From time to time, Qantas offers double Status Credit promotions, helping savvy frequent flyers to elevate their membership tiers, fast. The most recent double status promotion was run in March 2023 and is now closed. The offer was valid on all Qantas operated flights with a QF flight number across the domestic and international network.
Read on to learn how a Qantas double Status Credit offer could be your key to unlocking perks like lounge access, extra baggage allowance, priority upgrades, and more.
How to earn Qantas double Status Credits in 2023
Registering for the double status credit offer is normally very straightforward, and it could help you to obtain or retain elite Qantas Frequent Flyer status faster. Here's what you need to do:
- Head to the Qantas website and register. You will normally be prompted to choose either double Status Credits or double Qantas Points.
- Make a new booking between a specified time period for travel between a specified time period on any Qantas operated flights with a QF flight number. Ensure your Qantas Frequent Flyer number is included in your booking.
Bonus Status Credits (or bonus Qantas Points, if you instead opt for those) will be credited to your account up to six weeks after travel.
Remember, all passengers in each booking must register separately to earn double Status Credits. Bonus Status Credits will be credited to your account up to eight weeks after travel.
Hold a Points Club membership? Double status credit offers normally do apply to status credits earned on reward seats for Qantas Points Club (and Plus) members, provided they register, book and fly on a Qantas operated flights with a QF flight number within the eligible time period.
Looking for more information about Qantas Double Status Credit promotions? Read on to find out more about these popular offers, and discover how you can leverage status credits to earn elite Qantas Frequent Flyer status in 2023.
When do Qantas Double Status Credits post?
Qantas states that bonus status credits (or bonus Qantas Points, if you've opted for those instead) should be credited within 8 weeks after travel.
What are Qantas status credits?
Before looking to leverage a double status credits offer, it’s important to understand the concept of status credits.
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Qantas status credits are a completely separate currency from points. Essentially, they are a vehicle for moving up the membership ranks of the Qantas Frequent Flyer program.
Status credits are used to measure flying activity on Qantas and partner airlines. When you complete an eligible flight, you earn a certain number of status credits. The number of Qantas status credits earned varies by the distance of the route flown. A discount economy flight between Sydney and Melbourne, for example, earns just 10 status credits, so you’d need to fly seventy sectors just to achieve Qantas Gold.
Fortunately, however, there are easier ways to earn status credits, and a Qantas double status credit offer can boost the usual haul by double! Beyond these promotions, there are sometimes also ways to earn Qantas Status Credits on the ground.
Qantas Double Status Credit promo: Things to know
While Qantas double status credit offers present a unique opportunity to fast track to a higher membership level, there are typically a number of restrictions levied to the promotion. Travellers should be aware that the following terms and conditions usually apply:
- Qantas operated flights only. The current double status credits promotion applies to flights operated by Qantas only (with a QF flight number). This means that Qantas-ticketed flights on Jetstar or partner airlines like Emirates are off the table.
- A specific booking and travel period. The current Qantas double status credits promotion requires travellers to register within the specified time period, and then travel in a second specified time period. Registration and/or travel outside the eligible time periods will render your journey non-qualifying.
- Restrictions on status credit usage. If you're planning a Qantas status run with a view to completing a status challenge or achieving a membership bonus reward – think again. Qantas has recently tightened up the usage of status credits earned through double status credit promotions. They now don’t typically count towards Loyalty Bonus, Membership Bonus Reward or status challenge requirements.
- Requalification period. Qantas states that double status credits should be credited to your account up to six weeks after your travel is completed. It's important to keep this in mind if you have a restricted period of time to travel and obtain double status credits in order to retain or attain a new status tier.
Before you look to book your Qantas double status credits flight, be sure to carefully check the terms and conditions of the promotion.
Will you look to take advantage of the first Qantas double status credit promotion of 2023?
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So annoyed that QF flights booked thru Qantas and operated on Emirates are not included in this promotion. The T&Cs on this point are a bit misleading. They should specifically articulate what they mean by partner airlines. IMAO if you book a QF flight through Qantas they should honour the status credits.
Hi Adele
If I register for double status credit and book within the eligibility period, but only pay the $25 holding fee will this booking also be eligible for he double status credits? Or the booking have to be paid in full between 23 and 28 March ?
My booking due date is 21/4
Thank you
Hey, I have just registered,
Can I book the flights through any agent? or does it have to be done strictly via Qantas?
Thanks,
Hi Kyall, you can book the flights through any agent, provided the flights meet the eligibility criteria
do the flights need to be booked through the QF website?
Does this apply to flights already booked and payed for
Hi Kevin, no, you’ll need to first register for the offer and then make your bookings during the eligible booking period. If the bookings you already hold are flexible, and current pricing isn’t higher, it might be worth looking to cancel and then re-book?
Readers might want to be careful here as neither ‘Status Support Credits’ nor any status credits earned during the ‘Double Status Credits’ promotion are eligible for Status Credits Rollover – it’s only the base status credits for actual flights that will be rolled over.
I queried this with Qantas last week and received this response:
“However, the Bonus Status Credits that you will earn from the Double Status Credits promotion are to be identified as BONUS and will NOT be counted towards the rollover. As advised from the terms of the Status Credits Rollover, “Status Credits provided by Qantas as a bonus, support or gift will not count towards the rollover.” It would only be the regular / original Status Credits earned will be counted towards the rollover. “
Hi Adele
If I book using a credit voucher, will the offer still apply?
Hi Melanie, yes, provided you register for the promo and book an eligible flight on an eligible route during the travel period, you are fine to book with a credit voucher.
Thank you Adele. Good to know.
Hi Adele, if I cancel international flights I already have booked (with a fee, but still think it will be worth it!) and then immediately re book them do I still get the double status credits offer? Also do you have any tips on the best points run and dates for this time around? Thanks !
Hi Cathy, yes, you will receive the double status credits, provided you register for the offer before rebooking, and your flights meet the eligibility criteria (including being Qantas operated flights with a Qantas flight number). Our status run post here has some ideas for itineraries that you could look to book: Qantas status run? Read our ultimate planning guide for 2022