Do they only offer bonus/double SC promos for P,P1 and CL? I'm Gold and Nada, just rubbish offers for shopping at certain retailers...
Im QF Gold and i received the offer for a specific destination that i had been looking at a few days earlier , same thing happened last year in the same circumstances
I hate to cause disappointment to fellow travellers with the reality that double status credits, 50% status credits and ALL Qantas promotions claiming that it will get you closer to the next level, will not gain you any steps towards the next status credit level.
What they will do is become part of your total annual status credit accumulation. I have just been advised of this bitter pill with my annual accumulation of 1390 status credits and hoping to slip into P with a loyalty bonus. Reality is that only actual flights and the status credits generated by them and nothing else will get you closer to the next lounge space, viz. business with Gold and 1st with Platinum.
Hi Otto. I think that's incorrect. The bonus status points count towards Platinum but not P1. They also don't count towards the loyalty bonus, only actual status points earned from flying get you the loyalty bonus. I have got myself to Plat the last 2 years with double status/loyalty bonus combos (less flying recently) and a cheeky AKL-WLG jetstar flight for the missing 10 status credits.
Just received a Qantas 50% double status credit offer, lasting the week, and only valid until 19/12/19? Anyone else receive the offer? Pity.... I don't have any travel plans up until Xmas...
Yes, I received a 75% double status which I managed to go to Melb this week
Do they only offer bonus/double SC promos for P,P1 and CL? I'm Gold and Nada, just rubbish offers for shopping at certain retailers...
Not sure about the CL's or WP's however as a P1 I have never received any type of targeted SC or points offers. Other P1's I know have also mentioned the same.
I hate to cause disappointment to fellow travellers with the reality that double status credits, 50% status credits and ALL Qantas promotions claiming that it will get you closer to the next level, will not gain you any steps towards the next status credit level.
What they will do is become part of your total annual status credit accumulation. I have just been advised of this bitter pill with my annual accumulation of 1390 status credits and hoping to slip into P with a loyalty bonus. Reality is that only actual flights and the status credits generated by them and nothing else will get you closer to the next lounge space, viz. business with Gold and 1st with Platinum.
Hi Otto the DSC has worked in getting me to Platinum for the past two years and for next year. So the DSC does count (at least for me) but the 50 points status bonus does not count. It is more than lounge space it is also the extra points for upgrades etc.
Agree with patrickk. Same experience for me.
Same for me, DSC got me from silver to gold a few years ago, and I had about 120 DSC's when I got the bump up to platinum. It's only the loyalty bonus that doesn't count. And DSC's also don't count toward loyalty bonuses.
The latest on the frequent flyer forum is that this may be the end of QANTAS's double status credit offers. We are being trained to expect it and there is too many of us in undeserving levels (me at platinum rather than gold!!!) and it is crowding the lounges and other costs. It seems it will be more targeted and won't let me wait to book the conference I have the dates for next year already to get the extra points . I thought it was about cash flow at certain times but apparently not, or rather it is no longer worth the cost elsewhere. Thank you QANTAS for my three years of platinum.
Hi fellow recreational travellers. See above previous comments about my perilous SC count @1390.
My wife and I will be travelling regardless with Q and whilst I was hanging out for the DSC to make my tally of SC more interesting, it won' t make any difference to our plans to travel to expand our learnings of the world in retirement in South America and Greece et al. With a wife at P and me at Gold, why am I too predictable to receive a targeted offer of any kind?
Seem like they are sending Targeted 50% extra status credits emails a day or two after do a search on a destination I was looking at Penang a couple of days ago and today I got a 50% offer for booking to Malaysia. My question is if I am traveling in a party of 4, does everyone get the extra credits or just me.
PLEASEupgrademe
PLEASEupgrademe
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Member since 16 Nov 2017
Total posts 95
Originally Posted by akronflyer
Originally Posted by PLEASEupgrademe
Do they only offer bonus/double SC promos for P,P1 and CL? I'm Gold and Nada, just rubbish offers for shopping at certain retailers...
