Double Status Credits promotion (Book by 27/2/24, travel 28/2/24-14/2/25)

[RSD]

Are there any good routes for fellow QFF'ers from Perth/WA? We usually get no love and costly $/SC runs :/

Probably not!

 

[jbmemories]

A tip for the newbies - if you want some DSC goodness but don't yet know either dates or destination (or both) then book a Mt Isa to Cloncurry Flex Y for the start of February 2025 for $246 and then change that to whatever date and destination you want at a later date

Can you explain how this trick work sorry?

Probably not!

Never love for us over here!

 

[jase05]

Ah OK cheers! RJ only fly to BKK(twice weekly) in Asia whereas Oman Air fly to BKK(x10 weekly), KUL(7x), MAN(5x), and "Indonesia"(4x) (doesn't specify which city in Indo for some reason). Its a pity that they don't fly into SIN too. No idea what their product is like but would expect that it would be pretty good.

Oman fly daily to Jakarta.
Their J product is one of the best IMO but haven’t tried their Y product

 

[RSD]

Can you explain how this trick work sorry?

You only have until next Tuesday 11:59pm to make a DSC booking - and the flights have to be taken between February 28th this year and 14th Feb 2025 - but you can change the booking online to fly on a different date with a completely different departure and destination city and make it a return or a convoluted multi-city or whatever you want. So you can just book a Flex economy one way from Mt Isa to Cloncurry for $246, and then in say September change it to a MEL-LAX-JFK and return flight - as long as you modify that existing booking it keeps the same PNR/reference number for the booking and that booking is registered for DSC so as long as your new flights are booked for travel before 14th February 2025 you will get DSC on them. The key thing is to make the initial Mt Isa to Cloncurry booking for early February 2025 so as it remains valid for as long as possible under the offer.

There are probably other ways of doing things to also get DSC on flights later on that you don't yet know date & destination for.

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Oman fly daily to Jakarta.
Their J product is one of the best IMO but haven’t tried their Y product

Good to know - suspected that it might be Jakarta as I couldn't see the Omanis partying hard on Kuta beach but its odd that on their route network page they say Indonesia instead of Jakarta.

 

[aikman]

So you can just book a Flex economy one way

Will you be forced to change into a Flex fare or higher, or can you still change into an economy sale fare?

 

[SeatBackForward]

You only have until next Tuesday 11:59pm to make a DSC booking - and the flights have to be taken between February 28th this year and 14th Feb 2025 - but you can change the booking online to fly on a different date with a completely different departure and destination city and make it a return or a convoluted multi-city or whatever you want. So you can just book a Flex economy one way from Mt Isa to Cloncurry for $246, and then in say September change it to a MEL-LAX-JFK and return flight - as long as you modify that existing booking it keeps the same PNR/reference number for the booking and that booking is registered for DSC so as long as your new flights are booked for travel before 14th June 2025 you will get DSC on them. The key thing is to make the initial Mt Isa to Cloncurry booking for early February 2025 so as it remains valid for as long as possible under the offer.

There are probably other ways of doing things to also get DSC on flights later on that you don't yet know date & destination for.

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Good to know - suspected that it might be Jakarta as I couldn't see the Omanis partying hard on Kuta beach but its odd that on their route network page they say Indonesia instead of Jakarta.

Think the highlighted should be 14th February 2025.

 

[RSD]

Will you be forced to change into a Flex fare or higher, or can you still change into an economy sale fare?

I honestly don't know - I expect that you would need to book a Flex fare - I normally book Flex as I'm flying to the Muddle East and you have to keep your plans pretty flexible for there. Others may be able to answer your question better than I can

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Think the highlighted should be 14th February 2025.

Good pickup - no idea where June came from but it has been a long day...

 

[SeatBackForward]

Good pickup - no idea where June came from but it has been a long day...

I wouldn't normally be so pedantic, but that's one that might lead to trouble for those unawares.

 

[RSD]

I wouldn't normally be so pedantic, but that's one that might lead to trouble for those unawares.

Absolutely totally agree - could have caused a shedload of trouble - very glad that you picked it up!

 

[eminere]

I do agree with this to a degree. I has definitely disappeared from a number if routes and flights.. but not all of them. Still there on some but yes there does appear to be some mucking with inventorygoing on.

I managed to pick up a very good (for Qantas) sale fare from SYD-SIN in business over Christmas returning in the new year late this afternoon. Had been watching the fare for a few days now and had fully expected it to disappear with this promotion but it held.

