Discussion/Q&A on Best QF Status Run Options

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This thread is for Questions and General discussion regarding the Best Status Run Options for QFF as per this thread:

Overview of Best Status Run Options [not the discussion thread]

Please keep your questions and queries to this thread and avoid posting in the other.



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re: Discussion/Q&A on Best QF Status Run Options

serfty said:
Unless it's booked in "Y" class, it will earn as (discount) economy, not "Full" or "Flexible" economy.
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This is where simpler and fairer is very confusing, because according to this chart: https://www.qantas.com.au/fflyer/dy...rn-categories-for-flights-on-partner-airlines there is no 'discount economy' on CX or KA flights. The lowest is 'economy' and Y class gets 'flexible economy'. At least from 1 December. However... it appears 'economy' and 'discount economy' seem to earn the same SCs anyway - so maybe a moot point.
 
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MEL_Traveller said:
This is where simpler and fairer is very confusing, because according to this chart: https://www.qantas.com.au/fflyer/dy...rn-categories-for-flights-on-partner-airlines there is no 'discount economy' on CX or KA flights. The lowest is 'economy' and Y class gets 'flexible economy'. At least from 1 December. Although economy and discount economy seem to earn the same SCs anyway - so maybe a moot point.
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Agree it is confusing, some airlines use all three categories in Economy (e.g AB) and the difference between Discount Economy and Economy is points earn only, whilst Flexible Economy also earns more SC.
 
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Confusing is as confusing does - however, this only "Y" class being eligible for "Full" or "Flexible" economy earn on international/oneworld partner flights has been a facet of QFF for over a decade. There's many a confused post about the seeming difference in the earning tables.

The anecdotally demonstrated fact is, that unless it's "Y" class, eligible economy travel on oneworld partners earned as "Discount Economy" pre simpler and fairer or "Economy" since.

"L" class will NOT earn as "Flexible Economy".
 
re: Discussion/Q&A on Best QF Status Run Options

serfty said:
Confusing is as confusing does - however, this only "Y" class being eligible for "Full" or "Flexible" economy earn on international/oneworld partner flights has been a facet of QFF for over a decade. There's many a confused post about the seeming difference in the earning tables.

The anecdotally demonstrated fact is, that unless it's "Y" class, eligible economy travel on oneworld partners earned as "Discount Economy" pre simpler and fairer or "Economy" since.

"L" class will NOT earn as "Flexible Economy".
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But this is only true until November 30, my post above was referring to SC earning post-December 1.
 
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Rourke said:
Not certain because they were booked for me in class L. Qantas table shows every DragonAir class at Economy or higher. Skyscanner finds $150 return to Fuzhou for instance, which I thought includes fees but I'm new to that part of the world.
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The Qantas table has YBHKLMV, but not SNQOG. The $150 return fare is most likely class S or lower. For class L to Fuzhou, it should be roughly $230 AUD, return and 10 SC each way so it's $11.50 per SC.
 
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defurax said:
But this is only true until November 30, my post above was referring to SC earning post-December 1.
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Since "Simpler and Fairer[SUP]TM[/SUP]" several terms have been redefined; "Flexible Economy" has replaced "Economy", "Economy" has replaced "Discount Economy" and "Discount Economy" has replaced "Deep Discount Economy".

With travel from Dec 1:

For Dragonair: (https://www.qantas.com.au/fflyer/dyn/flying/airline-earning#ka)
[TABLE="class: basic"]
[TR]
[TH="colspan: 2"]Dragonair (KA)[/TH]
[TH="colspan: 6"] Qantas Frequent Flyer Earn Categories on Partner Marketed Flights[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Discount
Economy[/TD]
[TD]Economy[/TD]
[TD]Flexible
Economy[/TD]
[TD]Premium
Economy[/TD]
[TD]Business[/TD]
[TD]First[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Eligible Booking Class[/TD]
[TD]All flights[/TD]
[TD]-[/TD]
[TD]BHKLMV[/TD]
[TD]Y[/TD]
[TD]ERW[/TD]
[TD]CDIJ[/TD]
[TD]AF[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: last"]
[TD="colspan: 8"]Qantas Points and Status Credits are earned on all eligible booking classes, except on Dragonair codeshare flights operated by an airline other than Qantas or a oneworld alliance airline.
See our points calculator for the easiest way to find out how many Qantas Points and Status Credits you'll earn, or visit the table.[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
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and for earn: (https://www.qantas.com.au/fflyer/dyn/flying/airline-earning#partner-airline-earning-table)

