Hi All, I took advantage of the QR status match with Virgin and have enjoyed the flights I have taken with Qantas over the past few weeks. If Virgin does indeed go down market, as it appears it will, I’ll most likely jump to Qantas. Given that I will do local flying in Qantas but international on any One World Carrier that is best value for money in Business, when we are allowed to finally fly overseas, would it be best to stay with QR or start with Qantas now?
Considering “ domestic Qantas flights only count for Qpoints if they're part of an international Qantas or Qatar Airways flight on the same ticket” (from ET's own article about the status match offer), you can enjoy Qantas club hospitality but not earn status credit when you fly domestic routes using QF metal but under QR card.
The fastest way to keep your QR status is to fly international using QR metal.
You can always ask to get into a status match by QF (using VA tier credentials) under the Qantas tier accelerator which is approved by case basis, but will struggle to gain credit unless you have a lot of domestic QF flights within the usual 3 months status challenge, since transcontinental QF flights (the usual way to get the necessary points quickly) is not available
Hey Xwu, thanks for your comments. One thing is that I have received Q points for one of my flights and I checked the Qatar site and it says again that I can earn them on certain fare classes. With that in mind and that I am happy to take which ever One World carrier, I'm happy, especially after today's announcement that I have a choice. Thanks for the rest of your comments.
Given the news yesterday, Qatar has dropped to the very bottom of my airline preference list and flights routed through there are well and truly a no go zone for my wife and daughter.
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StuParr
StuParr
Virgin Australia - Velocity Rewards
Member since 01 Mar 2012
Total posts 203
Hi All, I took advantage of the QR status match with Virgin and have enjoyed the flights I have taken with Qantas over the past few weeks. If Virgin does indeed go down market, as it appears it will, I’ll most likely jump to Qantas. Given that I will do local flying in Qantas but international on any One World Carrier that is best value for money in Business, when we are allowed to finally fly overseas, would it be best to stay with QR or start with Qantas now?
XWu
XWu
Member since 09 May 2020
Total posts 197
Considering “ domestic Qantas flights only count for Qpoints if they're part of an international Qantas or Qatar Airways flight on the same ticket” (from ET's own article about the status match offer), you can enjoy Qantas club hospitality but not earn status credit when you fly domestic routes using QF metal but under QR card.
The fastest way to keep your QR status is to fly international using QR metal.
You can always ask to get into a status match by QF (using VA tier credentials) under the Qantas tier accelerator which is approved by case basis, but will struggle to gain credit unless you have a lot of domestic QF flights within the usual 3 months status challenge, since transcontinental QF flights (the usual way to get the necessary points quickly) is not available
StuParr
StuParr
Virgin Australia - Velocity Rewards
Member since 01 Mar 2012
Total posts 203
Hey Xwu, thanks for your comments. One thing is that I have received Q points for one of my flights and I checked the Qatar site and it says again that I can earn them on certain fare classes. With that in mind and that I am happy to take which ever One World carrier, I'm happy, especially after today's announcement that I have a choice. Thanks for the rest of your comments.
Steve987
Steve987
Member since 23 Feb 2015
Total posts 268
Given the news yesterday, Qatar has dropped to the very bottom of my airline preference list and flights routed through there are well and truly a no go zone for my wife and daughter.