Qantas "Choose your reward" Promo. Select from Double Status Credits OR Double Points [book 25/3/22-1/4/22]

[NSun]

For those doing an overnight turnaround in New Zealand, consider flying into CHC instead of AKL as there is a Jucy Snooze around a 10 minute walk from the terminal. You can book a capsule there for around ~$30 and get a few hours of sleep before returning on the 6am flight back to SYD.

I've stayed in that capsule hotel twice before although both times I ended up staying 24 hours and took the EK codeshare A380 flight home - it left about 6.30pm.

I was contemplating doing this in June but instead of going out at 6am (just couldn't trust myself to get up that early), fly up to WLG or AKL in the morning (10-11ish) via JQ and then fly QF out of there - these options do come up even if you search SYD-CHC return.

This said, I think Jucy Snooze is closed right now due to border closures but there are plenty of hotels in the city aren't unreasonably priced.

 

[kangarooflyer88]

As an aside, I'd be curious if anyone is going to take advantage of the trans-tasman J fares QF is offering to go for lifetime Gold status on QF? Depending on routing, I could certainly see someone going from no status to Lifetime Gold with 27 such return trips in J, equalling a total outspend of ~$27,000, which for some folks will represent a bargain. In addition, said traveller would also have Platinum One for two years if that wasn't enough already (supposing they book some of these trips in the current program year and the remaining in the following program year).

-RooFlyer88

 

[Kendall Roy]

As an aside, I'd be curious if anyone is going to take advantage of the trans-tasman J fares QF is offering to go for lifetime Gold status on QF?

Guilty (or at least to get within striking distance with other future travel already planned/booked).

I'd even put money on multiple people on the same flights with a similar mission.

 

[Bindibuys]

As an aside, I'd be curious if anyone is going to take advantage of the trans-tasman J fares QF is offering to go for lifetime Gold status on QF? Depending on routing, I could certainly see someone going from no status to Lifetime Gold with 27 such return trips in J, equalling a total outspend of ~$27,000, which for some folks will represent a bargain. In addition, said traveller would also have Platinum One for two years if that wasn't enough already (supposing they book some of these trips in the current program year and the remaining in the following program year).

-RooFlyer88

I have booked 2 x trans-tasman to take me to gold, have to check how many SC I will get from already booked flights to see if worth pushing to Plat.
Roll over is June, so all flights are in July.

 

[mviy]

As an aside, I'd be curious if anyone is going to take advantage of the trans-tasman J fares QF is offering to go for lifetime Gold status on QF? Depending on routing, I could certainly see someone going from no status to Lifetime Gold with 27 such return trips in J, equalling a total outspend of ~$27,000, which for some folks will represent a bargain.

I can’t presently justify it, but it is tempting.

I would like to get Platinum back though.

If I can get within striking distance of LTG I may then decide to go for it.

 

[RooFlyer]

Here's a theory as to why Plat wait times have gone to hell, and the rest have gone to hell with no prospects.

Someone in Qantas had figured - hang on, they aren't really P1, Platinum, or Gold etc. Well, most of them aren't. We've gifted then that status. They are mostly non-flying nobodies for the past 2 years. Stuff 'em. Treat them like Joe public - that is, like they crawled out from somewhere and we are doing such a big favour to even notice them.

 

[clifford]

Here's a theory as to why Plat wait times have gone to hell, and the rest have gone to hell with no prospects.

Someone in Qantas had figured - hang on, they aren't really P1, Platinum, or Gold etc. Well, most of them aren't. We've gifted then that status. They are mostly non-flying nobodies for the past 2 years. Stuff 'em. Treat them like Joe public - that is, like they crawled out from somewhere and we are doing such a big favour to even notice them.

I think you're being a little generous.

 

[HappyFlyerFamily]

As an aside, I'd be curious if anyone is going to take advantage of the trans-tasman J fares QF is offering to go for lifetime Gold status on QF? Depending on routing, I could certainly see someone going from no status to Lifetime Gold with 27 such return trips in J, equalling a total outspend of ~$27,000, which for some folks will represent a bargain. In addition, said traveller would also have Platinum One for two years if that wasn't enough already (supposing they book some of these trips in the current program year and the remaining in the following program year).

-RooFlyer88

Its not the first time that some sort of Trans-Tasman sale has coincided with DSC.

So if one was lucky (going foward) a person could spread out the flight batches over a number of years in a way that could optimally be Platinum One/Platinum for a longer period of time before attaining Lifetime Gold. Say upto 8 Trans-Tasman return every 2 years (depending on a person's other normal travel) might do the trick.

But it would be the question: why not go for the lifetime tier with British Airways instead?

 

[clifford]

Its not the first time that some sort of Trans-Tasman sale has coincided with DSC.

So if one was lucky (going foward) a person could spread out the flight batches over a number of years in a way that could optimally be Platinum One/Platinum for a longer period of time before attaining Lifetime Gold. Say upto 8 Trans-Tasman return every 2 years (depending on a person's other normal travel) might do the trick.

But it would be the question: why not go for the lifetime tier with British Airways instead?

The required BA flights might be an issue.

 

[HappyFlyerFamily]

The required BA flights might be an issue.

Possibly, but an "issue" of getting LTG too early/quickly is what to do with yourself - kind of an Ash Barty situation (guessing Barty has some plan in mind for her life going forward).

