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

[RSD]

That could work but I need a stopover in Helsinki. If this trip happens the way I'm thinking of it, I'll stay continue to REK two weeks after arriving in HEL.

It may be that LHR-HEL-REK are married segments when booking them on the Multi-City search engine - try putting LHR-REK in and just see what happens - it may reveal the problem.

 

[exceladdict]

It may be that LHR-HEL-REK are married segments when booking them on the Multi-City search engine - try putting LHR-REK in and just see what happens - it may reveal the problem.

Indeed I'm getting errors for married segments on domestic flights - for example, availability is showing PER-ADL, ADL-MEL and MEL-SYD on the same day but multicity won't let me get past flight selection.

 

[gethsemene]

The original booking reference will remain along with its creation date. If you want double SC's, you need a booking reference which has been created during this initial 7-day promo period.

Ah, so I need to buy something cheap and the new voucher with the remaining balance will have a booking date in DSC!

 

[RSD]

Indeed I'm getting errors for married segments on domestic flights - for example, availability is showing PER-ADL, ADL-MEL and MEL-SYD on the same day but multicity won't let me get past flight selection.

That Multi-Ciry search engine really needs major improvements!

 

[Pushka]

That Multi-Ciry search engine really needs major improvements!

It never ceases to amaze me when it works. Except, I can't remember the last time it did. Try using Adelaide as start point for international travel for an added exasperation.

 

[RSD]

It never ceases to amaze me when it works. Except, I can't remember the last time it did. Try using Adelaide as start point for international travel for an added exasperation.

I can well imagine that it would have a hissy with Adelaide - it wouldn't even accept MEL-SYD-QF1 to SIN and onwards - had to buy a separate ticket for MEL-SYD.

 

[dairyfloss]

Ah, so I need to buy something cheap and the new voucher with the remaining balance will have a booking date in DSC!

No - that voucher or any balance reissued is of no use for DSC bookings... sorry; you'll need to start afresh; use the voucher another time.

EDIT: Actually, hold on - you have me thinking, now that I've replied They can't reissue using the same PNR (booking ref) as that would be associated to the booking you made... and so maybe it is actually reissued as a new PNR and so the balance voucher would be in this DSC period. Anyone know??

 

[RealtimeY]

That Multi-Ciry search engine really needs major improvements!

And please not an "enhancement"

 

[Aggi]

The multi city search engine is hopeless, even for a basic NZ trip. Can see the flights and select seats etc then at the confirmation stage get an error.
Trying to get through to Qantas to book over the phone is hopeless even for Platinum. Over an hour wait then they hang up on you.

 

[tdimdad]

For these simpler itineraries, one of my main gripes with the multi-city engine is that it struggles to handle same day connections. E.g, the normal booking engine can bring up a good connection for OOL-xMEL-CHC with an early morning departure but if I put OOL-MEL and MEL-CHC to the multi-city, it forces an overnight between the segments.

This makes the booking of effective DSC hauls a little difficult.

 

[encryptededdy]

No - that voucher or any balance reissued is of no use for DSC bookings... sorry; you'll need to start afresh; use the voucher another time.

Ehh, but the FAQs state

If you use a Gift Voucher for an eligible flight booking made during the promotion period, you will be eligible for the bonus reward. Gift Vouchers purchased but not redeemed for an eligible flight booking (for flights that are not booked or travelled within the booking or travel period dates), won’t be eligible.

If you use a gift voucher, that would be using a PNR issued before the current DSC period, and yet per the FAQs it would still provide the bonus reward.

 

[Murmal]

No - that voucher or any balance reissued is of no use for DSC bookings... sorry; you'll need to start afresh; use the voucher another time.

EDIT: Actually, hold on - you have me thinking, now that I've replied They can't reissue using the same PNR (booking ref) as that would be associated to the booking you made... and so maybe it is actually reissued as a new PNR and so the balance voucher would be in this DSC period. Anyone know??

It's quite confusing but I have been told that if a voucher (issued prior to the DSC period) is used in whole or part for a booking, it will NOT be eligible for DSC. If unpon discovering this, the booking is cancelled and a new voucher/credit issued, the original booking reference attached to the original voucher would be transferred to the new one. There would be no getting around it, even dates associated with the original voucher would be transferred to the new voucher.
I had to continue with the booking I made because to cancel and rebook would cost me another $2000. I could make up the lost DSC I had factored in by booking a more beneficial flight for less $.

