Article: How to Join Qantas Frequent Flyer for Free

[AFF Editor]

How to Avoid Paying to Join Qantas Frequent Flyer is an article written by AFF editorial staff:

How to Avoid Paying to Join Qantas Frequent Flyer

Qantas Frequent Flyer charges a ridiculous $99.50 joining fee. Luckily, there are plenty of ways to join Qantas Frequent Flyer for free.

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

You can discuss this topic or leave a comment below.

 

[henrus]

Confessional time... has anyone paid for a QFF membership and willing to speak out?

 

[AussieDisneyFan]

I think my parents did in the 90s.

 

[AIRwin]

Guilty! I was a first year uni student then and didn't know anything...

 

[Mr H]

I have always assumed the only remaining purpose of the membership fee is to allow partners to waive it as a joining incentive.

 

[Mattg]

Confessional time... has anyone paid for a QFF membership and willing to speak out?

I did.

This was when I was about 14 years old and didn't know about AFF yet.

I still regret spending that $82.50 to this day, although I've at least recovered the cost back (and then some)!

 

[AIRwin]

Another:

https://www.qantas.com/au/en/frequent-flyer/discover-and-join/join-now.html/code/journeybeyond

 

[Big John]

Confessional time... has anyone paid for a QFF membership and willing to speak out?

I paid for Big John Jr.

He was only 3 years old and no longer qualified to be carried in my lap.

I figured if I had to pay for his seat, he may as well earn some points as well.

I also reasoned that the cost of joining could be amortised over the rest of his life !

 

[Mr H]

I signed up the family using a UK address when there was no joining fee for overseas members.

 

[Mattg]

I signed up the family using a UK address when there was no joining fee for overseas members.

FWIW, there still is no joining fee for overseas members (i.e. other than Australia/New Zealand).

 

[whughes3]

I have vague memories of doing this around Jan '96....was aroind $60 IIRC (minuscule compared with what I have spent with them since)

 

[ksthommo]

Another available on the Manage your Complimentary Lounge Invitations Page
https://www.qantas.com/au/en/frequent-flyer/discover-and-join/join-now.html/code/FREELOUNGEINVITE

 

[HappyFlyerFamily]

I think the Accor - Qantas partnership also has a free link for ALL Accor members to join QFF

https://www.qantas.com/au/en/frequent-flyer/discover-and-join/join-now.html/code/accorhotels?flow=accor&initiator=qantas

 

[dylarr]

I signed up via Everyday Rewards when that partnership with Woolworths was launched in the late 2000's. I thought it was so clever at the time scoring a free QFF membership.

 

[serfty]

Maybe 25 years ago, Qantas introduced a $25 per year renewal fee for non status members.

It was short lived.

 

[Matt_01]

From memory I do not think we ever paid joining fees. My membership started when QF comped all AN Golden Wings members to the QF Pub for 1-2 years after AN lost the defence contract in the early 1990s. MrsM joined via Woolworths, similar to what @dylarr mentioned above and MissM was enrolled via the Joey Club and I am pretty sure it was free.

 

[DC3]

I didn’t realise that anyone had actually paid the joining fee.

 

[jpp42]

I signed up the family using a UK address when there was no joining fee for overseas members.

Yep, I did the same, I used a family member's address in the USA.

 

[RichardMEL]

Did not pay. in 1994 was given QFF membership when CO exited oz and I had a small number of miles that were converted to QFF points. At that point I was an AN guy so it was a bit of an orphan account up til the events of 2001 with just the odd flight here and there.

 

[serfty]

I bypassed the fee in the mid 90's by joining the QP - it came with "complimentary" QFF membership.