 

[clifford]

Possibly, but an "issue" of getting LTG too early/quickly is what to do with yourself - kind of an Ash Barty situation (guessing Barty has some plan in mind for her life going forward).

Like *A perhaps?

 

[kangarooflyer88]

Here's a theory as to why Plat wait times have gone to hell, and the rest have gone to hell with no prospects.

Someone in Qantas had figured - hang on, they aren't really P1, Platinum, or Gold etc. Well, most of them aren't. We've gifted then that status. They are mostly non-flying nobodies for the past 2 years. Stuff 'em. Treat them like Joe public - that is, like they crawled out from somewhere and we are doing such a big favour to even notice them.

I think Hanlon's razor applies quite well to the current situation at the QF contact centre: "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity." Uncle Al has said on the record that QF had to make quite a few cut backs in staffing due to COVID. Indeed, until November one could argue that QF was an Australian domestic airline (and that's being charitable). It would not surprise me one bit if there were some redundancies at the contact centre and perhaps some off shoring for good measure to keep the costs down. After all, if your only destination is Sydney to Melbourne how many people do you really need to staff the call centres? The only question now is what KPI is QF using (if any) to determine when they should smarten up and fix the contact centre woes. Is it the length of the AFF thread on QF Contact Centre woes?

Its not the first time that some sort of Trans-Tasman sale has coincided with DSC.

So if one was lucky (going foward) a person could spread out the flight batches over a number of years in a way that could optimally be Platinum One/Platinum for a longer period of time before attaining Lifetime Gold. Say upto 8 Trans-Tasman return every 2 years (depending on a person's other normal travel) might do the trick.

But it would be the question: why not go for the lifetime tier with British Airways instead?

I suspect a lot of it comes down to patience. If people are willing to wait a few years for the stars to align just right with DSC and J fare sales, then yes they could potentially have QF Platinum for some time and not have the time pressure of taking back to back flights (and raising the eyebrows of immigration authorities on both sides of the Tasman)

Possibly, but an "issue" of getting LTG too early/quickly is what to do with yourself - kind of an Ash Barty situation (guessing Barty has some plan in mind for her life going forward).

What getting lifetime status nets you is the ability to go free agent again and pursue status elsewhere. Ideally, I'd like to be in a position where I have status across the various airlines and hotel chains so that I can literally book whatever rate is the cheapest in Y and get all the spoils of having status. This is especially true if you are travelling on company dime and are bound by policies which require you to choose the cheapest (or one of the cheapest) fares available.

-RooFlyer88

 

[Qantas747]

I have credit vouchers from November 2019, for flights that were cancelled in June 2020 - before the dates listed on the site as the promotion period. As it's the same PNR being used if I were to use that voucher to book now, I'm just not sure if I trust getting the double SCs for flights I book based on the T&Cs!

Is anyone else taking the risk? I'm leaning towards just paying cash for these.

 

[HappyFlyerFamily]

I have credit vouchers from November 2019, for flights that were cancelled in June 2020 - before the dates listed on the site as the promotion period. As it's the same PNR being used if I were to use that voucher to book now, I'm just not sure if I trust getting the double SCs for flights I book based on the T&Cs!

Is anyone else taking the risk? I'm leaning towards just paying cash for these.

Maybe double check the status of them - a lot of them that old have reportedly been converted into Qantas Pass.

 

[Qantas747]

Maybe double check the status of them - a lot of them that old have reportedly been converted into Qantas Pass.

Apologies, should have been clearer - they are Qantas Passes.

 

[encryptededdy]

Even if they weren't converted to Qantas Passes, flight credits are OK per the FAQs on the page.

 

[RooFlyer]

I think Hanlon's razor applies quite well to the current situation at the QF contact centre: "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity."

Fair enough, malice or stupidity - if the hat fits ...

Indeed, until November one could argue that QF was an Australian domestic airline (and that's being charitable). It would not surprise me one bit if there were some redundancies at the contact centre and perhaps some off shoring for good measure to keep the costs down. After all, if your only destination is Sydney to Melbourne how many people do you really need to staff the call centres?

November - as in 5 months ago. The whole point of call centres are that they flex up and down as required. A competent CC operator may take a month or so to train and get confidence. Last November I was flying from HBA to PER, BNE, CNS and SYD. Its got busier since then. Malice or stupidity ....

 

[RichardMEL]

Qantas passes are fine.

I have booked enough to get me 1800 rollover to next membership so I'm good

 

[sqrt()]

...equalling a total outspend of ~$27,000, which for some folks will represent a bargain...

-RooFlyer88

 

[redbatz]

Maybe double check the status of them - a lot of them that old have reportedly been converted into Qantas Pass.

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I have credit vouchers from November 2019, for flights that were cancelled in June 2020 - before the dates listed on the site as the promotion period. As it's the same PNR being used if I were to use that voucher to book now, I'm just not sure if I trust getting the double SCs for flights I book based on the T&Cs!

Is anyone else taking the risk? I'm leaning towards just paying cash for these.

Maybe double check the status of them - a lot of them that old have reportedly been converted into Qantas Pass.

Sorry about the double quotes - was having trouble trying to find out how it works.
I am in a similar situation - only 1 credit to use - but it tells me I cant book online and have
to call Qantas.
What are Qantas passes please? Dont think Ive heard that term used before.