 

[Danger]

Anyone who had a flex booking using an AMEX travel credit looked at rebooking for DSC? I guess you can't, because if you cancel for a refund you'd lose the credit and if you cancel for a voucher you're stuck with the original PNR?

Correct. There's no good option here.

Will you be forced to change into a Flex fare or higher, or can you still change into an economy sale fare?

My understanding is yes, you will need to book a fare in at least the same fare category or higher. As far as I know, you can book into business or first, too, which can work out perfectly well.

 

[jbmemories]

If you’ve got the DSC registration confirmation email, we can just use the website on desktop to book instead correct?

Very interesting choice to force people to select this on the app instead (and the app actually working)

 

[frodo]

+1. had no email. registered again via website just now and voila - email
(but note that it may or may not work?!)

Same here. I wonder what would happen if I registered for DSC via app, didn't get the confirmation email, then registered for double points via the website.
Was kind of tempted to find out but decided not to

 

[RonDen88]

Evening. I wanted to double check - if you book a Qantas flight through the American Express travel portal (I have a $450 travel credit to use) are you still eligible for the Double Status credit promotion (registered per app)? Don't see any reason why not, unless I have clearly missed a key T&C. Cheers

 

[RichardMEL]

If you’ve got the DSC registration confirmation email, we can just use the website on desktop to book instead correct?

Very interesting choice to force people to select this on the app instead (and the app actually working)

Any of the usual booking channels is fine inc Amex, ITA like Webjet or whathaveyou.

They are not FORCING to go via the app.. they're trying to direct ppl to download and use it yes - but that's a different thing.

 

[RichardMEL]

Same here. I wonder what would happen if I registered for DSC via app, didn't get the confirmation email, then registered for double points via the website.
Was kind of tempted to find out but decided not to

Per T&C/FAQ the latest selection made would apply. I guess you can register 50 times with different options if you like (though in the app once selected it shows it, and I don't see a way to change it)

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Evening. I wanted to double check - if you book a Qantas flight through the American Express travel portal (I have a $450 travel credit to use) are you still eligible for the Double Status credit promotion (registered per app)? Don't see any reason why not, unless I have clearly missed a key T&C. Cheers

Yes. It is fine.

 

[PineappleSkip]

Had a hunt around and pleasantly surprised to get MCY-SYD-AKL and return, 480 SCs for $1,943 or $4.04 per SC. Fares out of OOL are usually slightly less than out of MCY. The very cheap fares via MEL for 560 SCs I can never find. Seemed to be plenty of sale fare availability and the fare priced lower than I got for the same last year.

Two nights QF travel insurance at $68 for 2000 bonus points looked worth while too.

Also dug up a PC classic award in J BNE-PER-MEL-SYD-BNE which probably isn't as good value but wedding anniversary in PER and PER-MEL in the A330 ensured Mrs Pineapple's enthusiasm. That should do me for today.

Happy hunting!
Cheers skip

 

[RSD]

Had a hunt around and pleasantly surprised to get MCY-SYD-AKL and return, 480 SCs for $1,943 or $4.04 per SC. Fares out of OOL are usually slightly less than out of MCY. The very cheap fares via MEL for 560 SCs I can never find. Seemed to be plenty of sale fare availability and the fare priced lower than I got for the same last year.

Two nights QF travel insurance at $68 for 2000 bonus points looked worth while too.

Also dug up a PC classic award in J BNE-PER-MEL-SYD-BNE which probably isn't as good value but wedding anniversary in PER and PER-MEL in the A330 ensured Mrs Pineapple's enthusiasm. That should do me for today.

Happy hunting!
Cheers skip

Sounds like you have done well!

 

[CaptJCool]

Correct. There's no good option here.



My understanding is yes, you will need to book a fare in at least the same fare category or higher. As far as I know, you can book into business or first, too, which can work out perfectly well.

only if you Change the fare - then yes, it switches over

if you cancel the fare and place it into a Flight Credit -then the equal or higher $ value applies - my understanding is that you can use the credit for any fare class category - the point of cause is to keep the DSC option alive - of course at the far end, say you didn't get around to needing it, if its still a "live seat" you can always get a refund

 

[CaptJCool]

Had a hunt around and pleasantly surprised to get MCY-SYD-AKL and return, 480 SCs for $1,943 or $4.04 per SC. Fares out of OOL are usually slightly less than out of MCY. The very cheap fares via MEL for 560 SCs I can never find. Seemed to be plenty of sale fare availability and the fare priced lower than I got for the same last year.

found those OOL - AKL fares on 19/7 and return 26/7

$1057 via Melb
$836 return via Melb
560 SCs $1,893