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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You can also get some status run inspiration from this AFF article:

The Best Qantas Frequent Flyer Status Runs

Haven't earned enough status credits in your Qantas membership year? Here is a selection of the best Qantas Frequent Flyer status runs.

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

 

[elanshin]

Could someone please give me an example of a business classic reward itinerary that I can book to gain 360 SCs to bump from silver to gold status with this promotion? Any help would be so greatly appreciated. Happy to travel anywhere domestically or to NZ. I have Points Club Plus.

360 is a decently large amount for classic reward. 180 normally return is more than a U ticket from Aus east coast to US West coast.

So either you'll need to do a huge trip, add a lot of stops all over on the itinerary or do at least 2-3 trips if you're domestic / NZ

 

[robbo755]

I booked OOL - MEL - SYD - AKL $1,170 (185 SCs x 2 = 370) 3.16 sc/$

Could someone please give me an example of a business classic reward itinerary that I can book to gain 360 SCs to bump from silver to gold status with this promotion? Any help would be so greatly appreciated. Happy to travel anywhere domestically or to NZ. I have Points Club Plus.

 

[Kerrodt]

Could someone please give me an example of a business classic reward itinerary that I can book to gain 360 SCs to bump from silver to gold status with this promotion? Any help would be so greatly appreciated. Happy to travel anywhere domestically or to NZ. I have Points Club Plus.

@FrothDaddy OOL-MEL-AKL return should earn you 560 SC’s. I booked this for myself for October at a cost of $1,673 which seemed pretty good value to me at $2.99/SC.

 

[Pushka]

I only needed 100 sc to retain WP to 2024 so being in points club booked two return flights Adelaide to Melb as U. Cost $160 and points of course.

 

[Captain Halliday]

Could someone please give me an example of a business classic reward itinerary that I can book to gain 360 SCs to bump from silver to gold status with this promotion? Any help would be so greatly appreciated. Happy to travel anywhere domestically or to NZ. I have Points Club Plus.

Plenty of ideas in the thread, or the AFF article in post #1.

 

[elanshin]

Plenty of ideas in the thread, or the AFF article in post #1.

Most of those ideas are revenue fares. 360 as classic reward is quite hard in 1 trip domestically/ NZ.

 

[Jacksta]

Hi - quick question for the experts out there ...
Do flights operated for Qantas out of Canberra on Alliance air and Qantas Link that have a QF flight number (eg QF1516 QF 1863) qualify for double status credits?
Thanks in advance for any help!

 

[PineappleSkip]

Do flights operated for Qantas out of Canberra on Alliance air and Qantas Link that have a QF flight number (eg QF1516 QF 1863) qualify for double status credits?

Yes, they do...
cheers skip

 

[Jacksta]

Yes, they do...
cheers skip

Thanks - i thought they did .... but when I called Qantas to check I got connected with the call center in Manila and they said that Qantas link flights would count but those operated by Alliance Air would not ......???

 

[aidan059]

booked SYD-AKL-MEL-SYD for around $1,650 netting approx 410 SC. Could've gotten better value going from OOL but saved me the repositioning flights and able to do it all in the same day without any overnighters.

 

[PineappleSkip]

they said that ,.. those operated by Alliance Air would not

Not the first dud advice about this promo from a QF call centre. If the flight has a QF number it qualifies. If it has a QQ number it doesn't.

 

[aweingar]

If the flight has a QF number it qualifies.

I thought it had to be a Qantas operated flight.
From the t&c:
"Australian Domestic and International Qantas operated flights with a ‘QF’ flight number..."
Qantas Link are not really "Qantas operated" are they?

 

[nancypants]

After much jiggery pokery I have booked DRW-MEL-SYD-NAN-SYD-AKL-RAR-AKL-MEL-DRW, mixed QF/FJ/JQ, J/Y. Total of 850 SCs of which 650 are DSC, around $5-6/SC. Not terrible and a couple of weeks of holiday in the mix

 

[PineappleSkip]

Qantas Link are not really "Qantas operated" are they?

In short, yes. If there is a red rat on the tail* and a QF on the boarding pass, that’s all you need. This is about the fourth time I’ve seen this raised in the last couple of days, and I’ve personally got DSCs off variants of BNE-ROK-MKY on Qantaslink in the last two DSC promotions.

* no red rat appears on some Alliance flights, but their QF flights qualify too

 

[nancypants]

I thought it had to be a Qantas operated flight.
From the t&c:
"Australian Domestic and International Qantas operated flights with a ‘QF’ flight number..."
Qantas Link are not really "Qantas operated" are they?

They are wholly owned subsidiaries

However that breaks down when we discover that JQ also is

From experience Qantas link flights end up qualifying for this (although I don’t have a text reference for that and have never attempted it with network aviation, only les autres

 

[KathN]

Hi, please help, I need to double check my thinking as I made this mistake last year. My Gold membership goes till Sep 2023. I have now booked flights in May and July to have SC to retain gold till Sep 2024.

My next step: Can I book now with DSC offer to try to retain gold till Sep 2025? Thinking of flights in Nov 2023 and February 2024 (total 600 SC).
Will these carry me through to September 2025?

Don’t want to book and then find that SCs expired. Thanks in advance for any guidance!

 

[exceladdict]

Hi, please help, I need to double check my thinking as I made this mistake last year. My Gold membership goes till Sep 2023. I have now booked flights in May and July to have SC to retain gold till Sep 2024.

My next step: Can I book now with DSC offer to try to retain gold till Sep 2025? Thinking of flights in Nov 2023 and February 2024 (total 600 SC).
Will these carry me through to September 2025?

Don’t want to book and then find that SCs expired. Thanks in advance for any guidance!

Absolutely. My year is also ends in the second half of this year, so I'll be putting in a placeholder or two for my new year during this promo.

 

[KathN]

Absolutely. My year is also ends in the second half of this year, so I'll be putting in a placeholder or two for my new year during this promo.

Thanks. It’s just a call centre staff comment that SC expire after 12 months that is confusing me and I wanted to check.

 

[sudoer]

"Australian Domestic and International Qantas operated flights with a ‘QF’ flight number..."

I agree that this is confusing, but in reality we've seen with previous DSC that eligible flights can be operated by Qantas mainline, QantasLink, National Jet Systems, Eastern Australia Airlines, Sunstate Airlines, Network Aviation, Alliance Airlines, etc.

My understanding is that the deciding criteria (regardless of what the T&C say) for whether a flight is DSC eligible is that it's operated under a QF designator without a QF codeshare arrangement. The operator would either operate on behalf of Qantas as its subsidiary or under a wet lease arrangement (Alliance).

Despite Jetstar being a subsidiary of Qantas Group, Jetstar operated flights carry a JQ designator with a QF flight number as a codeshare, hence they're not eligible for DSC.

 

[Doddler]

Q (I searched this thread but didn't find answer):
If I book a flight for some dates during the designated period, and then later on change those flight dates, do I still get double status credits?

Looking at this from the T&Cs seems to imply that only if the original booking is cancelled or rebooked for dates *outside* the period would double status credits not be awarded :
"If you cancel your initial qualifying booking or change it to be outside the promotional period, the double Qantas Points or double Status Credits offer will not apply."

When you change dates on a QF booking, does it cancel the original and replace with a new one, or is the original booking retained?

Hoping that someone knows this from past promos or has direct info from QF.

Thanks!