Originally Posted by
Troo believer
Qantas makes money out of the points they sell. Do you think they give them away? One can’t survive without the other.
When points are redeemed for a seat on a flight, the FF division pays an amount to QF Domestic or International roughly equivalent to a staff fare - you wouldn’t want more than 10% of the passengers on each flight to be FF redemptions as you won’t cover costs.
This always makes the FF scheme very profitable but it doesn’t generate much cash for the airline.