Bit of an update to my previous post (#103).
I've just finished booking and paying for the DSC earning flights needed to get me to LTG (and P1) before Sept 2025. With some luck, a bit of work and research, and a relatively modest temporary, outlay (work will reimburse me eventually), for around the same cost as a 1 x J RTN SYD/LHR booking I will get over 2,640 SCs, which is enough to get me over the line with a few weeks and a couple of hundred extra SCs to be safe. Perfect timing of this DSC promo means I don't have to do any status runs, don't have to book flights to Blackall, and have fully flexibile J fares booked and ticketed for all my work flights (all domestic) for the next 11 months. So if it all goes to plan, by August 2025 I'll have LTG as well as P1 through to Sept 30 2027.