Major 2025 Qantas Frequent Flyer program changes

[elanshin]

The real question is going to be how hard partner airlines redemption cost will be hit.

 

[Blackadder]

As a self funded FF, at least they haven't tied points earning to $$$ spent on flights.

 

[WilsonM]

We've updated the headline to be a bit more direct than before: Qantas Devaluing Classic Rewards & Upgrades in August 2025

You can chat about the specific changes to redemption rates and carrier charge increases here: Qantas Classic Reward & Upgrade Devaluation on 5 August 2025

 

[serfty]

I have been scanning this and may have missed it.

Is there any detailed information available on increased earn for flights from July 22nd?

Such as earning tables - all I have seen are examples.

I did look here in hope:

https://www.qantas.com/au/en/frequent-flyer/earn-points/airline-earning-tables/qantas-and-jetstar-earning-tables.html?int_cam=au%3Aairline-earning-tables%3Aarticle%3Aqantas-and-jetstar-earning-tables%3Aen%3Ann

 

[elanshin]

I have been scanning this and may have missed it.

Is there any detailed information available on increased earn for flights from July 22nd?

Such as earning tables - all I have seen are examples.

Somewhere in the article it says May will have more detailed charts

 

[MelbFlyer]

Honestly not surprised and saw this coming.

I'd imagine that a MEL to SIN/HKG QF CR seat in business will rise from its current 68.4k to 75k or so?

Moral of the story, if you have points and plans, burn those points ASAP rather than hoarding.

I'm glad that my 318k business OWA is now done and dusted / taken.

 

[elanshin]

I wonder though what the situation would be like if you say book a CR now but need to change post August. Would it reticket at the new costs.

 

[Flyerwin]

Good thing I spent a whole bunch of points recently...

 

[kamchatsky]

The real question is going to be how hard partner airlines redemption cost will be hit.

Based on the article I would just use existing table and then add 15% to it for now, until the full table comes out.

 

[nickfromeastryde]

Have managed to use about 1.6 million points since retiring Nov 2019 but still have quite a few left. Plan was to burn them quickly but Covid slowed us down. Already have my OWA booked for this year with the plan to piggyback 2026 holiday onto the same ticket so not that much opportunity to use many in the short term.

Still been good for us for a while now (thanks to what I have learnt on this site) and won't really change our plans going forward. Being retired, I am basically out of the points earning game anyway so was always going to end up booking BFOD in J. It will just happen a little bit earlier.

 

[elanshin]

Overall initial impression is that cost increases hurting ground based earners (and wine drinkers). But still good value for the most part. Devaluation is devaluation but its not drastic.

We will see a bigger hit in the point per $ redemption value with the bump in copay. But this can still be avoided by using carriers with low surcharges.

Flying earning seem to increase roughly in line with this and if im reading it right, if you're a status holder your points increase is more than the increase in costs so they're actively giving more points for elite flyers than the bump in costs.

So if you generate the majority of your points flying SYD - LHR in F, then you're actually possibly better off.

 

[serfty]

Wait.. does that say 700 for short haul domestic QF?
I'm pretty sure SYD - MEL is 800

There's a min point guarantee ... starts at 800 .... (although 400 in NZ)

https://www.qantas.com/au/en/frequent-flyer/earn-points/airline-earning-tables/qantas-and-jetstar-earning-tables.html?int_cam=au%3Aairline-earning-tables%3Aarticle%3Aqantas-and-jetstar-earning-tables%3Aen%3Ann#minimum-points-guarantee

 

[muppet]

I wonder though what the situation would be like if you say book a CR now but need to change post August. Would it reticket at the new costs.

Yep. Reticket usually involves full refund and new calculation - points and taxes.

 

[serfty]

Overall initial impression is that cost increases hurting ground based earners (and wine drinkers). But still good value for the most part. Devaluation is devaluation but its not drastic.

The carrier surcharge increases are the killer ...

 

[djkelly69]

Yep. Reticket usually involves full refund and new calculation - points and taxes.

Not sure if I am mis-remembering, but didn't anyone who booked a 280k OWA before the price increase get to keep it at that price?

 

[elanshin]

The carrier surcharge increases are the killer ...

Definitely and that stings the $ per redemption front quite a bit. But on the plus side its not as insane as some of the other carriers... Yet. Also hit for J and F not Y which i think definitely helps out a lot in softening the blow.

 

[WilsonM]

I wonder though what the situation would be like if you say book a CR now but need to change post August. Would it reticket at the new costs.

Based on my understanding, it would be priced at the new pricing if you changed it post 5 August

 

[offshore171]

Not if you spend it all before 5 August (bookings up till ~July 2026)

The only good point is a spent point!

 

[mx838383]

This might be a silly question but does that mean that with the devaluation, CR points redemption now going to be pretty close to CR+ and in certain situations even cheaper if tickets are on sale (pending route and date)?

 

[Flyerwin]

The only good point is a spent point!

That's a good point!