Qantas has published the full changes to its Classic Flight Reward charts that will take effect from 5 August 2025. It first announced these changes in January 2025, along with a few cherry-picked examples, but didn’t release the full reward tables until now.
The new charts reveal how many more Qantas points you’ll need to pay when making new Classic Reward bookings from 5 August 2025. Qantas will also increase Classic Upgrade Reward costs and the carrier charges on some flights from this date.
You can still book at the current rates until 4 August 2025. If you make a booking by then but need to change it after the new rates take effect, the old (lower) rates will still apply.
Qantas has published the full set of new Classic Flight Reward tables on its website. Here’s an overview of the new prices…
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Qantas Classic Flight Reward table
Firstly, this is the new reward chart for flights on Qantas and select partners:
All Economy Class redemptions will increase by approximately 10-15%. This means you’ll soon pay 63,500 Qantas points, instead of the current 55,200 Qantas points (plus taxes and carrier charges) to book Economy flights in Zone 10 such as Sydney-Paris or Sydney-New York.
Most international flights in premium cabins will need 20% more points. For example, Brisbane-Tokyo in Business Class will soon cost 82,100 Qantas points versus 68,400 Qantas points. And if you’re lucky enough to find a Qantas First Class reward seat between Sydney and Singapore, you’ll soon need an extra 20,500 Qantas points.
However, premium cabin redemptions on shorter flights (up to 2,400 miles) will only increase by ~5%. This includes flights from the Australian east coast to Perth or New Zealand, as well as Qantas’ flights from Brisbane to Vanuatu.
This opens up a bit of a niche loophole, as two shorter flights in Business Class could cost less when booked separately, rather than as one combined booking.
For example, say you wanted to fly from Launceston to Fiji in Business Class using Qantas points. To get there, you have to fly via another port, such as Sydney.
The distance flown is 2,537 miles, with Launceston-Sydney being 567 miles and Sydney-Nadi 1,970 miles.
Under the new reward chart, this flight would cost 68,400 Qantas points. However, if you book separately you’ll only need 19,300 + 43,600 = 62,900 Qantas points.
Of course, there are downsides though to booking both flights on separate tickets. For example, you might need to collect your luggage and check-in again in Sydney… and you might not be protected if the first flight is delayed.
Emirates is moving to the Qantas table
Emirates will re-join Qantas, American Airlines and Fiji Airways on the Qantas reward chart, after being quietly shifted to the more expensive partner chart in 2020.
This means Economy Class reward seats on Emirates will be cheaper after 5 August 2025, except on flights between 1,200 and 2,400 miles such as Sydney-Christchurch or Dubai-Cairo.
This also means you won’t be penalised with higher pricing any more for combining Qantas and Emirates flights onto a single Classic Reward ticket.
Also, many flights up to 2,400 miles in Emirates Business Class will become slightly cheaper. This means you can enjoy Business Class on Emirates’ fifth freedom flight from Sydney to Christchurch for 43,600 Qantas points + taxes and fees. This is down ever so slightly from the current 43,800 Qantas points.
Longer Emirates flights in premium cabins will increase in cost slightly, with about 5-10% more points required. For example, Emirates First Class from Brisbane to Paris via Dubai will soon cost an extra 21,900 Qantas points, for a total of 249,400 Qantas points + taxes and carrier charges. (And those carrier charges on Emirates aren’t cheap!)
Jetstar Classic Flight Reward table
The Jetstar Classic Flight Reward table covers flights solely on Jetstar, Jetstar Japan and Jetstar Asia. This is the new chart:
Most Economy Class flights on Jetstar will cost about 10-15% more, while Jetstar Business Class flights are increasing by approximately 20%, except on short-haul routes. Jetstar Business Class still exactly matches the points cost of Qantas Premium Economy.
However, Jetstar flights under 600 miles long such as Sydney-Melbourne will soon cost only 5,700 Qantas points + taxes and carrier charges, down from 6,400 Qantas points. This seems like a deliberate attempt to undercut Virgin Australia Velocity’s recent reward chart changes.
Partner Classic Flight Reward table
Qantas’ Partner Classic Flight Reward table covers all other partner airlines. This includes most non-Oneworld partners such as China Airlines and LATAM, as well as most Oneworld airlines.
This reward chart will also include Qantas’ new partner Hawaiian Airlines when redemptions are turned on in October 2025.
The cost of reward flights on Qantas’ partner airlines will increase across the board, mirroring the changes to the Qantas chart.
An Economy Class redemption will cost around 15% more. For example, Cathay Pacific Economy Class to Hong Kong will need 34,700 Qantas points, up from 30,200 Qantas points.
There’s a small increase of about 5% for Premium Economy, Business and First Class redemptions up to 2,400 miles. For example, Finnair Business Class from Helsinki to most of their European destinations (except Madeira and the Canary Islands) will cost a maximum of 46,000 Qantas points + taxes.
Long-haul Business and First Class on partners will increase by ~15-20%. You’ll soon need 90,000 Qantas points for Business Class flights between 3,600 and 4,800 miles, such as British Airways flights from Singapore to Sydney, or Malaysia Airlines Business Class between Sydney and Kuala Lumpur.
Premium Economy redemptions are also increasing by ~15-20%. A Cathay Pacific Premium Economy return flight from Melbourne to London via Hong Kong will soon cost 287,000 Qantas points + taxes and carrier charges.
As a point of comparison, the points required for a return Qantas Classic Plus redemption between Melbourne and London in Premium Economy during the recent International Red Tail Sale was “only” 242,500. Although, this perhaps says more about the poor value on partner Premium Economy flights rather than the good value of Qantas Classic Plus redemptions…
Oneworld Classic Flight Reward table
The Oneworld Classic Flight Reward is a popular redemption because it can be used to fly around the world, with up to five stopovers.
A Oneworld Classic Flight Reward has always cost the same as a return partner airline booking covering the same distance (based on the Zone). This remains the case, so these redemptions will also see cost increases commensurate to the other changes.
From 5 August 2025, a Oneworld Classic Flight Reward in Zone 10 (the most popular redemption, used for round-the-world bookings) will cost:
| Cabin | Cost for a Zone 10 Oneworld Classic Flight Reward |
|---|---|
| Economy | 152,200 Qantas Points (previously 132,400 points) |
| Premium Economy | 287,000 Qantas Points (previously 249,600 points) |
| Business | 365,800 Qantas Points (previously 318,000 points) |
| First | 523,200 Qantas Points (previously 455,000 points) |
For context, the Zone 10 Oneworld Award in Business Class had cost 280,000 Qantas Points until 2019. The Premium Economy option now costs more points than this.
You can read more about this redemption in our comprehensive Oneworld Classic Flight Reward Guide.
New Classic Upgrade Reward tables
Qantas has also published its new Classic Upgrade Reward tables, which take effect when requesting a points upgrade on a Qantas flight on or after 5 August 2025.
For example, these tables from the Qantas website compare the current vs new pricing for Business Class upgrades on domestic Qantas flights:
The increases to Classic Upgrade Reward pricing follow a consistent pattern:
- Domestic upgrades to Business become ~15% more expensive on routes under 1,200 miles (e.g. Melbourne-Brisbane) and ~20% more expensive on longer routes (e.g. Perth-Adelaide)
- International upgrades to Premium Economy, Business and First become ~10% more expensive on routes under 3,600 miles (e.g. Perth-Singapore) and ~20% more expensive on longer routes (e.g. Sydney-Singapore)
