JASA - a glitch in the matrix

[tung]

Hi folks,

new member, first post - I love this site !
Am currently on silver and need 450 SC to get to gold by July.

I've learnt so much already. Thanks everyone.

I paid $3,000 for a full fare economy (last minute) trip to New York earlier this year ! and only earnt 60 SC on the way there, and 45 from Sanfran to Sydney on the teurn home (GRRR). Ignorance is expensive.

What i dont understand is the underlying economics. How can Qantas award flyers over 125 SC for domestic runs for a handfull of dollars and points when they only shell out 125 SC for a return trip across the Atlantic.

Why do JASA's earn more SC per $$$$?

 

[serfty]

Welcome to AFF.

Qantas like reward premium (First/Business) passengers with higher status earning.

Your $3000 fare was not full economy otherwise it would have earned double (120 & 90 SC's).

To get an idea, Business class has 4 time the status earning for the same distance than has discount economy and First Class has six times more.

Note that your $3000 economy fare to New York from Oz could easily have been $12,000 or more if booked in business class.

So:

• First = 1½ x Business = 3 x "Full Economy" = 6 x "Discount Economy",
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• Business = 2 x "Full Economy" = 4 x "Discount Economy" &​
• "Full Economy" = 2 x "Discount Economy"
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These are the earnings that QF have set for their zones.

For many JASA's the points cost is astronomical when compared to classic Business awards so the the SC's stands.

 

[nlagalle]

Hi folks,

new member, first post - I love this site !
Am currently on silver and need 450 SC to get to gold by July.

I've learnt so much already. Thanks everyone.

I paid $3,000 for a full fare economy (last minute) trip to New York earlier this year ! and only earnt 60 SC on the way there, and 45 from Sanfran to Sydney on the teurn home (GRRR). Ignorance is expensive.

What i dont understand is the underlying economics. How can Qantas award flyers over 125 SC for domestic runs for a handfull of dollars and points when they only shell out 125 SC for a return trip across the Atlantic.

Why do JASA's earn more SC per $$$$?

Welcome to AFF Tung.

just reading your post and I would suggest based on your amount of SC's they were not full Y. On international, only Y earns full SC's, the rest is classed as Discount Economy.
As for the JASA, well it is classed as a business fare, so J SC's are earnt.

 

[Mgjdubs]

I think Y+ earns full Y SCs. When I was looking last week for SYD-LAX, the highest I could find on Qantas.com was Flexi-Saver. Which is "classed as discount economy where points and status credits are earned".