New Qantas Double Status Credits Offer with a Catch
Qantas has launched a brand new offer of double points or status credits, running from today until Wednesday, 3 September. This is one of the most popular promotions among AFF members, with many choosing double status credits as their preferred reward as this helps with earning or renewing Qantas status.
How to take advantage of this offer
You can register now on the Qantas website or in the latest version of the Qantas App for your preferred bonus. Bookings made between 28 August and 3 September 2025 are eligible to earn double status credits or points, for travel between 4 September 2025 and 22 August 2026.
As always, only Qantas marketed and operated flights are eligible for this promotion. This includes QantasLink flights and Qantas flights operated by Finnair under the wet lease agreement.
A small but significant change to the terms & conditions
Qantas has made a subtle change to the terms & conditions of this offer which will unfortunately affect frequent flyers aiming for lifetime status.
In the past, double status credits counted towards lifetime Silver, Gold or Platinum status with Qantas Frequent Flyer. That’s no longer the case, with Qantas now explicitly excluding bonus status credits earned through this offer from counting towards lifetime status.
This is what the Qantas website says about this in the FAQs section:
While double Status Credits earned from previous campaigns counted towards Lifetime status, any earned from this campaign will only count towards your annual status.
To be clear, any double status credits you’ve earned through previous offers will still count. But not for Qantas flights booked during this new promotion.
It’s quite likely that this change to the rules will also be a feature of future bonus status credit offers that Qantas runs in the future. That’s a shame.
Qantas gifting bonus status credits and points
Separately, Qantas today announced that it will gift its active frequent flyers with bonus status credits during September.
The amount of status credits you receive will depend on your current Qantas Frequent Flyer status tier:
| Tier | Gifted status credits |
|---|---|
| Bronze or Silver | 40 |
| Gold | 80 |
| Platinum | 150 |
| Platinum One | 300 |
Unfortunately, these status credits also will not count towards lifetime status. They will only count towards attaining or retaining your status during your current Qantas Frequent Flyer membership year.
Qantas Points Club members will additionally receive 2,500 bonus Qantas Points, while Points Club Plus members will get 5,000 bonus points.
Will you take advantage of double status credits or points?
As always, there’s lots of discussion about the current offer on the Australian Frequent Flyer forum!
You can discuss this offer, the best status runs to book on double status credits, and more on the dedicated thread for this promotion:
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