With six out of every ten frequent flyer points coming from sources other than actually flying—and credit cards earning the bulk of those—getting the right mix of cards in your wallet is important to planning your next trip. Here is a sample of highlights from credit card providers available now.
Latest Offers
We round up the cards with noteworthy bonus offers to know about this month.
Credit Card | Bonus Points | Annual Fee | Offer end date | Card Guide |
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Gift Card | ||||
St.George Amplify Rewards Signature ↓ | 150,000 Amplify Rewards Points (can get up to $675 in eGift cards) | $199 for the first year, $295 p.a. ongoing | 30 April 2025 | Read Here |
ANZ Rewards Black ↓ | 180,000 ANZ Rewards Points (can get a $800 Gift Card) | $375 p.a. ongoing | ongoing | Read Here |
Qantas Points | ||||
Qantas Premier Titanium ↓ | 150,000 Qantas Points | $1,200 | ongoing | Read Here |
American Express Qantas Business Rewards ↓ | 130,000 Qantas Points | $450 p.a. ongoing | 14 January 2025 | Read Here |
Westpac Altitude Qantas Black ↓ | Up to 120,000 Qantas Points | $295 p.a. plus $75 annual Rewards fee | 30 April 2025 | Read Here |
Citi Premier Qantas Credit Card ↓ | 110,000 Qantas Points | $350 p.a. | ongoing | Read Here |
Qantas Premier Platinum ↓ | Up to 80,000 Qantas Points | $349 for the first year, $399 p.a. ongoing | ongoing | Read Here |
Qantas American Express Ultimate ↓ | 50,000 bonus Qantas Points | $450 p.a. | 14 January 2025 | Read Here |
Qantas American Express Premium Card ↓ | 30,000 Qantas Points | $249 p.a. | ongoing | Read Here |
Velocity Points | ||||
American Express Velocity Business ↓ | 120,000 Velocity Points | $249 p.a. ongoing | ongoing | Read Here |
Citi Premier Credit Card ↓ | Up to 110,000 Velocity Points | $300 p.a. ongoing | 20 January 2024 | Read Here |
ANZ Rewards Black ↓ | 90,000 Velocity Points (equivalent) | $375 p.a. ongoing | ongoing | Read Here |
NAB Rewards Platinum ↓ | Up to 80,000 Velocity Points (equivalent) | $95 for the first year, $195 p.a. ongoing | 30 April 2025 | Read Here |
NAB Rewards Signature ↓ | Up to 80,000 Velocity Points (equivalent) | $145 for the first year, $295 p.a. ongoing | ongoing | Read Here |
Westpac Altitude Rewards Black ↓ | 50,000 Velocity Points (equivalent) | $200 for the first year, $295 p.a. ongoing | 30 April 2025 | Read Here |
KrisFlyer miles | ||||
Westpac Altitude Rewards Black ↓ | 50,000 KrisFlyer miles (equivalent) | $200 for the first year, $295 p.a. ongoing | 30 April 2025 | Read Here |
ANZ Rewards Black ↓ | 60,000 KrisFlyer miles (equivalent) | $375 p.a. ongoing | ongoing | Read Here |
NAB Rewards Signature ↓ | Up to 60,000 KrisFlyer miles | $24 monthly fee | ongoing | Read Here |
American Express Membership Rewards | ||||
American Express Platinum Business ↓ | 250000 Premium Ascent Membership Rewards Points | $875 in the first year (normally $1,750 p.a.) | 25 March 2025 | Read Here |
American Express Platinum ↓ | 150,000 Ascent Premium Membership Rewards points | $1,450 p.a. | 28 January 2025 | Read Here |
American Express Explorer ↓ | 50,000 Amex MR Points | $395 p.a. | ongoing | Read Here |
Digging into the details
Learn more about the cards with noteworthy offers this month.
Gift Cards
Qantas
Velocity Points
Krisflyer Miles
American Express Membership Rewards
American Express Membership Rewards points are amongst the most flexible out there, with the ability to be transferred to key frequent flyer programs like Velocity, KrisFlyer and Asia Miles, as well as Qantas for Platinum and Business Platinum Card Members.
You can also check out our full list of credit card offers as well as our best uses of points series.
Generally, we only feature Exclusive deals or cards with a high frequent flyer points sign-on bonus, however, do note that we have pages for both NO Annual Fee cards and Balance Transfer cards that may appeal to you.
https://www.pointhacks.com.au/credit-cards/no-annual-fee-frequent-flyer-credit-cards/
https://www.pointhacks.com.au/credit-cards/credit-cards-for-balance-transfers/
Great article – one additional metric which would be really useful along with the bonus points would be to understand what the earn rate per $ is for each card. The bonus is useful, however after this I would love to know which card will earn me the most points.
Thanks
can you confirm with any of the velocity credit card offers do any check my payroll department for proof of income, i work for government and always have issues with credit providers contacting them for proof as they will not give out my pay details to anyone unless court ordered?
thanks in advancer
I held a black Westpac card in the past 12 months but it has been closed. Does this make me ineligible for the bonus points for the Westpac platinum card.
Thanks.
So you would have to wait 12 months from when you closed the card.
Any idea when the 100k sign-up bonus may return on the Personal Plat Charge?
Thanks.
We use SPG points more than say Qantas and already have AMEX cards.
Any thoughts on best card offer for this scenario ?
It would be great to see the Aspire cars in Australia
https://www.americanexpress.com/us/credit-cards/card/hilton-honors-aspire/
https://www.americanexpress.com/us/credit-cards/card/hilton-honors-aspire/
it seems the Virgin High Flyer 120,000 bonus points has been extended until Feb 28,2018.
visible when you go through the velocity website.
https://www.virginmoney.com.au/products/credit-card/multi-credit-cards/velocity-home-main/airline/?cid=CC:27:15
https://www.virginmoney.com.au/products/credit-card/multi-credit-cards/velocity-home-main/airline/?cid=CC:27:15
Ends Feb 28
I am trying to decide on which business card to choose.
How can I compare them?
I can only find compare option for non-business cards
It’s definitely not worth sticking around the full year to get the extra 30k for another annual fee (90k points for $558 over 13 months – no thanks)!
Quick question regarding the ANZ Black card, I used to have a QFF Platinum with them, and cancelled it. So, when you say “offer only available to new ANZ Frequent Flyer customers who meet eligibility criteria, exclusions apply”, does that mean I won’t qualify for the bonus points? I cannot find any clarity on the ANZ website.
Thanks.
Jon
I’m in the market for a better QFF point earning card, and would consider Qantas Ultimate if it wasn’t for this clause. Do they really want to push me to close my two existing accounts and serve the 18 month time, just so I qualify for a deal that may/may not come up next year?
Have they never heard the old adage that the best customer is the one you already have?
Conversely, although I have no first hand experience of this unlike the UK cards, which I still have, Amex USA are worse – no churning ever.
I had the basic ANZ frequent flyer Visa/Amex and got rid of it around two weeks ago, applied for the Ultimate Qantas AMEX (through the PH link), and have just received my 75,000 bonus points.