Oneworld Partner Status Credits Earn Table 2025

1|On 2 March 2025, Qantas Loyalty quietly pushed a refresh of its partner status credit earning tables, applying retrospective changes to flights flown from 1 March 2025. The adjustment, absent a formal press release, dropped earn rates for discount economy classes on 14 oneworld carriers and formally zeroed out status credits on three new “basic business” fare tiers, headlined by Qatar Airways’ widely sold R class. The timing coincides with the first annual membership reset under the uniform 1 March cycle introduced in late 2024, meaning every dollar and mile counted from day one. For Australian status-seekers who banked on partner bookings to lift them from Silver to Gold or Gold to Platinum, the 2025 table demands a full reassessment of routing and fare-class selection. With average Status Credit requirements unchanged (700 for Gold, 1,400 for Platinum), a single long-haul business-class return on British Airways could now net 420 SCs instead of 480 on some routes, while a Qatar Airways Business Lite return via Doha delivers zero — a gap that can derail an entire qualification plan. This table guide sets out the exact SC rates for the oneworld partners that matter most to Australian wallets, with explicit distance bands and a focus on the changes that have redrawn the loyalty landscape in 2025. 2| 3|## The 2025 partner SC table 4| 5|### The base earning grid for all oneworld carriers 6| 7|The core status credit earn rates for flights operated by oneworld alliance members and credited to Qantas Frequent Flyer are determined by fare class and distance band. The following rates reflect the post-1 March 2025 data, sourced from the Qantas partner earn page last verified on 5 March 2025. 8| 9|1、 Economy Flexible (typical booking classes Y, B, H†) · Band 1 (0–600 mi): 15 · Band 2 (601–1,200 mi): 25 · Band 3 (1,201–2,400 mi): 35 · Band 4 (2,401–5,000 mi): 60 · Band 5 (5,001+ mi): 80 10|2、 Economy Discount (typical booking classes E, L, M, N, O, Q, S, V) · Band 1 (0–600 mi): 5 · Band 2 (601–1,200 mi): 10 · Band 3 (1,201–2,400 mi): 15 · Band 4 (2,401–5,000 mi): 25 · Band 5 (5,001+ mi): 35 11|3、 Premium Economy (typical booking classes W, T, R†) · Band 1 (0–600 mi): 20 · Band 2 (601–1,200 mi): 35 · Band 3 (1,201–2,400 mi): 50 · Band 4 (2,401–5,000 mi): 90 · Band 5 (5,001+ mi): 120 12|4、 Business (typical booking classes J, C, D, I) · Band 1 (0–600 mi): 40 · Band 2 (601–1,200 mi): 60 · Band 3 (1,201–2,400 mi): 100 · Band 4 (2,401–5,000 mi): 180 · Band 5 (5,001+ mi): 210 13|5、 First (typical booking classes A, F) · Band 1 (0–600 mi): 60 · Band 2 (601–1,200 mi): 80 · Band 3 (1,201–2,400 mi): 130 · Band 4 (2,401–5,000 mi): 240 · Band 5 (5,001+ mi): 280 14|6、 Qatar Airways R (Business Lite) · Band 1 (0–600 mi): 0 · Band 2 (601–1,200 mi): 0 · Band 3 (1,201–2,400 mi): 0 · Band 4 (2,401–5,000 mi): 0 · Band 5 (5,001+ mi): 0 15| 16|† Booking class mappings vary by airline; always verify on the partner’s official fare code list before purchase. 17| 18|### British Airways 19| 20|British Airways follows the grid with no recent carve-outs. Economy discount classes map as shown, and BA’s T class in Premium Economy earns the W/T/R rate. A Sydney–London return via Singapore on BA-operated metal in Business (I class) covers Band 5 on each sector, delivering 210 SC per direction and 420 SC total — sufficient to secure Qantas Silver in a single round trip. Codeshares where the flight number begins with QF but are operated by BA earn Qantas’ own international table rates, not the partner grid, so booking with the BA flight number is essential to capture the higher partner earn. 21| 22|### American Airlines 23| 24|American Airlines’ first and business products map identically. US discount economy class N and most S fares now slot into the Economy Discount tier, meaning short-haul domestic connections often yield only 5–10 SC per segment. A Dallas–Los Angeles flight (Band 2, 761 mi) in Y class nets 25 SC, while V class nets just 10. For status runners, avoiding deep-discount AA economy in favour of Main Cabin Flexible (Y/B) can triple the SC haul on a transcontinental itinerary, though at a significant fare premium. 25| 26|### Cathay Pacific 27| 28|Cathay Pacific’s