Tempted to book that staycation or your next holiday? Act fast because Qantas Hotels is offering up to 20,000 bonus Qantas Points for accommodation bookings.
Qantas Hotels is one of the better third-party booking platforms for earning points, as members can enjoy special deals at some properties. You can also earn or use Qantas Points on bookings.
How to earn up to 20,000 bonus Qantas Points at Qantas Hotels
| Expiry: Book by 11:59 pm AEDT Wednesday 27 March 2024 |
Simply make a booking at an eligible hotel between 21 and 27 March 2024 (inclusive) for travel on any bookable dates. The number of bonus Qantas Points you can earn depends on how much you spend – with a minimum spend of $500 needed to earn a bonus. Here’s what you could get:
- 5,000 bonus Qantas Points when you spend $500
- 10,000 bonus Qantas Points when you spend $1,000
- 20,000 bonus Qantas Points when you spend $2,000
There’s not much you need to do. Just visit Qantas Hotels and book an eligible stay. Here’s how it would work for a stay worth $550.
- Normal bookings earn (3pts/$): 1,650 Qantas Points (worth around $31.35)
- With promotional bonus offer: 6,650 Qantas Points (worth around $126.35)
- If you’re a Points Club member (+25% on the base earn, bonus on top): 7,062 Qantas Points (worth around $134.18)
- And if you’re a Points Club Plus member (+50% on the base, bonus on top): 7,475 Qantas Points (worth around $142.03)
With this latest bonus points offer, you can get real value back in Qantas Points – particularly if you’re also a Points Club or Points Club Plus member!
Qantas Hotels offer history (since 2019)
| Date | Total Qantas Points per dollar | Duration | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2024 | Up to 10 | 7 days | Set bonus of 5,000, 10,000 or 20,000 points |
| February 2024 | 9 | 7 days | All hotels |
| November 2023 | 9 | 7 days | Victorian hotels |
| September 2023 | 9 | 7 days | All hotels |
| February 2023 | 9 | 5 days | All hotels |
| January 2022 | 9 | 3 days | All hotels |
| October 2021 | 9 | 3 days | All hotels |
| July 2021 | 9 | 5 days | All hotels |
| October 2020 | - | 4 days | 20% off hotels |
| August 2020 | - | 3 days | 5,000 bonus points on all hotel bookings |
| February 2020 | 9 | 5 days | All hotels |
| December 2019 | 6 | 3 days | International hotels only |
| May 2019 | 9 | 3 days | All hotels |
| February 2019 | 9 | 3 days | All hotels |
| January 2019 | 6 | 3 days | Domestic hotels only |
Summing up
If you don’t frequently stay at one particular hotel chain, it can be more lucrative to earn airline frequent flyer points instead. Qantas Hotels is worth including in your price comparison research versus Hotels.com, Expedia, and the like, given that all hotels booked through their platform earn points.
Read our separate detailed guide to earning points when booking accommodation through Qantas Hotels or through Airbnb. Plus, we explain how you could directly earn Qantas Points through hotel loyalty programs such as Hilton Honors or IHG Rewards Club.
The regular Qantas Hotels earning rate is 3 points per dollar spent at over 200,000 partner hotels. Qantas Business Rewards members are able to earn extra points by including their ABN on the booking.
With all other things like price being equal, you are earning a points kickback worth ~6% when booking through Qantas Hotels if you value your Qantas Points at 1.9 cents per point. That reaches closer to ~18% when there’s a triple-point offer!
Frequently asked questions
Qantas Points tend to have better value when used for flights, but if using points for hotels works out best for you, then it can be worth it.
Any bookable property listed on Qantas Hotels can earn Qantas Frequent Flyer points. Remember to use a reward points-earning credit card to earn even more points.
No, it is not possible to book Airbnb properties using Qantas Points.
Qantas Points are worth different amounts depending on how you choose to spend them. Read our guide to points valuations for more information.
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My business class reward flight Syd to Tokyo was 82,000 so practically a ‘free’ flight (excluding airport charges).
Looks good to me in this case
My two vouchers (UAD100 and AUD50) useable to book QF Hotels have disappeared from my online account coinciding with the end of the Points Plus membership year although their validity extended for months.
The rollover of 100 status credits also not honoured. How the hell do you get that fixed?
Is it too much to expect that when an airline promises loyalty benefits they actually deliver on such without having to spend goodness knows how much person, time and effort to fix their incompetent mess?!
When you interview these airline dudes, and it’s just and idea, how about you confront them with the reality of the impacts on your readers arising from their own stupefying incompetence and failures to do their jobs?
No doubt this promo will be done long before I get get any sense out these fcukiwts and be able to stack the vouchers with the bonus earn.
I was looking at the ‘Hotel Deals’ tab. The hotels I checked on Qantas were priced either the same or marginally more expensive than the best rate offered by the hotel directly; but the difference was small.
I’m booking 10 nights in New York at a cost of $450 per night. I’m earning 4 Qantas points per dollar (ABN + 3 points) = 18000 points all up. This is enough for a business class flight between Sydney-Brisbane, worth around $600-700.
If I make the same booking through hotels.com, I’ll earn a free night worth about $200.