Flexi-Saver for International

[Chucksta]

Why is it that when I try book PER to SIN return, flexi-saver is classed as Discount Economy for Status Credit Earn?

I fly all the time from PER to MEL on Flexi saver and I get full economy status credits (80 return).

Strange how PER to SIN is not the same? I wonder if it is a typo? Or maybe international fares are different??

Also, can't seem to book fully flexible either on the qantas website, for PER to SIN return.

 

[oz_mark]

Why is it that when I try book PER to SIN return, flexi-saver is classed as Discount Economy for Status Credit Earn?

I fly all the time from PER to MEL on Flexi saver and I get full economy status credits (80 return).

Strange how PER to SIN is not the same? I wonder if it is a typo? Or maybe international fares are different??

Also, can't seem to book fully flexible either on the qantas website, for PER to SIN return.

International and Domestic Flexi Savers are treated differently. The only economy fares on international sectors that give you full economy SC's are the full economy ones (i.e. Y Class)

Don't know about the fully flexible fares, but if I remember correctly when the sale fares are listed, the full economy ones seem to drop off on the site.

 

[JohnK]

Further to what oz_mark mentioned here is the explanation of status credits from the QF website.

More importantly it mentions

#For domestic flights within Australia, Full Economy includes Fully Flexible (classes Y, B, H) and FlexiSaver (class K and W). For international flights, including domestic flights within New Zealand, Full Economy is class Y. If you fly on a Flight Upgrade Award you will receive Status credits for the fare class originally purchased.

 

[NM]

This is one area that I believe the QF FF program needs to be revised (well, one out of several). In my opinion, restricting international full economy status credits to Y fares only does not reflect the revenue earning for Qantas from B class bookings.

But the rules are published and clear that only Y gets full economy for international flights, and its been that way for a long time now.

This is where AAdvantage becomes attractive as they pay 1.5 EQP per mile flown on a Qantas B fare. So AA give you a 50% bonus for paying B while QF give you a 50% slap across the face. If you regularly fly internationally on B fares on QF, then consider using AA instead of QF.

 

[Kiwi Flyer]

Yup. QF would get a lot more of my domestic NZ and international business if they made the earning match what it is for domestic Oz flights. For points it doesnt matter much on NZ domestic flights given the short length, but makes a big difference to SC earning.

If both NZ and QF both have cheap or medium fares available I'll take NZ every time.