Qantas Fare Classes: Qantas Points and Status Credits

• One flight at a time. Each flight earns its own fixed amount, one way. A connection is two flights, and a return trip earns both ways.
• Which table: flights within Australia use the domestic table. Routes Qantas lists by name use their own route table. Every other route earns by distance band.
• Earn category: the fare type of your booking class (see the chart above). Not every category is sold on every route.
• Status Bonus: Silver, Gold, Platinum and Platinum One members earn extra Qantas Points (below), never extra Status Credits.
• Minimum Points Guarantee: 800 Qantas Points in Discount Economy and Economy, 1,200 in Flexible Economy and every Premium Economy category, 1,400 in every Business category and First, per eligible flight. Qantas says it "may apply for eligible flight segments, depending on your tier status and any applicable Status Bonus."
• Distance: Qantas gives its bands in miles and does not say how it measures them. Our calculator uses the great-circle distance.

Qantas marketed flights within Australia, for travel on or after 22 July 2025. Qantas Points per flight, one way:

Status Credits per flight, one way:

A dash means Qantas lists no rate in that category within Australia. Qantas publishes a First column for flights within Australia but sells no domestic First booking class, so our calculator does not offer First on them.

Qantas publishes its own table for these routes, in both directions. Some name a region (Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, Europe, East Coast or West Coast USA/Canada) without listing its cities. Our calculator matches Europe and Northeast and Southeast Asia by country and asks you to choose the coast for the USA and Canada. Qantas Points per flight, one way:

Between Adelaide, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Melbourne or Sydney and

Between Darwin or Perth and

Between New Zealand and

Between Dallas and

Between East Coast USA/Canada and

Between Dubai and

Between Europe and

Between Tel Aviv and

Status Credits per flight, one way:

Between Adelaide, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Melbourne or Sydney and

Between Darwin or Perth and

Between New Zealand and

Between Dallas and

Between East Coast USA/Canada and

Between Dubai and

Between Europe and

Between Tel Aviv and

Qantas prints the Darwin or Perth to Southeast Asia Discount Economy figure as "1.450"; it is shown here as 1,450. Qantas notes that domestic connections to the Darwin and Perth routes earn on top, as listed for flights within Australia.

Routes without their own table earn by distance band, including flights within other countries such as the USA and Japan. Qantas Points per flight, one way:

Status Credits per flight, one way:

Qantas's examples: 751 to 1,500 miles includes Thailand to Singapore and Australia to New Caledonia; 1,501 to 2,500 includes Australia to the South Pacific; 2,501 to 3,500 includes Singapore to Japan, New Zealand to Tahiti and Hawaii to the West Coast USA/Canada; 3,501 to 5,000 includes the East Coast USA/Canada to Tahiti and Hawaii to Dallas; 5,001 to 6,500 includes New Zealand to Singapore and Fiji to the West Coast USA/Canada. Qantas lists both "5,001 to 6,500" and "6,500 miles and over"; our calculator counts exactly 6,500 miles in the 5,001 to 6,500 band.

Calculate what this flight earns

• On Qantas (QF) flights the bonus is worked out on the earn rate of the fare's own category: a Gold member in Business earns 75% of the Business rate on top.
• Status Credits are never increased by the Status Bonus.
• On Jetstar and American Airlines flights the bonus works differently (on the Flexible Economy rate in premium cabins); those flights are not on this chart.

Bronze is the joining tier. The higher tiers need Status Credits within your Membership Year, which runs from the date you joined:

• Silver, Gold and Platinum also need at least four flights with a Qantas (QF) or Jetstar (JQ, GK) flight number on the ticket that earn Status Credits.
• Platinum One needs at least 2,700 of its 3,600 Status Credits on flights with a Qantas (QF) flight number.
• Lifetime status: Lifetime Silver at 7,000 Status Credits, Lifetime Gold at 14,000 and Lifetime Platinum at 75,000.
• From 8 December 2026: part of your Status Credits above your tier's threshold rolls over into your next Membership Year (Silver 25% of the excess over 300, up to 100; Gold 50% over 700, up to 350; Platinum 50% over 1,400, up to 500; Platinum One 50% over 3,600, up to 500), which will replace the Loyalty Bonus (Qantas retires the Loyalty Bonus in 2027). Members can also earn up to 140 Status Credits a Membership Year "on the ground" from Qantas Points on everyday spend. Points Club, Points Club Plus and Green Tier are retired.
• In 2027: Qantas plans one Status Credit target to reach and keep each tier (its example: Gold at 700 a year, instead of 700 to reach and 600 to keep), more lifetime milestones and new tier benefits. Qantas has not published the other 2027 targets.

How does Qantas decide how many Qantas Points and Status Credits a flight earns?

By the route and the earn category of the fare. Each Qantas flight earns the fixed amount in Qantas's earning tables: flights within Australia by distance band, routes Qantas names (such as Sydney to Auckland, Dallas or Europe) by their own table, and all other routes by distance band. The price you paid does not change it; your tier adds a Status Bonus to the points.

What is the Status Bonus?

Extra Qantas Points on eligible Qantas flights: 50% more for Silver, 75% for Gold and 100% for Platinum and Platinum One, worked out on the earn rate of the fare's own category. It does not add Status Credits.

What is the Minimum Points Guarantee?

A floor on the Qantas Points an eligible Qantas flight earns: 800 in Discount Economy and Economy, 1,200 in Flexible Economy and every Premium Economy category, and 1,400 in every Business category and First. Qantas says it may apply depending on your tier status and any Status Bonus.

How many Status Credits do I need for Silver, Gold, Platinum or Platinum One?

In a Membership Year, 300 Status Credits for Silver (250 to keep it), 700 for Gold (600 to keep), 1,400 for Platinum (1,200 to keep) and 3,600 for Platinum One, at least 2,700 of them on flights with a QF flight number. Silver, Gold and Platinum also need at least four flights with a QF or Jetstar flight number that earn Status Credits.

Why does booking class I or K earn differently within Australia?

Qantas maps booking classes to earn categories separately for domestic and international flights. Internationally I is Business Sale (Discount Business) and K is Economy Saver (Economy); on flights within Australia I is Business and K is Flex (Flexible Economy).

What about Jetstar and partner airlines?

Jetstar (JQ, GK) and partner airline flights earn on their own tables, which this chart does not cover. Qantas's points calculator covers them.

Source: Qantas. Qantas and Jetstar earning tables | Earn category tables | Status Bonus | Status tiers | Tier journey | Program changes | Points and Status Credits calculator