Major 2025 Qantas Frequent Flyer program changes

[Princess Fiona]

Absolutely... as a data point who has been able to get a premium (and I mean Business or First, not PE as QF like to cal PE a premium product) seat on a Qf service to Europe in the last 12 months?

Yes several

 

[RooFlyer]

Yes several

Do you think being P1 made a difference to that?

 

[33kft]

Do you think being P1 made a difference to that?

And that's unreasonable why?

Perhaps NBs with million points balances should adjust their strategies a little

 

[RooFlyer]

And that's unreasonable why?

So defensive. It was an actual question directed to Princess Fiona, thank you.

 

[levelnine]

My apologies for participating in a public forum

Where did RooFlyer suggest it was 'unreasonable'?

 

[Princess Fiona]

Do you think being P1 made a difference to that?

Absolutely, it’s the best benefit of P1 no question.

 

[Berlin]

as someone who only wants to use points to fly J or F long haul, being more generous for Y does not help at all.

Could not have said it better. This pretty much sums it all up for me too!

 

[justinbrett]

Some of my best rewards this last year were not through WP releases, but ones booked within 3 months of travel. Probably my best score was JFK-AKL in J in early Jan.

I think that’s the biggest difference, gone are the days when you can lock it in 11 months in advance, you have to be more agile. But they are most definitely still there.

 

[WilsonM]

Ah but you see, Qantas has seen the complaints of no availability on European routes, and decided to do a MASSIVE seat release of... three dates of 2 J seats on QF33 in February. <insert rant of if you want to fly to Europe in J, switch from QF>

 

[Cazwa]

Discussing on the radio last night the cost to obtain an Emirates reward seat. While it is second hand (MrP heard it) he mentioned $4000 in fees. Conclusion was to pay the fare and get the credits instead.

We fly between Singapore and Europe in BC. The taxes arent much less than buying the ticket on points. So we buy the tickets and use to use the points to get from Perth to Singapore in BC. I say use to. Since classic plus came in not a single classic seat on Qantas either out or into Perth. Not a single seat on their whole calendar. To me Qantas FF points have become a waste of time.

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Discussing on the radio last night the cost to obtain an Emirates reward seat. While it is second hand (MrP heard it) he mentioned $4000 in fees. Conclusion was to pay the fare and get the credits instead.

We fly between Singapore and Europe in BC on Emirates. The taxes arent much less than buying the ticket on points. So we buy the tickets and use to use the points to get from Perth to Singapore in BC. I say use to. Since classic plus came in not a single classic seat on Qantas either out or into Perth. Not a single seat on their whole calendar. To me Qantas FF points have become a waste of time.