Virgin/QANTAS/Qatar confusion

[aplmac]

I'm booked on a Qatar return flight in January 2025, hoping to boost my QANTAS status credits to help me retain Gold for another year, and according to the QFF calculator I should be able to achieve my objective.

However, I see in Point Hack today that there are now DOUBLE Velocity points on offer for Qatar flights in 2025 [ Offer: 100% bonus Velocity Points with Qatar Airways
Expiry: Activate and book by 20 October 2024, travel between 10 January and 25 March 2025].

So I'm confused: will I still be getting QFF status credits/points (OWA), or will the new Virgin/Qatar alliance trump QFF? I have both FF program memberships...

 

[elanshin]

I'm booked on a Qatar return flight in January 2025, hoping to boost my QANTAS status credits to help me retain Gold for another year, and according to the QFF calculator I should be able to achieve my objective.

However, I see in Point Hack today that there are now DOUBLE Velocity points on offer for Qatar flights in 2025 [ Offer: 100% bonus Velocity Points with Qatar Airways
Expiry: Activate and book by 20 October 2024, travel between 10 January and 25 March 2025].

So I'm confused: will I still be getting QFF status credits/points (OWA), or will the new Virgin/Qatar alliance trump QFF? I have both FF program memberships...

Whichever ff you put on your booking or at check in. That being said i think you need to activate then book the flight, not the other way around.

Also depending on your booking class QR can have low or 0 earnings with Qantas.

 

[SYD]

I'm booked on a Qatar return flight in January 2025, hoping to boost my QANTAS status credits to help me retain Gold for another year, and according to the QFF calculator I should be able to achieve my objective.

However, I see in Point Hack today that there are now DOUBLE Velocity points on offer for Qatar flights in 2025 [ Offer: 100% bonus Velocity Points with Qatar Airways
Expiry: Activate and book by 20 October 2024, travel between 10 January and 25 March 2025].

So I'm confused: will I still be getting QFF status credits/points (OWA), or will the new Virgin/Qatar alliance trump QFF? I have both FF program memberships...

One or the other depending on which FF# is in the system.

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Also depending on your booking class QR can have low or 0 earnings with Qantas.

Presumably, ONLY heavily discounted whY fares?

 

[jase05]

Presumably, ONLY heavily discounted whY fares?

Yep. Although J earns at a pathetic rate to/from Australia also but the OP would already know that if they have used the QF calculator.

 

[Princess Fiona]

Yep. Although J earns at a pathetic rate to/from Australia also but the OP would already know that if they have used the QF calculator.

A little caveat is that J earnings from Asia to DOH / DOH to USA etc are excellent on QR for QFF. Depends on the OPs route whether or not to credit to QFF.
I credit Europe - DOH and any other low earners to a completely different airline FF program, also part owned by QR.