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Qantas Frequent Flyer will retire Points Club, Points Club Plus and Green Tier on December 8, 2026. Those qualification routes are closing, but the benefits do not all stop together: valid Points Club entitlements can continue under their membership rules, while ordinary Green Tier benefits end on retirement day. The retirement applies to these components of Qantas Frequent Flyer.
Qantas’s dedicated retirement FAQ names December 7 as the last day to attain Points Club or Points Club Plus, and its program terms require qualification before December 8. However, the live Points Club page says on or before December 8, while one FAQ example says by December 8. Cached Qantas Hotels wording also uses December 8, but could not be verified on the live page. The explicit last-day answer and terms make December 7 the better-supported planning boundary, subject to an earlier personal Membership Year deadline. The conflict remains unresolved; the checked sources give no exact cutoff time or timezone.
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That boundary is not a promise that a last-minute transaction will count. For non-airline partner points, Qantas’s terms tie the accrual date to when the partner advises Qantas of the points earned. A card purchase or transfer request made before the deadline does not, by itself, prove qualification. The checked Qantas notices establish no amendment to a named card issuer’s earning or transfer contract; individual issuer terms were not audited.
For valid pre-retirement Points Club qualification, applicable benefits continue through the Membership Year in which qualification occurred and the following Membership Year. Check your own qualification, retention and expiry dates: current membership does not automatically gain another year when the program retires. Issued Hotels and Holidays vouchers and lounge invitations keep their existing expiry dates and conditions. Retirement neither cancels them all on December 8 nor extends their validity.
Affected: Qantas Frequent Flyer members using or seeking Points Club or Points Club Plus, and eligible Australian residents using Green Tier; surviving benefits depend on individual entitlement and the earned-reward exception.