Qantas Frequent Flyer: Choose Double Points or Double Status Credits on Australian Domestic and Trans-Tasman Flights (Register and Book by 11 May 2026)
Qantas Frequent Flyer has launched a short-window promotion that gives members a meaningful choice: double Qantas Points or double Status Credits on eligible flights within Australia and across the Tasman. The catch, and it is a significant one, is that you must both register and make your new flight booking by 11:59pm AEST on 11 May 2026. That is a six-day window from today, so if you have Australian domestic or New Zealand travel on the horizon between now and the end of August, it is worth moving quickly.
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Qantas Frequent Flyer members who register via the Qantas App or qantas.com and book a new eligible flight during the offer period will earn either double Qantas Points or double Status Credits (your choice) on every eligible flight in that booking. The key dates are as follows:
Registration and booking window: 12:01am AEST 5 May 2026 to 11:59pm AEST 11 May 2026
Travel period: 12 May 2026 to 31 August 2026
Bonus posting: Within eight weeks after travel
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Your reward choice applies to all eligible flights booked during the offer period. You cannot split your selection across different bookings, meaning if you choose double points, all your qualifying bookings earn double points. You can, however, change your preference up until 11:59pm AEST on 11 May 2026, at which point your final selection is locked in.
Eligible flights are Qantas-operated and marketed services with a QF flight number, covering:
Australian domestic routes
Trans-Tasman routes (direct flights between Australia and New Zealand)
QF flights operated by Alliance Airlines, National Jet, Airlink, Eastern Australia Airlines, Network Aviation, and Sunstate Airlines
Flights with a QF ticket number but not operated by Qantas - most notably Jetstar and Air New Zealand - are explicitly excluded. Qantas Holidays packages that include an eligible QF flight component are eligible, and you will earn your chosen reward on the flight portion.
Alongside the flight offer, Qantas has also elevated the earn rate on Qantas Hotels and Qantas Holidays bookings made during the same window. Members will earn 6 Qantas Points per A$1 spent, up from the standard 4 points per A$1, with a check-out date before 12 May 2027. Airbnb bookings are excluded.
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A few nuances to note here:
Accor hotel bookings via Qantas Hotels earn 6 points per A$1 (elevated, but this is not technically "double" the standard Accor-specific earn rate)
Qantas Business Rewards members will earn 9 points per A$1 (6 for the Frequent Flyer member, 3 for the business)
Points Club members earn 25% more, and Points Club Plus members earn 50% more on top of that
This promotion is primarily relevant to Qantas Frequent Flyer members who have upcoming Australian domestic or Trans-Tasman travel already planned or who are considering a short trip for other reasons. If you are transiting through Sydney, Melbourne, or Brisbane and connecting onto a domestic QF segment, those domestic segments would qualify.
The short booking window is clearly intentional: it creates urgency and encourages members to pull forward travel they might otherwise have deferred. Whether that is worth doing depends entirely on your own travel plans and the cost of the fares you would be booking. If you have Australian domestic or Trans-Tasman travel on the agenda before August and you hold a Qantas Frequent Flyer number, there is no reason not to register and book now. The promotion is straightforward, the incremental benefit is material, and the window closes on Sunday.
Qantas Frequent Flyer members can choose between double Qantas Points or double Status Credits on eligible domestic and Trans-Tasman flights - but you need to register and book by 11 May 2026.