Double SC for all! (Book until midnight 6th Mar, Travel Mar 2017 - Feb 19, 2018)

Matt_01 · Mar 2, 2017

Re: 2 x SC for all! (Book by 6th Mar, Travel Mar 17-Feb 19, '18)

greyyy said:
Any circumstances they would/could create a new PNR for me?

greyyy, Pushka is correct and to the best of my knowledge all additional booking benefits i.e. DSC, x2 points, x3 points are all based on the PNR creation date. That being said all is not lost, there may be options to get DSC for your upcoming travels. Depending on the price/ booking class of your current bookings there may be no need to cancel and re-book in the next 3 days.

As an example during last years DSC offer I booked J ADL-NRT return and J ADL-BOS return, both seemed pretty expensive, from memory about $4600 and $8400. When the DSC offer was on I made a number of bookings and a few spare flex Y. In the proceeding months QF had the standard Asia sale and US sale offers. During those offers I used the spare Y bookings from the DSC promo to re-book my Japan and US trips for around $3700 and $6200 and cancelled the original booking, there was a cancellation fee but is was still better off in $$ and still got DSC

There are others with more knowledge than myself on AAF however happy to discuss off line, PM to discuss further.

chrisbris · Mar 2, 2017

Re: 2 x SC for all! (Book by 6th Mar, Travel Mar 17-Feb 19, '18)

Hi brains trust - can I check I have my understanding is correct

I am currently looking at flights to the USA in F class in May. There are two possible return dates - a week apart - I won't know until next Thursday which one it will be.

Is the best bet to
A) have our agent tomorrow hold bookings for both itineraries (one for each return date) as seperate bookings (I read above that as long as the PNR is generated during the eligible period that ticketing can come later) then ticket next Thursday
Or
B) have both itineraries held and ticketed by Monday and as its an F class fare and refundable get a refund on the one I don't end up needing?

What's the safer bet to get the DSC?

AustraliaPoochie · Mar 2, 2017

Re: 2 x SC for all! (Book by 6th Mar, Travel Mar 17-Feb 19, '18)

Have been at work the past few hours, and am new to buying voucher to earn the DSC.
I have bought a $150 QF voucher from the QF website, and plan to use it later, money is a bit tight, but I do have the $150 as a "downpayment". And have paid the $150.
Once QF sends me an email with a PNR/(more so a voucher reference), will this be all thats needed as a quasi booking/thats like a "booking" and the DSC will apply to the voucher reference?

Pushka · Mar 2, 2017

2 x SC for all! (Book by 6th Mar, Travel Mar 17-Feb 19, '18)

Yes poochie as long when you book as it's Qantas metal or Emirates metal QF code to NZ and within the booking date limit. That's how it worked in the past. No guarantee though.

chrisbris · Mar 2, 2017

Re: 2 x SC for all! (Book by 6th Mar, Travel Mar 17-Feb 19, '18)

Ps - not thinking about doing a date change because of this in the DSC terms
"If you change or cancel your initial qualifying booking and/or travel is completed outside the promotional period, this bonus offer will not apply."

AustraliaPoochie · Mar 2, 2017

Re: 2 x SC for all! (Book by 6th Mar, Travel Mar 17-Feb 19, '18)

shadowground said:
It appears as an option if you search for MEL-CHC, unfortunately the SYD-CHC flight on EK doesn't appear (would have preferred EK J over QF J)

My "transit" in CHC is 6 hours.. Arriving 2355, depart 0615. Haven't decided what to do there yet, but I see CHC has a "pod hotel" within 10minutes walk of the terminal where you can rent a sleeping pod (like those capsule hotels in Japan) for ~$39NZD for a night.

Not sure if the pod hotel is open yet though, guess it also depends on when you will be on your NZ sojourn/transit.

Princess Fiona · Mar 2, 2017

Re: 2 x SC for all! (Book by 6th Mar, Travel Mar 17-Feb 19, '18)

AustraliaPoochie said:
Have been at work the past few hours, and am new to buying voucher to earn the DSC.
I have bought a $150 QF voucher from the QF website, and plan to use it later, money is a bit tight, but I do have the $150 as a "downpayment". And have paid the $150.
Once QF sends me an email with a PNR/(more so a voucher reference), will this be all thats needed as a quasi booking/thats like a "booking" and the DSC will apply to the voucher reference?

Pushka said:
Yes poochie as long when you book as it's Qantas metal or Emirates metal QF code to NZ and within the booking date limit. That's how it worked in the past. No guarantee though.

You'll have saved the CC fees at least AP. As posted earlier in the thread there's no guarantee of any other benefits.

AustraliaPoochie · Mar 2, 2017

Re: Double status credits 2/3/17 - 6/3/17

According to the email, reading deeper, flying J class will earn a DSC on the flexY basis, and not on the J basis, so my mumble above will not work, (so double flexY and not double J rates).
Now that I have the time to read the t&c at the bottom of the email, and note the (^^) as in email.
Pity, so I wont make QF PS for 2018/2019 that easily as I thought.
Thanks too Princessfiona. Will have to pay more to at least keep PS, apart from this DSC "deal".
Ok, back to reading.

CaptJCool · Mar 2, 2017