Qantas launches "Aquire" business frequent flyer program.

[kpc]

re: Qantas launches "Aquire" business frequent flyer program.

A corporate airfare seems ineligble as well: "Private corporate airfare". Is that right from the Ts and Cs?

 

[medhead]

I think that is correct kpc. But I'm not exactly sure if the bolded bit below covers your situation.

Just found definition of eligible flights

This offer is only valid when you: (1) pre-register using the online form at qantas.com/aquire between
11.00am (AEDT) 18 November 2013 and 11.59pm (AEDT) 28 February 2014; (2) book
and travel on eligible domestic or international flights between either 12.01am
(AEDT) 1 December 2013 or the date you pre-register (whichever is the later) and
11.59pm (AEDT) 28 February 2014, quoting your ABN at the time of booking; and
(3) complete your membership registration when the opportunity becomes
available, by 11.59pm (AEDT) on 30 April 2014.The Aquire Points may take up to 8
weeks after you have completed your membership registration to be credited to
your Aquire account and may then be converted into Qantas Points at the rate of
1:1 and credited to any Qantas Frequent Flyer account. A business that has a
Corporate Airfares or rebate agreement with Qantas; or is a travel agent, travel
wholesaler, travel consolidator or other seller or re-seller of air travel, is
not eligible for the pre-registration offer. The 500 Aquire Points will not be
awarded for bookings that are made where no travel has taken place. Aquire
Points will be awarded for all eligible flights booked and travelled between
either 12.01am (AEDT) 1 December 2013 or the date you pre-register (whichever is
the later) and 11.59pm (AEDT) 28 February 2014, regardless of whether an
itinerary includes additional travel outside of these dates.


[SUP]+[/SUP] An eligible flight in relation to this pre-registration
offer means a domestic or international flight which:

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[TD]has a Qantas 'QF' flight number on the ticket;
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[TD]is operated by Qantas, Emirates or American Airlines;
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[TD]has a ticket number commencing with '081'; and
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[TD]is booked and travelled for business on behalf of a pre-registered business
between 12.01am (AEDT) 1 December 2013 or the date you pre-register (whichever
is the later) and 11.59pm (AEDT) 28 February 2014;

As such ASA's should indeed be eligible.........
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[Pvcmenace]

re: Qantas launches "Aquire" business frequent flyer program.

Thanks from me also. Still waiting to hear back about a valid April flight that was last of 3 sectors not credited. It's been 2 days and no callback.

 

[Ansett]

re: Qantas launches "Aquire" business frequent flyer program.

Wish I could triple like. Thank you for doing all the hard work on this one.

LOL Medhead and thank you to you too for pointing it out in the first place all it took me was 1 email and take 2 phone calls ..... Simples

 

[Flying Fox]

re: Qantas launches "Aquire" business frequent flyer program.

ok Finally Some Good News

I have just received a phone call from Aquire team and they confirmed that ASA bookings were not part of the promotion however as some one had forgotten or neglected to include this in the email reply and the definition of eligible and ineligible fares then they will allow ASA's to earn Aquire points.

They have advised that this will take 2-3 weeks as they need to a sweep ALL accounts and then have the points applied.

All customers who had registered for Aquire and part of the early bird promotion will be eligible for the points. They will NOT need to request them as missing points.

So sometimes we can beat the big Red Roo

Thanks for the good news as I was holding off taking any action until I read your update. Actually the Aquire call centre staff should probably thank you too for all the calls that you have stopped them from receiving!

So are we all expecting the bonus 500 points or the points associated with the actual miles flown for the ASA flights?

 

[kalboy]

re: Qantas launches "Aquire" business frequent flyer program.

Sincerest of thanks to Ansett and Medhead

 

[medhead]

re: Qantas launches "Aquire" business frequent flyer program.

Thanks for the good news as I was holding off taking any action until I read your update. Actually the Aquire call centre staff should probably thank you too for all the calls that you have stopped them from receiving!

So are we all expecting the bonus 500 points or the points associated with the actual miles flown for the ASA flights?

500 bonus points only. The pre-registration flights DO NOT get points for miles flown. They only get the 500 bonus points.

 

[Deleted member]

re: Qantas launches "Aquire" business frequent flyer program.

I'm sure me spending so much less money on JASAs going forward will help them out.

And all of those extra points to waste on classic , maybe just have to upgrade ? Is that better for QF I wonder?

 

[Deleted member]

re: Qantas launches "Aquire" business frequent flyer program.

Wish I could triple like. Thank you for doing all the hard work on this one.

Will that do?

 

[Red Roo]

re: Qantas launches "Aquire" business frequent flyer program.

Our Aquire team have offered answers to some common queries raised on this thread, particularly regarding the pre-registration offer:

Pre-registration bonus points have been awarded as Aquire Points, not pending points. Aquire Points are available for immediate conversion to Qantas Points should the Member wish to do so.

We seem to have 9,000 points from the pre-registration bonus which have been credited as "Aquire points" and then 1,200 points from flights after the scheme started which have been credited as "pending points".

