Pay Points to Extend Qantas Status

[JohnK]

So May 31 had 110 SCs expire and I'm now Lifetime Gold after 17 years of Platinum status.

I've just checked and do not recall any email reminding me that Platinum status was expiring and definitely no email offering status extension with points.

I don't have any plans for any major Qantas flights in near future so wouldn't have taken up offer anyway but strange that Platinum status disappeared that easily. I guess they've seen that I've not flown that often since Covid.

 

[DC3]

Haven’t called yet. My Status expiry is April not March so I figured I would give it a few weeks to see if the email comes through. I can’t imagine having much luck this far out. I will update you all in a few weeks when I call!

 

[CaptJCool]

I didn’t get any offer when WP expired end February 2024

 

[flyingfan]

Either it’s not a thing any more, not proactively offered or only offered if they think you’re close?

I doubt they’re concerned about too many status holders or liabilities of points balances.

 

[sudoer]

I doubt they’re concerned about ... liabilities of points balances.

This is an interesting one. It is actually a huge liability for QFF. I wonder how much of an effect the Classic Plus launch has really had on reducing it. (not just what the shareholder marketing exercises say)

 

[exceladdict]

Has anyone had success calling up and requesting a points-paid extension? DMs welcome.

 

[SYD]

Has anyone had success calling up and requesting a points-paid extension? DMs welcome.

See post #180. I assume that was a recent extension and not one of the historical offers?

 

[yld200]

My status just dropped from Gold to Silver today after 6 six years. I have a US work trip booked for this Saturday and called twice to see if they could do anything and was told no. As a data point, I had accumulated 200 SCs and only taken 3 of the 4 required flights.

I tried calling twice but no luck both times. Both seemed to read from a script, as you know we did extensions bla bla bla

 

[RichardMEL]

My status just dropped from Gold to Silver today after 6 six years. I have a US work trip booked for this Saturday and called twice to see if they could do anything and was told no. As a data point, I had accumulated 200 SCs and only taken 3 of the 4 required flights.

Well, I don't blame QF tbh. You haven't even made Silver and only 3 QF sectors. From their POV, not terribly "loyal" to them or close to the 600 required imo

 

[33kft]

Interesting data point though. Would be interesting for people who who fail to requal just call QF and ask... We would soon find out what the thresholds were