Qantas announced it will offer over 20 million more reward seats with the launch of Classic Plus Flight Rewards, a new way for members to use their Qantas Points to book flights.

The change, according to the announcement, is one of the biggest ever expansions of the Qantas Frequent Flyer program in its 35-year history and will make it easier to travel to places like London, Tokyo, New York and Singapore with Qantas Points, even during peak times.

While usually requiring more points than the existing Classic reward seats, Classic Plus will represent some of the best value across the frequent flyer program with much wider availability, according to the announcement. Classic Plus reward seats are also eligible for upgrades.

The new Classic Plus seats will be available only to Qantas Frequent Flyer members, though Classic seats will continue to be bookable with points from other Oneworld alliance airlines, including American and Alaska. 

The points required to book Classic Plus reward seats will vary like normal airfares, which means they’ll be lower during off-peak periods or when passengers are booking early, and higher during peak periods. During sales and promotions, Classic Plus reward seats may drop below a Classic reward seat on the same route.

Classic Plus reward seats can be booked now on Qantas international flights departing Australia for travel beginning July 1 exclusively via qantas.com and will be rolled out across the rest of the airline’s international and domestic network on Qantas-operated flights by the end of the year.

By the end of 2024, when Classic Plus has fully launched across the international and domestic network, members will have access to 20 million new reward seats for travel across the rolling 12-month booking window. 

Qantas will continue to offer more than 5 million existing Classic rewards seats across Qantas, Jetstar and 45 partner airlines, with no change to the points required to book these seats since 2019.

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