Qantas Bonus Points on JetStar Flights?

[kangarooflyer88]

Hey Everyone,

I'm travelling quite a bit on JetStar and noticed the other day that us Qantas offers bonus points for eligible JetStar flights for its elite members. In particular, I'm a QF Gold member and per the website, I should be entitled to a 75% bonus on top of the base points I would normally earn. However, when I look at my Qantas statement, I notice that I'm only receiving the base points:



Per the QFF calculator SYD > AVV should yield 1,200 QF base points when booked as a Starter Max (Flexible Economy) fare. Therefore with a 75% bonus I should be seeing 2,100 (1,200 base + 900 bonus) points credited and not the 1,200. Interestingly, if I set my status level to Gold on the calculator (or any other QFF status level) the number of points generated stays the same. Any ideas what's happening here?

Cheers,

RooFlyer88

 

[oz_mark]

A flexible ticket would get you 600 points for SYD-MEL. Add 75% to that and you would be another 450 points for a total of 1050 points.

But, there is a minimum points guarantee of 1,200 points, so you are getting that. The bonus is not paid on top of the minimum points guarantee.

 

[kangarooflyer88]

A flexible ticket would get you 600 points for SYD-MEL. Add 75% to that and you would be another 450 points for a total of 1050 points.

But, there is a minimum points guarantee of 1,200 points, so you are getting that. The bonus is not paid on top of the minimum points guarantee.

You're right! I did some calculations on some other longer haul flights I've got booked (e.g. SYD > PER, SYD > DRW) on a JQ Max fare and sure enough I'm seeing the status bonus kick in:


Thanks for clearing that up!

-RooFlyer88