Double Status Credits on QF Operated Flights. Book 9/8/18-14/8/18 for travel 21/8/18 to 8/8/19

[serfty]

I looked closely then gave it a miss.

Even with the 2 x SC's and while there were some reasonable earn rates from ~3SC/$ - I can generally get better QFF SC earn elsewhere without the need to fly Qantas so much.

 

[Ansett]

Proud to report I am in Mrs Ansetts good books having not spent a dollar during this promotion. It is the first time I have not spent any money during a DSC.

Being in the better half's good books is far more valuable than any extra status credits.

 

[PineappleSkip]

Consolidated my place in Mrs Pineapple’s good books by making her bookings in J and locking in enough SCs to secure her another year’s SG. I got a fistful too.

I don’t need them, she probably would have got there without all this, but it didn’t stop me enjoying the feeding frenzy. Contemplating all this the morning after and concluded that AFF has made me a DSC lemming.

Cheers skip.

 

[Pushka]

I decided not to play this time. Not needed until April so hoping for another one next year. Too much money going out at the moment. Worst case is that I fall to SG. MrP already as enough to requal WP.

 

[Lynda2475]

I booked SYD-PER-LEA return in discount economy last night.

The status calculator says I will only earn 40 SCs (so 80 all up with the DSC offer) but that is same as a SYD-PER return. However, If you query PER-LEA the calculator says should earn 10 SCs (or 20 with DSC promo) each way.

The SYD-PER is on Qantas, the PER-LEA is a Network Aviation flight however they are a 100% owned subsidiary of Qantas, so i would expect SCs.

I would swear the booking engine indicated 30 SCs each way, which would give 120 SCs for the return trip due to the promo, but it is strange the calculator doesn't indicate this.

Anyone know whether i'll get 80 or 120?

 

[QF WP]

There have been a number of these questions in this thread recently. Don’t believe everything you see on the SC calculations. Looks like the engine calculated SYD/LEA “direct”. I think your calcs are spot on.

Not sure about the Network Aviation questions, but tend to agree with your argument. Others much cleverer than me will answer it.

 

[bullerdude]

So I booked a flight late last night just prior to midnight, however the e-Ticket was issued in the earlier hours of the morning (took way longer than it usually does). Does anyone know if there is a way to tell if the flight will trigger for DSC? I'm thinking that if the PNR was generated on booking (which it should have been) then it would fall under the DSC, but can't find a way to tell exactly. Any ideas?

 

[DrJ]

So I booked a flight late last night just prior to midnight, however the e-Ticket was issued in the earlier hours of the morning (took way longer than it usually does). Does anyone know if there is a way to tell if the flight will trigger for DSC? I'm thinking that if the PNR was generated on booking (which it should have been) then it would fall under the DSC, but can't find a way to tell exactly. Any ideas?

I'm 99% sure that the DSC is linked to the creation of the PNR, which happens immediately on booking, not the subsequent issue of the e ticket (which can be days later if you use bpay). You should be fine.

 

[bullerdude]

I'm 99% sure that the DSC is linked to the creation of the PNR, which happens immediately on booking, not the subsequent issue of the e ticket (which can be days later if you use bpay). You should be fine.

That was my assumption.

I ended up using the "Live Chat" system just now and the agent confirmed that the booking was created on the 14th - so a few screenshots later... happy days.

 

[RichardMEL]

If concerned call QF to confirm if they think it counts.

btw re lounge crowding.. I do not see this as so much of an issue. Why?

1. Most status chasers who would take advantage of DSC (like people here) already HAVE the status and just want an easier way to retain.. thus n change to lounge levels from those folks
2. Say new folks are tempted to go to Gold from Silver.. that's fine, but first, the flights they take to get there won't see them in the lounge until they get the appropriate status (if they are flying in a higher cabin than that's not really going to change louunge usage much IMHO) and then the vast majority probably would return to lower numbers of trips even with the status, so the effect would again be small overall in my view
3. DSC promos have been consistent for a few years now so any massive increase in status would have probably happened .. sure new folks will always come along to achieve status, but there will also be those that lose status/change carriers/stop flying as much to make up for it.

so, yeah... I don't see much change to what has been the case for the past few years (which yes, in peak times, is horrendous, specially in places like MEL/SYD/BNE/ADL.

 

[Haplo]

Prices tends to be higher during DSC as Qantas expects people to pay more just for the extra SC. Once the DSC end the demand goes away so they need to lower the price to sell these seats.

 

[PineappleSkip]

Prices tends to be higher during DSC as Qantas expects people to pay more just for the extra SC. Once the DSC end the demand goes away so they need to lower the price to sell these seats.