 

[RichardMEL]

It's quite confusing but I have been told that if a voucher (issued prior to the DSC period) is used in whole or part for a booking, it will NOT be eligible for DSC. If unpon discovering this, the booking is cancelled and a new voucher/credit issued, the original booking reference attached to the original voucher would be transferred to the new one. There would be no getting around it, even dates associated with the original voucher would be transferred to the new voucher.
I had to continue with the booking I made because to cancel and rebook would cost me another $2000. I could make up the lost DSC I had factored in by booking a more beneficial flight for less $.

This is correct.

Unfortunately this is how the kludge of the voucher/flight credit system QF uses works (and has done so for years) on top o Amadeus.

The only kind of credit that would work is a TravelPass issued by QF as a credit - which they were doing during the covid years, and even were converting some flight credits to at one point. There are probably quite a few still around out there. Anyway these are issued as UATP payment cards, more or less like a credit card, and could be used to book NEW bookings during this DSC booking period, and those bookings would be fine. Why? Because a new booking is made, not using an existing one (which is what a voucher/flight credit essentially is - a PNR created with the appropriate info).

the key for DSC is new booking creation during the booking period.

 

[dairyfloss]

Ehh, but the FAQs state

If you use a gift voucher, that would be using a PNR issued before the current DSC period, and yet per the FAQs it would still provide the bonus reward.

Wait, what? I thought it had been confirmed much earlier that Flight Credits (and in turn, we assume GVs - as they function in the same way) - unless issued in the promo period - would not work for creating a DSC eligible booking? It might be too much for my brain to process on a Monday, but these are actually eligible after all?

OK, yes - this is in the FAQs, and then the fuller T&Cs further below don't contradict it at all; They just make reference to eligibility for redemption of GVs after the promotion booking period:



I'm just glad I've done all my bookings and don't need to overthink anything now with a day to go

p.s. no reference in any of the FAQs or terms to Flight Credits vs GVs - do we know if there is ever a difference in terms of function and outcome? Perhaps Flight credits might limit what new flights could be chosen - i.e. equal or higher fare class?

Cheers,
Matt.

 

[encryptededdy]

OK, yes - this is in the FAQs, and then the fuller T&Cs further below don't contradict it at all; They just make reference to eligibility for redemption of GVs after the promotion booking period:

Yeah. I just made a booking for May with a GV issued ages ago, so I'll update whether the DSCs credit automatically or if I'll have to chase it up while quoting the FAQ.

 

[Chalkie]

I think the general consensus is that unless you get most of the way to attaining/retaining WP from employer funded travel it becomes much harder to justify if you have LTG. LTP is set at such an unattainable level for most that there’s no lifetime status target on QF to aim for after reaching LTG.

DSC offers certainly help with the progress towards LTG.

That's a (very small) conundrum for me. After my QF/oneworld travel this year I will be at 67,000 LSCs. I'd already booked and ticketed an AONEx earlier this year that will restore me to W1 (having lost it after having had it for 20+years). I don't think I turned my mind to whether I should have held off for a DSC offer, partly because A inventory can be hard to come by on some routes and I wanted to secure it before it disappeared. That said, had I thought about it and held off and was successfully able to procure all the flights I wanted, I would have netted another 740 SCs.

I've been thinking that I might be "over" oneworld and turning into a BFOTD-er, but I idly speculate that maybe paying more attention to DSC promos might bring about LTP within a few years rather than 9 or so years assuming I keep flying with QF longhaul. Or at the very least make it easier to hold WP status.

 

[elanshin]

Ill just say there's some interesting things i discovered with PNRs and splitting then off over the last 12months. My 4PAX credit got split into 2x 2PAX - one keeping old PNR one with a new one.
They both got DSC

 

[RichardMEL]

Yeah. I just made a booking for May with a GV issued ages ago, so I'll update whether the DSCs credit automatically or if I'll have to chase it up while quoting the FAQ.

They won't credit. Almost certainly due to PNR creation date.

 

[clare13]

Do you mean if you buy a gift voucher before tomorrow and then use it in the coming year that the purchased flights will have DSC ?

 

[dairyfloss]

Yeah. I just made a booking for May with a GV issued ages ago, so I'll update whether the DSCs credit automatically or if I'll have to chase it up while quoting the FAQ.

Hope for your sake it does… and then we just need to find a time machine for taking proper advantage