incrementally smaller each time these offers are ran.

But, do you plan to take advantage of this offer? Whether you’re a seasoned member planning an elaborate status run or new to the world of status credits, there’s plenty of food for thought on the forum!