Fellow travellers, it is time to fasten your seatbelts once again as Qantas brings major changes to its Frequent Flyers program.
Starting this week, Qantas Frequent Flyer members will find themselves with access to a treasure trove of travel opportunities, as the airline releases an additional one million seats across 100 national routes, both domestically and internationally.
This expansion is said to offer better access to premium cabin reward seats and an enriched network of partner airlines, which includes Finnair, Air France, KLM, and Iberia, as well as the entire Hawaiian Airlines network.
Qantas Loyalty CEO Andrew Glance is confident that these changes, which represent a $120 million investment in the program, will ‘further enhance the ways our members can book Classic Reward seats and the destinations and cabins they can access when they fly.’
Since the launch of Classic Plus last April, bookings have skyrocketed. ‘Bookings are up threefold on initial expectations. And over the December holiday period, we saw an 80 per cent increase in members travelling overseas with their points,’ said Mr Glance.
But the good news does not stop there. From July, Qantas is set to boost the number of points earned on domestic flights by up to 25 per cent. And for those who enjoy the finer things in life, the earning cap for tiered members travelling in premium cabins will be removed, meaning fewer flights are needed to earn that next reward booking.

Jetstar customers, too, are in for a treat. ‘We are also introducing the lowest reward seat fare in Australia, with Jetstar seats for 5,700 points on all short-haul domestic routes like Sydney to the Gold Coast and Melbourne to Adelaide, helping members get away faster,’ he said.
This is just the tip of the iceberg as Qantas promises even more value-packed changes to Jetstar rewards in ‘2025 and beyond.’
However, Qantas has also announced that from August this year, the number of points required to book a Classic Reward seat ‘will increase for the first time since 2019 and the second time since 2004.’
‘A lot has changed in the last six years. These adjustments will ensure we can continue to invest in enhancing the program for the long term and continue to grow the levels of Classic and Classic Plus Reward seat availability for members year on year,’ said Mr Glance.
Qantas is giving its members ample notice to plan their future travels before these changes take effect, saying, ‘With a number of airlines making changes to their loyalty programs recently, we wanted to give our members as much notice as possible so they can plan their future travel.’
‘That is why our reward fare changes would not come into effect for at least another six months.’
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