[TABLE="class: basic"]
[TR]
[TH="colspan: 2"][/TH]
[TH="colspan: 8"]Qantas Frequent Flyer Earn Categories – Partner Marketed Flights[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="colspan: 2"][/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]What you'll earn
one way (Base
Rate)[/TD]
[TD]Discount
Economy[/TD]
[TD]Economy[/TD]
[TD]Flexible
Economy[/TD]
[TD]Premium
Economy[/TD]
[TD]Business[/TD]
[TD]First[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="colspan: 10"]All other flights[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: alt"]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Up to 100 miles[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Qantas Points[/TD]
[TD]25[/TD]
[TD]50[/TD]
[TD]100[/TD]
[TD]110[/TD]
[TD]125[/TD]
[TD]150[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: alt"]
[TD="colspan: 2"][/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Status Credits[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]10[/TD]
[TD]10[/TD]
[TD]20[/TD]
[TD]30[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="colspan: 2"]101 to 250 miles[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Qantas Points[/TD]
[TD]50[/TD]
[TD]100[/TD]
[TD]200[/TD]
[TD]220[/TD]
[TD]250[/TD]
[TD]300[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="colspan: 2"][/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Status Credits[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]10[/TD]
[TD]10[/TD]
[TD]20[/TD]
[TD]30[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: alt"]
[TD="colspan: 2"]251 to 500 miles[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Qantas Points[/TD]
[TD]100[/TD]
[TD]200[/TD]
[TD]400[/TD]
[TD]450[/TD]
[TD]500[/TD]
[TD]600[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: alt"]
[TD="colspan: 2"][/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Status Credits[/TD]
[TD]10[/TD]
[TD]10[/TD]
[TD]20[/TD]
[TD]20[/TD]
[TD]40[/TD]
[TD]50[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="colspan: 2"]501 to 750 miles[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Qantas Points[/TD]
[TD]170[/TD]
[TD]325[/TD]
[TD]650[/TD]
[TD]715[/TD]
[TD]825[/TD]
[TD]975[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="colspan: 2"][/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Status Credits[/TD]
[TD]10[/TD]
[TD]10[/TD]
[TD]20[/TD]
[TD]20[/TD]
[TD]40[/TD]
[TD]60[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: alt"]
[TD="colspan: 2"]751 to 1,500 miles[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Qantas Points[/TD]
[TD]275[/TD]
[TD]550[/TD]
[TD]1,100[/TD]
[TD]1,210[/TD]
[TD]1,375[/TD]
[TD]1,650[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: alt"]
[TD="colspan: 2"][/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Status Credits[/TD]
[TD]15[/TD]
[TD]15[/TD]
[TD]30[/TD]
[TD]30[/TD]
[TD]60[/TD]
[TD]90[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="colspan: 2"]1,501 to 2,500 miles[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Qantas Points[/TD]
[TD]500[/TD]
[TD]1,000[/TD]
[TD]2,000[/TD]
[TD]2,200[/TD]
[TD]2,500[/TD]
[TD]3,000[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="colspan: 2"][/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Status Credits[/TD]
[TD]20[/TD]
[TD]20[/TD]
[TD]40[/TD]
[TD]40[/TD]
[TD]80[/TD]
[TD]120[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: alt"]
[TD="colspan: 2"]2,501 to 3,500 miles[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Qantas Points[/TD]
[TD]800[/TD]
[TD]1,600[/TD]
[TD]3,200[/TD]
[TD]3,520[/TD]
[TD]4,000[/TD]
[TD]4,800[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: alt"]
[TD="colspan: 2"][/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Status Credits[/TD]
[TD]25[/TD]
[TD]25[/TD]
[TD]50[/TD]
[TD]50[/TD]
[TD]100[/TD]
[TD]150[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="colspan: 2"]3,501 to 5,000 miles[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Qantas Points[/TD]
[TD]1,050[/TD]
[TD]2,100[/TD]
[TD]4,200[/TD]
[TD]4,600[/TD]
[TD]5,250[/TD]
[TD]6,300[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="colspan: 2"][/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Status Credits[/TD]
[TD]30[/TD]
[TD]30[/TD]
[TD]60[/TD]
[TD]60[/TD]
[TD]120[/TD]
[TD]180[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: alt"]
[TD="colspan: 2"]5,001 to 6,500 miles[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Qantas Points[/TD]
[TD]1,425[/TD]
[TD]2,850[/TD]
[TD]5,700[/TD]
[TD]6,300[/TD]
[TD]7,125[/TD]
[TD]8,600[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: alt"]
[TD="colspan: 2"][/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Status Credits[/TD]
[TD]35[/TD]
[TD]35[/TD]
[TD]70[/TD]
[TD]70[/TD]
[TD]140[/TD]
[TD]210[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="colspan: 2"]6,501+ miles[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Qantas Points[/TD]
[TD]1,875[/TD]
[TD]3,750[/TD]
[TD]7,500[/TD]
[TD]8,250[/TD]
[TD]9,400[/TD]
[TD]11,250[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="colspan: 2"][/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Status Credits[/TD]
[TD]40[/TD]
[TD]40[/TD]
[TD]80[/TD]
[TD]80[/TD]
[TD]160[/TD]
[TD]240[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
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re: Discussion/Q&A on Best QF Status Run Options

