Earn Qantas Frequent Flyer points on Jetstar New Zealand flights
By David Flynn, June 25 2015
Jetstar New Zealand flights will now earn Qantas Frequent Flyer points, giving travellers – especially our Kiwi cousins – the chance to pocket more points across the pond.
The new deal, which comes into effect from today, applies to all domestic Jetstar NZ flights and starts at a minimum of 400 Qantas Points.
Points-earning on JQ NZ flights was previously restricted to passengers who booked a cost-extra Plus or Max bundle on top of the basic Starter fare.
The Plus bundle will now earn a minimum of 800 Qantas Points, with at least 1,200 Qantas Points for a Max ticket.
Those two bundles will continue to earn Status Credits at the same rate of 10 Status Credits for Plus and 20 Status Credits for Max; as previous, no other Jetstar New Zealand fares will attract Status Credits.
There's just one catch: points can be earned only on a fully domestic flight, such as Auckland to Dunedin. The offer doesn't apply to domestic legs booked as part of an international ticket (such as Melbourne-Auckland-Dunedin).
NZ-only
Qantas is also quick to stress that there are no plans to offer frequent flyer points on "other parts of the Jetstar network."
"This reflects that Jetstar is one of only two domestic airlines in the country and has a significant share of the New Zealand business market" the airline states.
"Jetstar has tens of thousands of loyal New Zealand customers, many who are already Qantas Frequent Flyer members, and this improvement will see them rewarded when flying with us" explains Jetstar Group CEO Jayne Hrdlicka.
"We expect this will be appealing to the growing number of business travellers who are choosing to fly regularly with Jetstar, particularly given our regional plans."
"New Zealand already has the biggest population of Qantas Frequent Flyer members outside Australia, so we want to expand the offering to these loyal customers as well as attract new ones," says Qantas Loyalty CEO Lesley Grant.
That said, Qantas is seeking to boost even further its NZ membership base.
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David Flynn is the Editor-in-Chief of Executive Traveller and a bit of a travel tragic with a weakness for good coffee, shopping and lychee martinis.
Qantas - Qantas Frequent Flyer
29 Nov 2013
Total posts 475
Here's hoping with their planned "propstar" expansion that they reopen the lounge at AKL domestic and reconsider doing something in Wellington...
NZ Elite
03 Jul 2014
Total posts 110
Agreed. Given that most (if not all) of their regional flights will be ex-AKL, it would be great if they could better compete with NZ by offering lounge access.
Not sure the case for Wellington is so compelling, but it'd be great nonetheless!
Air New Zealand - NZ*E
17 May 2015
Total posts 93
You get the feeling that things are only going to get more interesting between NZ and JQ with JQ not scared to take NZ on in the regions and now targeting FF programs. One can only assume that they have some other tricks to show us - lounges may be part of the plan but I don't see that happening any time soon. I must admit the FF program change is attractive but I still have a problem with the lack of redundancy in the JQ network when things go wrong.
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