New Qantas Toolbar - Earn Bonus Points just for searching

[Lonely Flyer]

Points haven't come through yet but this isn't the first time points have been delayed, I'm sure they'll appear in the next week or two

Last time the 300 (150x2) came through early the next month.

 

[tomlee1986]

Points haven't come through yet but this isn't the first time points have been delayed, I'm sure they'll appear in the next week or two

I think you could be right.. just wait and see..

 

[peterc3185]

I'm going to do 150 searches a month on "why did qantas dump adelaide" and "direct flights adelaide to singapore".

Not to mention searches for SQ fares etc! eg two weeks of searches for QFF Classic Award, switch to SQ quotes!

 

[PeteJ]

My April and May toolbar points have posted today:

10 JUN 15 QFF TOOLBAR SEARCH 31MAY15 - 150
10 JUN 15 QFF TOOLBAR SEARCH 30APR15 - 150

 

[Major]

My April and May toolbar points have posted today:

10 JUN 15 QFF TOOLBAR SEARCH 31MAY15 - 150
10 JUN 15 QFF TOOLBAR SEARCH 30APR15 - 150

A quick login to QFF and bingo...same

 

[Natalie_B]

My points for April have arrived. Didn't get around to searching in May.

 

[medhead]

Just logged into the kids accounts today and the search points have been coming in as regular as clockwork.

 

[coles525]

Just tried it this minute. Logged out, logged back in. Searched for "Hong Kong suggestions".

I repeat, I GIVE UP! sorry to the caps lock police.)

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Your search was deemed invalid and did not qualify for earning a reward

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This could have been for the following reasons:

• You are in a country that is not eligible to earn rewards
• Your search query was nonsensical or yielded no actual results
• Your query originated from an automated process or macro
• Your search patterns reflect that you are not actually using this service for results

IMPORTANT NOTE
We use sophisticated algorithms to determine valid searches in accordance with Bing. If you are not credited for your searches it means they have been flagged as invalid. Please understand that the current status is not permanent. You will receive credit for your searches if you continue to search naturally throughout your day.

If you have additional questions regarding searches and rewards, please submit them atsupport.freecause.com with the information displayed below:

ToolID: 101114
Userid: +_+_+_ | Session User: +_+_+_+
Version: Qantas Frequent Flyer Toolbar 1.3.1​

 

[Brando]

Weird.... my toolbar is now working and I got 11 points from last month.

I'm quickly trying to rack up 150 searches tonight before the toolbar changes it's mind tomorrow.

 

[Mattg]

Good to see April's points seem to be posting now, but according to Qantas' own Toolbar terms and conditions:

Qantas Points will be credited to your Qantas Frequent Flyer account up to 30 days after the beginning of each calendar month for eligible searches undertaken during the previous month.

Can Qantas really just get away with blatantly violating its own terms and conditions by not awarding points when it says it will?

 

[tomlee1986]

I got the points too..

 

[scubabe]

Okay so at the start of October I logged into QFF and saw all of my points would expire on 30 November. I was concerned because I thought all my Woolworths EDR stuff had been crediting QFF and keeping my account active, but apparently that's not the case. Agggghhhhhh.


So I figure out from here that I can install the toolbar, do a few searches, and get some point activty happening on my account to stop them expiring. So off I went and did 30-ish searches in October to ensure my account stayed active...


It's 6th November now and they still haven't posted? I tried calling the QFF service centre this morning to ask when they will post, and the girl I had on the phone had never even HEARD of the toolbar and had to put me on hold while she googled it! LOL


So okay... I need to know... what day of the month do your points earn from the toolbar usually hit your account? I've read through here there's some months where it doesn't post until the +2 month mark... I can't wait that long


Does anyone know if I purchase points from Qantas (I think min purchase is like $20 worth or something) would that count towards keeping my account active? Or worst case scenario can anyone think of something really cheap from the Qantas store that I could buy which would keep my account active? I could always do that on 27th or 30th Nov as a backup plan in case the toolbar points don't post this month...

 

[eminere]

Okay so at the start of October I logged into QFF and saw all of my points would expire on 30 November. I was concerned because I thought all my Woolworths EDR stuff had been crediting QFF and keeping my account active, but apparently that's not the case. Agggghhhhhh.

How come? Were you not spending more than $30 with each shop?

 

[serfty]

I think ordering a replacement FF card for 1K points is about the cheapest/easiest/fastest way to get qualifying activity ...

 

[scubabe]

How come? Were you not spending more than $30 with each shop?

No, I certainly was. I used to shop at Woolworths pretty much exclusively as they were the only supermarket in my suburb.
I have no idea why they didn't post, absolutely none. I did tonnes of research as I thought "oh gee maybe I have to log into EDR and transfer the points over to QFF somehow" but from what I've seen it doesn't look like it works that way? Dunno.

 

[scubabe]

I think ordering a replacement FF card for 1K points is about the cheapest/easiest/fastest way to get qualifying activity ...

Ahhhhhhh thank you I will keep that in my back pocket for a "just in case" action to take at the end of Nov if the toolbar points haven't posted yet. Thank you!

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

Buying points in QFF is only allowed if you are short of points for a reward.

 

[scubabe]

Buying points in QFF is only allowed if you are short of points for a reward.

Ahhhh okay thanks for letting me know that's one option crossed out

 

[eminere]

No, I certainly was. I used to shop at Woolworths pretty much exclusively as they were the only supermarket in my suburb.
I have no idea why they didn't post, absolutely none. I did tonnes of research as I thought "oh gee maybe I have to log into EDR and transfer the points over to QFF somehow" but from what I've seen it doesn't look like it works that way? Dunno.

That's so strange. The earnings from EDR should sweep automatically into your QFF account. Are your EDR and QFF accounts linked together?

 

[whatmeworry]

Okay so at the start of October I logged into QFF and saw all of my points would expire on 30 November. I was concerned because I thought all my Woolworths EDR stuff had been crediting QFF and keeping my account active, but apparently that's not the case. Agggghhhhhh.


So I figure out from here that I can install the toolbar, do a few searches, and get some point activty happening on my account to stop them expiring. So off I went and did 30-ish searches in October to ensure my account stayed active...


It's 6th November now and they still haven't posted? I tried calling the QFF service centre this morning to ask when they will post, and the girl I had on the phone had never even HEARD of the toolbar and had to put me on hold while she googled it! LOL


So okay... I need to know... what day of the month do your points earn from the toolbar usually hit your account? I've read through here there's some months where it doesn't post until the +2 month mark... I can't wait that long


Does anyone know if I purchase points from Qantas (I think min purchase is like $20 worth or something) would that count towards keeping my account active? Or worst case scenario can anyone think of something really cheap from the Qantas store that I could buy which would keep my account active? I could always do that on 27th or 30th Nov as a backup plan in case the toolbar points don't post this month...

Just go to the Qantas mall and find something cheap (at least $1) off ebay. I recently got a little 10x mirror for $2. Also got some cheap replacement earphones for my phone for $4.