Over the next 12 months, we'll be introducing a series of updates and enhancements to the Qantas Frequent Flyer program. These changes will give you access to more premium cabin reward seats on partner airlines, lower reward seat fares on Jetstar and the ability to earn more points when you fly with Qantas.

There will also be some increases to our Classic Flight Reward fares - the first in six years. This change will help ensure we can continue investing in the program and provide ongoing value for our members now and in the future.

New Benefits
More premium reward seats with airline partners

As a result of expanded and new airline partnerships, up to 1 million additional international Classic Flight Rewards will be available for booking. This includes, for the first time, Premium Economy Classic Flight Rewards on Finnair, Air France, KLM and Iberia networks. Members will also be able to access Classic Flight Rewards on the Hawaiian Airlines network, unlocking more seats between Sydney and Honolulu and other popular international destinations. The additional seats will help meet the growing demand for reward seats to Europe, Asia and North America.

Starting from late 2025.

More rewards with Jetstar

For the first time, members will be able to use their Qantas Points to upgrade to Business on Jetstar international flights. This coincides with a major revamp of Jetstar's Boeing 787 Dreamliners that will double the fleet's business cabin capacity.

Starting from next year.

Frequent Flyers will earn up to 25 per cent more Qantas Points on their base earn for Qantas domestic flights. For example, a Bronze member flying from Sydney to Perth in Economy will earn 1,815 Qantas Points (up from 1,450 points).

Members who hold Silver status and above will also enjoy an increase in Status Bonus points when booking in premium cabins on all Qantas marketed flights. For example, a Platinum member flying Sydney to Melbourne in Business will earn 3,500 Qantas Points (up from 2,000 points) while a Gold member flying Sydney to Los Angeles in Business will earn 25,594 Qantas Points (up from 21,375 points).

Starting from 22 July 2025.

Program Changes
Changes to points required for Classic Flight Rewards and Classic Upgrade Rewards

We're reducing the amount of points required for Classic Flight Rewards on all Jetstar short haul* domestic flights in Australia and New Zealand by 11 per cent. With fares starting from 5,700 Qantas Points (previously 6,400) on routes like Sydney to the Gold Coast and Melbourne to Adelaide, these Classic Flight Rewards will require less points than the lowest one-way Economy reward seat available in Australia today.

The number of points required to book all other Classic Flight Rewards and Classic Upgrade Rewards will increase by up to 20 per cent. This means the starting Classic Flight Reward fares on Qantas will go from 8,000 to 9,200 Qantas Points. The increases to reward seats will be applied across our domestic, international and partner airline networks with increases to upgrades only applying to the Qantas network.

Carrier charges, part of the cash component of booking a reward seat, will also increase for bookings in Business and First cabins aligning with Classic Plus Flight Rewards.

The updated Classic Flight Reward and Classic Upgrade Reward fare tables will be published on our website on or before 5 May 2025.

Starting from 5 August 2025.

Classic Flight Rewards on Emirates
The number of points required to book Classic Flight Rewards on Emirates operated flights will soon be the same as Qantas. This will mean a reduction in the number of points required for Economy Classic Flight Rewards on the majority of Emirates operated flights, but an increase in the points required for Emirates Business and First Classic Flight Rewards.

Starting from 5 August 2025.

But from 5 August 2025, Classic Reward seats on Qantas will cost you more points.

Qantas pegs the increase at between 5-20%, and here are some quick reference points:

• Sydney-Melbourne economy jumps from 8,000 points to 9,200 points
• Sydney-Melbourne business increases from 18,400 points to 19,300 points
• Sydney-Bali economy class rises from 20,300 points to 23,300 points
• Sydney-Singapore business class is up from 68,400 points to 82,100 points
• Sydney-Tokyo business class climbs from 82,000 points to 98,400 points
• Sydney-London business class spikes from 144,600 to 166,300 points

The airline tells Executive Traveller it will publish a full set of revised Classic Reward rates across all Qantas routes in May.

Classic Reward rates on Qantas partner airlines are also on the rise across the board.

Perhaps most notably, Emirates will moving back onto the same redemption table as Qantas, resulting in an increase in the number of Qantas Points required for premium travel (in premium economy or higher) on the Gulf colossus – but of course, there’s no change to the airline’s insanely high carrier charges.