I don't think they do jack the prices up. Sure, they don't release any more sale fares during DSCs - they're offering a sweetener for existing deals so why would they - but if successful the promo results in a lot of the cheap seats being taken, much as you'd see with any successful sale, so the cheap seats dry up. But not always. I noted a lot of relatively reasonably priced J fares between ADL/MEL and BNE that were there before the DSC promo, were there throughout and are still there. There was a ridiculously high price on BNE-LHR Y+ seats before, during and after the promo. This kinda suggests that the second DSC promo in the year hasn't been a huge success.

If I was making a prediction, I'd predict a double points promotion next, to attract a buyer who fancies points but cares not a jot about status, and then more discounted seats after that.

Cheers skip

 

[RickyT84]

Decided to take advantage of this DCS offer and give my new QF membership year a boost having already re-qualified for SG already.

Booked a couple of trips between SYD and MEL which I would have booked at a later time (good for QF as they have my cash earlier).

Also decide to book SYD-BNE-CNS on a Y Flex fare for $378 each way which yields 50SC each way (100 return and 200 with the DSC). This works out to be quite a good earner as its $3.78 per SC.

 

[Cessna 180]

I booked SYD-PER-LEA return in discount economy last night.

The status calculator says I will only earn 40 SCs (so 80 all up with the DSC offer) but that is same as a SYD-PER return. However, If you query PER-LEA the calculator says should earn 10 SCs (or 20 with DSC promo) each way.

The SYD-PER is on Qantas, the PER-LEA is a Network Aviation flight however they are a 100% owned subsidiary of Qantas, so i would expect SCs.

I would swear the booking engine indicated 30 SCs each way, which would give 120 SCs for the return trip due to the promo, but it is strange the calculator doesn't indicate this.

Anyone know whether i'll get 80 or 120?

Earn rate on Network is the same as any other QF Metail, ie, mainline or Eastern, Sunstate or Cobram 717

Perth to Exmouth should get you 10 each way.

 

[kermatu]

So I booked a flight late last night just prior to midnight, however the e-Ticket was issued in the earlier hours of the morning (took way longer than it usually does). Does anyone know if there is a way to tell if the flight will trigger for DSC? I'm thinking that if the PNR was generated on booking (which it should have been) then it would fall under the DSC, but can't find a way to tell exactly. Any ideas?

I haven’t had an issue with flights booked within the period but ticket only issued after. Ticket usually IME says the date booked so that’s all the proof needed.

 

[Danger]

I'm not playing this round but I'm interested in what appears to be a few members earning DSCs on QF-coded but not QF-operated flights. The T&Cs state "Any flight with a QF flight number on the ticket which is not operated by Qantas including Jetstar, Jetstar Asia, Valuair, Jetstar Japan, Jetstar Pacific and other partner airlines are not eligible for this offer".

For next time, what am I missing?

 

[RichardMEL]

I'm not playing this round but I'm interested in what appears to be a few members earning DSCs on QF-coded but not QF-operated flights. The T&Cs state "Any flight with a QF flight number on the ticket which is not operated by Qantas including Jetstar, Jetstar Asia, Valuair, Jetstar Japan, Jetstar Pacific and other partner airlines are not eligible for this offer".

For next time, what am I missing?

Be aware which DSC promotion people are reporting on. For this one, which is very clearly only QF operated flights, the promotion period starts next week (21/8) so nobody has had a chance to earn anything under this particular promotion.

The previous (Feb) promotion was similar.

Last year's September promotion did allow selected QF codes on EK flights, specifically trans-tasman flights, to earn DSC under the QF codeshare.

The last promo before that that I can recall that allowed accral of DSC on codeshare flights included some specific transpac flights on AA to/from SYD and AKL back before they were forced to terminate the JV.

So yeah, this specific promotion a) has not yet started for earning and b) should not earn on any flight other than a QF operated flight booked with a QF flight number.

 

[chooms]

This week (in fact, starting today) will see the first of my DSC-booked flights credited. In total, the DSC bookings are expected to net me 1530SCs (!!!) in the next four months alone, tipping me over LTG and requalifying WP for at least another year.

Question: half of these flights are booked in M fares (flexible). There will be times I need to leave earlier than anticipated. If I rock up to the airport and "fly ahead" using the same ticket/fare, just on an earlier flight, will I still get the DSC's?

 

[Ansett]

Based on previous experiences I would say yes

 

[QF WP]

Looking forward to seeing the stories - who will be the first to fly and have their DSC's post. My first flight aren't until next week.