Red Roo
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This evening, Qantas will announce some changes to the way Frequent Flyer members earn in the air as of 1 July 2014. As a community that is most familiar with our program, I wanted you to be one of the first to hear about the changes.
Overall, the focus is on making it easier for members to understand the number of Qantas Points and Status credits earned by moving from a distance based calculation, to a zonal earn table for both Qantas and Jetstar. There are also some changes to Status credit earn with other partner airlines.
We believe it’s a fairer way to earn points and Status credits as it will now more closely reflect the fare paid, route travelled and airline you choose, versus the miles flown.
Some of the key changes that you may find most notable are:
- an opportunity to earn more with Qantas on flexible fares, including in premium cabins
- new minimum points guarantee, according to the fare purchased
- a simplified Qantas and Jetstar earn table
- the option to book Any Seat Awards in Classic Award fare classes (X, Z, U and P) will be removed from 1 July 2014
I would like to take this opportunity to clarify our position regarding “MASAs”.
This change was wrapped up into the announcement today largely due to the timing. However the reason behind the change is not linked.
As you know, the changes to our booking engine last year removed the ability to sell “MASAs” online. We acknowledged “MASAs” are a highly valued benefit for some of our members, and have always said that they were under review.
The decision has now been made to discontinue “MASAs” as they represent a short cut to tier status and add a significant cost without the revenue in return.
The financial realities of our business have been well publicised, and I hope you can see the logic.
Please do take the time to read through the changes via https://www.qantas.com.au/fflyer/dyn/program/fairer-flying. I’ll be closely monitoring this thread and passing on feedback to the various stakeholders concerned.
Overall, the focus is on making it easier for members to understand the number of Qantas Points and Status credits earned by moving from a distance based calculation, to a zonal earn table for both Qantas and Jetstar. There are also some changes to Status credit earn with other partner airlines.
We believe it’s a fairer way to earn points and Status credits as it will now more closely reflect the fare paid, route travelled and airline you choose, versus the miles flown.
Some of the key changes that you may find most notable are:
- an opportunity to earn more with Qantas on flexible fares, including in premium cabins
- new minimum points guarantee, according to the fare purchased
- a simplified Qantas and Jetstar earn table
- the option to book Any Seat Awards in Classic Award fare classes (X, Z, U and P) will be removed from 1 July 2014
I would like to take this opportunity to clarify our position regarding “MASAs”.
This change was wrapped up into the announcement today largely due to the timing. However the reason behind the change is not linked.
As you know, the changes to our booking engine last year removed the ability to sell “MASAs” online. We acknowledged “MASAs” are a highly valued benefit for some of our members, and have always said that they were under review.
The decision has now been made to discontinue “MASAs” as they represent a short cut to tier status and add a significant cost without the revenue in return.
The financial realities of our business have been well publicised, and I hope you can see the logic.
Please do take the time to read through the changes via https://www.qantas.com.au/fflyer/dyn/program/fairer-flying. I’ll be closely monitoring this thread and passing on feedback to the various stakeholders concerned.
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. But I disagree with the premise regarding the revenue. The QF partners are purchasing QFF points to reward us for making purchases (and QF reward us for direct travel related purchases from them). Therefore the points have an intrinsic value and when we buy mASA's, QF then reduces its liability AND get additional revenue (as there is a pay portion to most).