Can you give me an example?
fatty
fatty
Member since 24 Feb 2015
Total posts 62
Originally Posted by OttoV
I hate to cause disappointment to fellow travellers with the reality that double status credits, 50% status credits and ALL Qantas promotions claiming that it will get you closer to the next level, will not gain you any steps towards the next status credit level.
What they will do is become part of your total annual status credit accumulation. I have just been advised of this bitter pill with my annual accumulation of 1390 status credits and hoping to slip into P with a loyalty bonus. Reality is that only actual flights and the status credits generated by them and nothing else will get you closer to the next lounge space, viz. business with Gold and 1st with Platinum.
Hi Otto. I think that's incorrect. The bonus status points count towards Platinum but not P1. They also don't count towards the loyalty bonus, only actual status points earned from flying get you the loyalty bonus. I have got myself to Plat the last 2 years with double status/loyalty bonus combos (less flying recently) and a cheeky AKL-WLG jetstar flight for the missing 10 status credits.
chas
chas
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Member since 19 Jul 2013
Total posts 4
Originally Posted by fosking
Just received a Qantas 50% double status credit offer, lasting the week, and only valid until 19/12/19? Anyone else receive the offer? Pity.... I don't have any travel plans up until Xmas...
Yes, I received a 75% double status which I managed to go to Melb this week
Matt_01
Matt_01
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Member since 23 Feb 2016
Total posts 63
Originally Posted by PLEASEupgrademe
Do they only offer bonus/double SC promos for P,P1 and CL? I'm Gold and Nada, just rubbish offers for shopping at certain retailers...
Not sure about the CL's or WP's however as a P1 I have never received any type of targeted SC or points offers. Other P1's I know have also mentioned the same.
ahhm1980
ahhm1980
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Member since 02 Feb 2018
Total posts 13
Originally Posted by sanj747
Originally Posted by patrickk
Originally Posted by OttoV
I hate to cause disappointment to fellow travellers with the reality that double status credits, 50% status credits and ALL Qantas promotions claiming that it will get you closer to the next level, will not gain you any steps towards the next status credit level.
What they will do is become part of your total annual status credit accumulation. I have just been advised of this bitter pill with my annual accumulation of 1390 status credits and hoping to slip into P with a loyalty bonus. Reality is that only actual flights and the status credits generated by them and nothing else will get you closer to the next lounge space, viz. business with Gold and 1st with Platinum.
Hi Otto the DSC has worked in getting me to Platinum for the past two years and for next year. So the DSC does count (at least for me) but the 50 points status bonus does not count. It is more than lounge space it is also the extra points for upgrades etc.
Same for me, DSC got me from silver to gold a few years ago, and I had about 120 DSC's when I got the bump up to platinum. It's only the loyalty bonus that doesn't count. And DSC's also don't count toward loyalty bonuses.
patrickk
patrickk
Qantas
Member since 19 Apr 2012
Total posts 737
The latest on the frequent flyer forum is that this may be the end of QANTAS's double status credit offers. We are being trained to expect it and there is too many of us in undeserving levels (me at platinum rather than gold!!!) and it is crowding the lounges and other costs. It seems it will be more targeted and won't let me wait to book the conference I have the dates for next year already to get the extra points . I thought it was about cash flow at certain times but apparently not, or rather it is no longer worth the cost elsewhere. Thank you QANTAS for my three years of platinum.
OttoV
OttoV
Jetstar Airways - Qantas Frequent Flyer
Member since 24 Aug 2018
Total posts 36
Hi fellow recreational travellers. See above previous comments about my perilous SC count @1390.
My wife and I will be travelling regardless with Q and whilst I was hanging out for the DSC to make my tally of SC more interesting, it won' t make any difference to our plans to travel to expand our learnings of the world in retirement in South America and Greece et al. With a wife at P and me at Gold, why am I too predictable to receive a targeted offer of any kind?
gmicari
gmicari
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Member since 18 Jul 2012
Total posts 3
Seem like they are sending Targeted 50% extra status credits emails a day or two after do a search on a destination I was looking at Penang a couple of days ago and today I got a 50% offer for booking to Malaysia. My question is if I am traveling in a party of 4, does everyone get the extra credits or just me.