Does anyone know whether that means we have earned 10,200 towards the 20,000 that we need before we can start using the points? Or do we still have to earn another 18,800 before we can start using the points? I can't find any explanation on the Aquire website.

In the above example, the 9000 Aquire Points awarded in the pre-registration bonus campaign are available for immediate conversion to Qantas Points should the member decide to do so. The 1200 pending points remain as pending until the member has reached 20,000 from eligible flights (on or after 31 March 2014) and reached two unique flyers in the membership year.

Any Seat Awards are eligible for the pre-registration bonus. These points will be credited to members’ Aquire accounts in the next 2-3 weeks. However in the Aquire program, for flights on/after 31 March 2014, Any Seat Awards in the same booking classes as Qantas and Partner Classic Awards, that is X, Z, U and P classes, are not eligible to earn Aquire Points.

Qantas Frequent Flyer numbers are not required for the pre-registration bonus flights, only the ABN. However, for the Aquire program for flights on or after 31 March 2014, it is necessary to add both the ABN and QFF number.

Hope this helps. Please let me know if you require additional clarification.

 

[Steady]

re: Qantas launches "Aquire" business frequent flyer program.

I have just converted some Aquire points to QFF points and can attest to Red Roo's comment above that it is immediate. The points were in my QFF account within seconds
Thanks Qantas / Aquire - while I still seem to be having some glitches with the site I am close to boarding my first (of many) upgraded flight funded by this new program

 

[ketsuzei]

re: Qantas launches "Aquire" business frequent flyer program.

My bonus points for ASAs appear to have showed up today. I am however getting an "unable to validate your FF number" error when trying to convert them into QFF points.

 

[Deleted User]

re: Qantas launches "Aquire" business frequent flyer program.

My missing xASA's have also posted 500 points each ;-)

 

[Steady]

re: Qantas launches "Aquire" business frequent flyer program.

My bonus points for ASAs appear to have showed up today. I am however getting an "unable to validate your FF number" error when trying to convert them into QFF points.

Have you tried going to "my personal profile" page and pressing the validate button next to your frequent flyer number? After validating your number there maybe you will the be able to convert.

 

[ketsuzei]

re: Qantas launches "Aquire" business frequent flyer program.

Have you tried going to "my personal profile" page and pressing the validate button next to your frequent flyer number? After validating your number there maybe you will the be able to convert.

Thanks. After some playing around, I got it to work in Safari but not Chrome, which is the opposite to what I often encounter.

 

[Steady]

re: Qantas launches "Aquire" business frequent flyer program.

Thanks. After some playing around, I got it to work in Safari but not Chrome, which is the opposite to what I often encounter.

Thats good news, I am glad to hear it worked out in the end. I have converted points three times now and all transactions have been on Safari without any issues.

 

[medhead]

re: Qantas launches "Aquire" business frequent flyer program.

I'm being slow, have the conditions excluding classic awards been quoted in thread? Would it be cheeky for me to chase 500 pre-registration points for a classic award.

 

[Ansett]

re: Qantas launches "Aquire" business frequent flyer program.

Ok so the ASA bonus points have hit and been converted to QFF Points Now to burn them and change programmes before QF enhance them Again Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

 

[Pablo]

re: Qantas launches "Aquire" business frequent flyer program.

Hi, I haven't been able to look at everything in this post now, but with MASA's being now awarded from early bookings, does anyone know if flights booked outside of Aust before Aquire actually launched will be counted?

I note the terms say:
Δ An Eligible Flight means a domestic or international flight which has a Qantas ‘QF' flight number on the ticket that is purchased in Australia; is operated by Qantas, Emirates or American Airlines; has a ticket number commencing with ‘081'; and is booked and travelled for business on or after the date the business registers for Aquire. Exclusions apply click here to learn more

Was this the case last year when Aquire first launched and we were promised 500 points per flight?

Sorry if it's been covered elsewhere.

 

[Ansett]

re: Qantas launches "Aquire" business frequent flyer program.

Hi, I haven't been able to look at everything in this post now, but with MASA's being now awarded from early bookings, does anyone know if flights booked outside of Aust before Aquire actually launched will be counted?

I note the terms say:
Δ An Eligible Flight means a domestic or international flight which has a Qantas ‘QF' flight number on the ticket that is purchased in Australia; is operated by Qantas, Emirates or American Airlines; has a ticket number commencing with ‘081'; and is booked and travelled for business on or after the date the business registers for Aquire. Exclusions apply click here to learn more

Was this the case last year when Aquire first launched and we were promised 500 points per flight?

Sorry if it's been covered elsewhere.

Hi Pablo

I would suggest that you would indeed be entitled to the bonus points as the requirement to be booked in Australia was not mentioned in the original invite and eligible flights did not preclude flights booked outside of Australia. In addition the notification received upon pre registering also does not mention the in Australia requirement which only appeared when final registration was completed.

Please refer to page 24 posts 237 and 238 for you own review and interpretation.

Cheers