ANZ has launched their own online retail portal called ANZ Bonus Points Mall, giving customers the chance to reap ANZ Rewards points with some pretty favourable earn rates.
This is a great win for ANZ Rewards cardholders, and adds a USP to ANZ Rewards versus using other online malls, as the flexibility of ANZ Rewards points allows you to leverage them for more options and greater value than earning a single frequent flyer program’s currency.
The participating retailers
With 43 retailers at launch (full list here), it is definitely smaller than the offerings from Qantas and Velocity, but one can expect that list to grow with time.
It includes a mix of Australian retailers like The Iconic, Bonds and Country Road, but also overseas companies such as Apple, eBay, Macy’s, ASOS and Marks & Spencer.
Earn rates
| Retailer | ANZ Rewards points per $1 spent |
|---|---|
| Apple Store Australia | 3 |
| ASOS AU | 10 |
| Aveda | 10 |
| Bonds | 10 |
| Booktopia | 10 |
| Charles Tyrwhitt AU | 10 |
| Cotton On | 10 |
| Country Road | 8 |
| Dan Murphy's | 7 |
| David Jones | 10 |
| Dell | 7 |
| eBay Australia | 3 |
| Forever New | 8 |
| Fossil | 10 |
| General Pants | 6 |
| Glasshouse Fragrance | 10 |
| Hotels.com | 8 |
| iTunes Australia | 10 |
| Kathmandu | 8 |
| Kogan.com | 4 |
| L'OCCITANE | 4 |
| Lorna Jane | 7 |
| Macy's [AU] | 8 |
| MARCS | 10 |
| Marks & Spencer UK | 10 |
| Menulog AU | 3 |
| Microsoft Store AU | 3 |
| My Pet | 8 |
| Oroton | 7 |
| Peter Alexander | 7 |
| SABA | 7 |
| Samsung AU | 6 |
| Seafolly | 10 |
| Smiggle | 7 |
| Sportscraft | 7 |
| StrawberryNET | 10 |
| SurfStitch | 8 |
| Ted's Cameras | 3 |
| The Body Shop | 8 |
| The Iconic | 6 |
| Wiggle | 4 |
| Wotif | 10 |
| Zanui | 10 |
All cardholders of credit cards linked to ANZ Rewards are eligible to use the ANZ Bonus Points Mall. Our full guide to ANZ Rewards is here, and the new ANZ Rewards Travel Adventures Card is here.
A comparison with other online malls
It looks like the ANZ Bonus Points Mall has some favourable – or at least comparable – earn rates (at least for now) compared to common malls that Australian buyers tend to use. We compared the earn rates for a range of retailers across four of these malls:
- ANZ Bonus Points Mall
- Qantas Online Mall
- Velocity eStore
- CashRewards
| Online retailer | ANZ Bonus Points Mall | Qantas Online Mall | Velocity eStore | CashRewards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple | 3 | 2 | 2 | - |
| eBay | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1.25% cashback |
| Bonds | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6.4% cashback |
| David Jones | 10 | 5 | - | 6% cashback |
| Dan Murphy's | 7 | - | - | 7% cashback |
| iTunes | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5.6% cashback |
| The Iconic | 6 | 4 | 2 | 8% cashback |
Note that CashRewards may offer you cold hard cashback, but it also often has some restrictions on how you earn, depending on the product(s) purchased. For example, wine bought at Dan Murphy’s will earn the maximum 7% cashback while beer is half of that, so make sure you check out the terms and conditions for each retailer on the CashRewards website.
Key terms
- Points are not earned on gift card purchases, GST or delivery/shipping charges
- Points can take up to 90 days to credit to your ANZ Rewards account – so you can’t rely on this as a way to top up for a specific redemption
There are also other bonus point options run by programs like KrisFlyer, Asia Miles Citibank and Westpac, so if you are going to make an especially large purchase, it would be useful to check out our Bonus Points Earn Finder Tool for a full comparison.
Does anyone know if the eBay seller fees can earn Bonus Points if payed via the eBay portal?
I have seller fees every month of around $1,000, this would be a nice bonus. If anyone knows how to get this to work, input is appreciated 🙂
Cheers
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ASOS do a refund if you return clothes within 28 days.
Is it possible to do a bulk purchase using the Rewards Card, gain the 10 points per dollar, return all the clothes and actually retain the points earnt?
Thanks in advance
Generally the lead time for points being approved to credit to your account takes into account return policies.
So all flight and hotel bookings through wotif snag 10 points per $1.
Vs the 1 or 2 reward point earn rate on any other booking agent, it would make sense to book through wotif via anz & rack bulk points?? Wotif I’ve found looks always slightly dearer than everybody else but for that earn rate it’s worth it in points considering I fly international every 2 weeks ?!
Quite possible, but you’ll probably need to run the maths for each hotel booking to be sure.
Can the ANZ reward points be converted to qantas points?
No – to Velocity, KrisFlyer and Asia Miles though.
Should consider adding the CashRewards cashback % to your Bonus Points Finder Tool
So I have the Anz qantas frequent flyer visa/Amex cards (Amex black I think it is) is it fair to say that this is not a “rewards” card so won’t be able to benefit from shopping here instead of the qantas mall?
That’s correct, yes. This is a perk for ANZ Rewards cardholders only.
Do you have to use your ANZ card to get the bonus points? For example if I click through and make a purchase with my Amex edge will I get the bonus points?
Nope, you can use any card you wish. It’s the fact that you are clicking through to the retailer from the ANZ portal that will give you the ANZ Rewards points, rather than which payment method you use.