Earn up to 110 Status Credits when you register for this offer by 31 Oct 2025 and earn 1,000 Qantas points or more in various categories on the ground by 31 Dec 2025. The points must be credited to your account by 31 Mar 2026.
Ordinarily, Status Credits can only be earned from flying so this offer makes it easier for those who don’t fly often to climb the ranks of the Qantas status system and unlock perks like lounge access, priority boarding and preferential access to Classic Reward seats.
There are eight categories that you can earn the bonus Status Credits in with some awarding 20 and others 10:
- Cards and Banking – 20 SCs
- Insurance – 20 SCs
- Utilities and Services – 20 SCs
- Hotels and Travel – 10 SCs
- Fuel and Car – 10 SCs
- Food and Wine – 10 SCs
- Shopping – 10 SCs
- Health, Leisure and Entertainment – 10 SCs
The Status Credits will be credited to your account within six to eight weeks of you earning 1,000 points or more in each category. You only earn the bonus Status Credits once for each category.
This list of inclusions and inclusions is from the offer FAQ page:
| Category | Inclusions | Exclusions |
| Cards and Banking | Includes Qantas Points earned with a Qantas Points earning credit card, Qantas Pay, Qantas Money Home Loans, Citi Ready Credit and La Trobe Financial. | Excludes Qantas Points that are earned through the transfer of credit or charge card reward points. |
| Insurance | Includes Qantas Points earned with Qantas Home Insurance, Qantas Health Insurance, Qantas Car Insurance, Qantas Travel Insurance, Miga and OnePath. | |
| Utilities and Services | Includes Qantas Points earned with Red Energy and Solargain. | |
| Hotels and Travel | Includes Qantas Points earned with Qantas Hotels, Airbnb, Qantas Holidays, TripADeal, Qantas Experiences, Qantas Activities, Qantas Cruises, The Qantas Club, Choice Privileges, Hilton Honors, IHG One Rewards, Marriott Bonvoy, Swiss-Belhotel International TFE Hotels, World of Hyatt, Apollo, Britz, Cheapa Campa, Hippie, maui and Mighty. | Excludes Qantas Points earned with ALL – Accor Live Limitless. |
| Fuel and Cars | Includes Qantas Points earned with bp, Avis, Budget, Uber and Qantas Valet. | |
| Food and Wine | Includes Qantas Points earned with Everyday Rewards, HelloFresh, YouFoodz and Qantas Wine. | |
| Shopping | Includes Qantas Points earned with Hype, Platypus, The Athlete’s Foot, Skechers, Stylerunner, Vans, Dr. Martens, Merrel, Hoka, SUBTYPE, Saucony, Timberland, UGG, Herschel, Dickies, Forty Winks, Kogan, Adairs, Carpet Court, David Jones, Luxaflex, Lotte Duty Free, Qantas Marketplace and Qantas Shopping. | |
| Health, Leisure and Entertainment | Includes Qantas Points earned with HOYTS. | Excludes Qantas Points earned via the Qantas Wellbeing App. |
Terms and conditions
To be eligible for the offer, Qantas Frequent Flyer members must register between 12.01am (AEST) 1 October 2025 and 11.59pm (AEDT) 31 October 2025, earn 1,000 Qantas Points in an eligible category between 12.01am (AEST) 1 October 2025 and 11.59pm (AEDT) 31 December 2025 and have the Qantas Points land in their Qantas Frequent Flyer account before 11.59pm (AEDT) 11.59pm (AEDT) 31 March 2026. For a list of eligible categories, the Qantas Points that count towards each one, and the Qantas Points that are excluded from this offer, refer to our FAQs.
Status Credits will be awarded only once for each category that is completed, with up to 110 Status Credits that can be earned in total. 10 Status Credits will be awarded upon the completion of each of the following categories: Hotels and Travel, Fuel and Car, Food and Wine, Shopping, plus Health, Leisure and Entertainment. 20 Status Credits will be awarded upon completion of each of the following categories: Cards and Banking, Insurance, plus Utilities and Services. A category is completed when 1,000 Qantas Points are earned and appear in ‘My account’. If you are opted in to ‘Membership status and benefits’, we will also notify you of your progress via a regular email update. If you earn over 1,000 Qantas Points in a particular category, you will not be awarded additional Status Credits.
If Qantas Points are refunded or cancelled and it reduces your total earnings for a category below 1,000 Qantas Points, you won’t be eligible to receive Status Credits. Status Credits will be awarded within six to eight weeks of completing a category. Status Credits earned from this offer will count towards Lifetime Status; however, they do not count towards Loyalty Bonus, Platinum Bonus Reward, Platinum One Bonus Reward and Status Accelerator/Challenge earn requirements. Status Credits will be backdated to the date the 1,000 Qantas Points were earned; these Status Credits will therefore count towards the Membership Year in which the points were earned. Status Credits are not transferable. The earning of Status Credits and Qantas Points are governed by the Qantas Frequent Flyer terms and conditions.
See here for the full terms and conditions and FAQ.
12 Responses
For Qantas market, will getting gift cards for Amazon qualify for 10 status points?
Should do.
It says Qantas Marketplace is included for the Shopping category so I don’t see why not.
This is great! Just some questions.
“Qantas Points earned with a Qantas Points earning credit card” – Meaning my points per dollar spent on my Amex are eligible.
“Qantas Travel Insurance” – I’m looking at a one-day Australian Comprehensive cover for $26.00. Would that be eligible?
Thanks
Yes, as long as you’re earning Qantas points directly on the card and not another type of points that you then convert to Qantas
Qantas Travel Insurance is included but remember that you still need to earn at least 1,000 points in that category. I believe you’ll only earn 126 points in total when buying a $26 policy.
Thanks so much! I didn’t read the insurance one properly lol. But, it will be interesting to see what someone finds for the cheapest insurance offer.
Slightly different topic, anyone able to use Qantas Pay to pay on buying gift card on Qantas marketplace? I have tried few times but wasn’t able to.
I’ve done it before this offer and worked fine. When I have had issues I would usually turn off my ad blocker or try a different browser.
no as youll need to earn 1000 points before it translates to SC i believe ..
Not sure if anyone can find a better deal, but in the insurance segment I found travel insurance for a two-week trip to New Zealand for exactly $100 (just play around with the dates) and picked up 1,000 bonus points. That is $100 for 20 Qantas Status Credits. Could be worth it if you are not travelling before the end of the year and other insurance options are not practical.
Does the ‘Health, Leisure and Entertainment’ category only cover Hoyts, or would the Kayo 1,000 Qantas Points offer count as well?
Cards, Wine, QMP are the easy ones – thats 40 SC off the bat. Am sure between bp and Uber you could get that one without too much bother (in 3 months), and I’m due to get new car insurance so will combine with the 30k points for $2k policy…. That should get me to 70