serfty said:
Since "Simpler and FairerTM", "Flexible Econonomy"
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True, I guess I was just trying to say that starting December 1 it will be possible to get what used to be full "Y"-only "Economy" SC on other fare classes on some OW carriers, especially AB and AY adding many fare classes to the"Flexible Economy" category. So a rare "real improvement" in all these changes.
 
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re: Discussion/Q&A on Best QF Status Run Options

If only Y is considered "Flexible Economy" then perhaps it would be clearer (fairer?) to call it "Full Fare Economy" or something like that to avoid being misleading. It certainly caught me out.
 
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$CJ said:
If only Y is considered "Flexible Economy" then perhaps it would be clearer (fairer?) to call it "Full Fare Economy" or something like that to avoid being misleading. It certainly caught me out.
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Yes for Cathay and Dragonair, but not for all OW partners. Starting December 1 some partners will have many fare classes earning the equivalent of full fare Y SC under the current system.
 
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Just a heads up for those looking to do some domestic runs QF's new sale up till Nov 16 has some very nice deals - specially in J. eg: MEL-OOL $499, MEL-DRW $769 MEL-ADL $399 o.w. and other variations. Definitely worth looking into for travel > Jan 12th till end of June next year for some decent value. The Y fares are great too, but obviously minimum SC's.
 
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RichardMEL said:
Just a heads up for those looking to do some domestic runs QF's new sale up till Nov 16 has some very nice deals - specially in J. eg: MEL-OOL $499, MEL-DRW $769 MEL-ADL $399 o.w. and other variations. Definitely worth looking into for travel > Jan 12th till end of June next year for some decent value. The Y fares are great too, but obviously minimum SC's.
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Good timing for those going to OzFest.
 
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There are some BNE-HNL via SYD flights in Nov going for under $700 (90 SC) if anyone is interested.
 
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Hello! First time poster here :)
I've just hit silver (for the first time) and am 375 status credits short from gold.
Could someone help with finding the most cost efficient way to earn the points?
I've read an awful lot on here today and am a bit overwhelmed by it all!
Any help would be amazing =)
Thanks!
 
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cameronjp said:
Hello! First time poster here :)
I've just hit silver (for the first time) and am 375 status credits short from gold.
Could someone help with finding the most cost efficient way to earn the points?
I've read an awful lot on here today and am a bit overwhelmed by it all!
Any help would be amazing =)
Thanks!
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Hi there and welcome to AFF!

Perhaps you could share a little more detail... for example, when do you need the 375 status credit by? Are you planning on travelling overseas at any time before your membership year ends?

If you aren't going to be flying overseas, have you considered whether 'chasing gold' is financially viable? A Qantas Club membership would be cheaper if you are only going to be flying domestically.
 
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MEL_Traveller said:
Hi there and welcome to AFF!
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Hi MEL_Traveller! Thank you for the warm welcome =)
My membership anniversary is 29 Feb 2016. I attained silver just a few days ago, Saturday 7.
I would like to visit Singapore before my membership year ends to visit my sister. That, or Anaheim to hit up Disneyland!
 
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