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    Home»Loyalty»Airline Programs»Qantas Frequent Flyer»Qantas increases American Airlines Earn Rates
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    Qantas increases American Airlines Earn Rates

    MarkBy MarkOctober 1, 2019No Comments3 Mins Read

    Qantas Frequent Flyers will now earn more Points and Status Credits when flying American Airlines to North America. In addition, a range of flights within North America will also receive a boost.

    Coming into effect today, the changes largely reverse the changes that came into effect in 2017. 

    The move follows approval of a joint venture between Qantas and American Airlines. The previous reductions came into play when the original joint venture was rejected.

    The Changes

    Qantas have made the changes in two places.

    Firstly, they have adjusted the Partner Earning tables. Form most flyers, this will give the most significant earnings boost.

    In addition, Qantas has unwound some of the changes that had been made to the fare classifications. For example, some Discount Economy fares, are now classified as Economy.  This could give you a further boost to your earnings.

    New Trans Pacific Earning rates

    Qantas has updated its Partner Earnings tables to reflect the new earnings that will apply from 1 October 2019. The changes affect both the Points and Status Credits earnings of the affected flights.

    For example, consider a flight in business between Sydney and Los Angeles. Such a flight will see an you earn 13,500 Qantas Points. This is 4,125 Points more than the 9,375 Qantas Points you used to earn. Even better, your status credits haul will double – up from 90 Status Credits to 180 Status Credits.

    From Australia

    The updated table for travel from Australia is shown below.

    Partner Earning Australia - US
    Partner Earning Australia – US

    From New Zealand

    If you are flying American Airlines between New Zealand and the US, then the following changes will apply:

    Partner Earning NZ- US
    Partner Earning NZ- US

    Within North America

    On routes within North America, there are some changes if flying between the US and Canada, or between Dallas and New York/Boston.

    US-Canada

    Partner Earning US - Canada
    Partner Earning US – Canada

    Between Dallas and New York/Boston

    Partner Earning Dallas - New York
    Partner Earning Dallas – New York

    Fare Classification changes

    In addition to the earning table, Qantas has also made changed to some fare classifications. These changes coming into effect today are:

    • G and S class has been reclassified from Discount Economy to Economy
    • H class has been reclassified from Economy to Flexible Economy.
    • P Class has been reclassified as Premium Economy

    For the most part, these undo changes that have been in place since 2017.

    Earn Category Changes
    Earn Category Changes

     

    Summary

    If you are flying American Airlines, and credit to Qantas Frequent Flyer, you may be in for additional earnings. In some cases, you could earn twice as many Status Credits from today.

    This may have an effect on which program you should credit any American marketed flight to, It is, however, an individual thing, and you should consider your own flying patterns to determine if you need to make changes.

    For further information, refer to the Qantas Frequent Flyer Airline Earning Tables.

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    Mark

    Mark, the founder of Fly Stay Points, caught the travel bug early in life. During his travels, he eventually came to stumble upon loyalty programs, He first discovered the world of airline frequent flyer programs, and later hotel loyalty programs. He is always plotting his next adventure - and this includes working out how to leverage the loyalty programs. It is a constantly evolving world. Promotional opportunities come and go. Airlines come and go. New hotels open, old hotels change brands, and on it goes. FlyStayPoints was started as a way to try to keep on top of all this. Keep track of promotions. Understand the changes in the marketplace.

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