Qantas launches new double Status Credits promo

Get ready to lock in your next year at Qantas Silver, Gold, Platinum or Platinum One status, as well as speed your progress towards Lifetime Silver, Lifetime Gold or even Lifetime Platinum membership.

Yes, a new Qantas double Status Credits promotion has just landed, unlocking a double-sized serve of status credits across all domestic and international Qantas flights.

(You can alternatively opt for double Qantas Points, and there are certain conditions where double points represent better value than double status credits, as explained later.)

Here’s what you need to know about this latest Qantas double Status Credits promotion, which went live at midnight:

• this new Qantas double Status Credits promo runs through to 11.59pm (AEDT) on Thursday 31 October
• you can make double Status Credits bookings for travel from 1 November 2024 to 19 October 2025
• before making those bookings, you need to register for the double Status Credits promotion at the Qantas website or through the Qantas app
• double Status Credits can be earned on regional (QantasLink), domestic and international Qantas flights (this includes the Qantas/Finnair A330 flights on Sydney-Singapore and Sydney-Bangkok)
• double Status Credits don’t apply to flights on Jetstar, Emirates, Oneworld airlines or other codeshare partner airlines
• those extra status credits do not count towards triggering the Loyalty Bonus, the Platinum or Platinum One Bonus Rewards, or the Qantas Tier Accelerator challenge

Mapping out your Qantas double Status Credit strategy

With just seven days to make your bookings for business trips and holidays almost a year in advance, you’ll want to simultaneously plan ahead and get cracking – especially before the lowest fares on popular routes and during peak travel periods are sold out.

To map a quick Qantas double Status Credits strategy, ask yourself these three key questions:

• How many status credits do I currently have?
• What status milestone do I want to reach?
• Is that level of status really going to be useful for me? 

The last question is particularly relevant.

There’s no sense chasing the lofty goal of Qantas Platinum One if your needs will generally be met by Platinum; in fact, for many domestic-only flyers who only do the odd international trip, Qantas Gold will suffice.

Work out how many status credits are required to get from your current status to the tier you want (taking into account your ability to collect double Status Credits, of course).

Qantas has a handy calculator to determine the number of status credits earned per flight, based on your fare type.

Set your status credits goal

Knowing the status credit requirements of each Qantas Frequent Flyer tier not only gives you a goal to work towards but help you work out exactly how many flights are needed.

Qantas Silver: to earn Silver status for the first time, you need 300 status credits, and 250 status credits to remain Silver once you already have it.

Silver is not an overly useful tier, because the main benefits are just two Qantas Club lounge invitations and use of 'premium' check-in counters.

Qantas Gold: you need 700 status credits to earn Gold status and 600 status credits to keep it.

Gold is often thought of as the 'sweet spot' because it gives you lounge access across Qantas and Oneworld airlines along with Emirates, plus the use of premium security lanes and priority boarding.

Qantas Platinum: you need 1,400 status credits to earn Platinum status and 1,200 status credits to keep Platinum status.

This gives you access to Qantas' domestic business class lounges and the international first class lounges of Qantas and Oneworld airlines, along with Emirates.

Qantas Platinum One: Platinum One is the highest level of the Qantas Frequent Flyer program. You need 3,600 status credits to earn or keep Platinum One, of  which 2,700 need to be earned on 'Qantas marketed flights'.

Platinum One members can also give free Platinum status to their partner, receive two invitations to the Qantas first class lounge to give to a family member or friend, get free 'fly ahead' access to earlier domestic flights, and have any available seat converted into a points-based 'award seat'.

Platinum Ones also tend to get the best attention from Qantas when flights are delayed or cancelled.

Rebooking for double Status Credits

If you’re sitting on a Qantas booking made before the promotion begins, can you rebook it in order to collect twice as many Status Credits?

That’s what some frequent flyers do: they cancel the original booking and rebook the trip under the double Status Credits offer.

Of course, this makes sense only if there’s no cancellation or rebooking fee, and the replacement double Status Credits trip is available for around the same price.

Why would you choose double Qantas Points?

Qantas offers a choice between double Status Credits and Double Points, and there are some instances where you might decide to opt for double Qantas Points on your bookings.

Perhaps you’re not close to jumping from one status tier to the next, even with the help of a couple of double status credit bookings.

Maybe you’re simply not in the position to book enough flights to get you across the line to that next status tier.

In both cases you might decide it’s better to pocket that double helping of Qantas Points to use on bookings or upgrades at any time in the future.

After all, there’s no benefit to being ‘Silver and a half’ or ‘Gold and a half’, and it makes more sense to hoover up Qantas Points which you can use rather than Status Credits you can’t use.