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Buying alcohol through Qantas Wine is one of the simplest ways to earn Qantas Points if you enjoy a beverage. (It’s also a quick way to top-up your Qantas Points balance if you’re a bit short).
This guide covers both the free and paid membership options. It outlines how you can earn bonus points for free flights, and whether it’s worth going for the paid premium membership.
What is Qantas Wine?
Qantas Wine (previously known as EpiQure before 2018) is the airline’s wine program and offers the ability to earn thousands of bonus Qantas Points from wine, beer and spirits purchases. Wines are usually bought in cases of six or 12, rather than per-bottle.
Qantas Wine has also added a range of gourmet food – and while they won’t be a substitute for your groceries, these hampers are still worth bearing in mind for gifts or treats.
Making a purchase through Qantas Wine is one of the fastest ways to extend the expiry of your Qantas Points. Points usually post within 3-5 business days, often sooner. Plus, you can often get up to 20,000 bonus points on cases, which really boosts your balance.
Who can use Qantas Wine?
Anyone over 18 years of age with a Qantas Frequent Flyer membership (join for free here) can purchase wines from Qantas. You must have an Australian delivery address.
For all intents and purposes, Qantas Wine is a website where any member can order wine and other treats for delivery within Australia.
How many Qantas Points can I earn through Qantas Wine?
Qantas Wine free membership
As a regular Qantas Frequent Flyer member, you can access Qantas Wine as a customer with an account that’s linked to your Qantas Frequent Flyer number.
You’ll earn one bonus Qantas Point for each dollar spent. On top of that, you’ll also receive free delivery on all orders over $300 and email invites for bonus point promotions. Delivery fees for orders under $300 range from $7 for city deliveries to $19 for country deliveries.
Qantas Wine Premium membership
Alongside the free membership, Qantas also has a paid membership on offer. This will set you back $99 or 13,000 Qantas Points per year, sometimes with a free gift included on sign-up.
An example of a free gift is a bottle of Taittinger Brut Réserve champagne, which we’d value at ~AU$60. This isn’t always offered though, so perhaps wait until a sign-up deal comes back.
As a Premium member, you’ll receive three points per AU$1 spent, on top of free delivery on all orders.
You’ll also receive invites to exclusive events for Qantas Wine members. However, these are often paid events, rather than free, and won’t suit all tastes. Here’s a write-up on an external site of an event held in Adelaide, for example.
There’s also a wine subscription option where you can opt-in to receive wines delivered quarterly based on your preferences. Joining a wine plan also comes with a complimentary paid membership. So it could be worth looking at if you were considering the membership anyway.
Double dip on points with Qantas Business Rewards
If you’re an ABN holder, don’t forget to sign up for Qantas Business Rewards. You could be reeling in up to five Qantas Points per dollar spent! All you need to do is link your Qantas Frequent Flyer number to your Qantas Business Rewards account, and use that membership number at checkout.
You’ll earn:
- Two Qantas Points per dollar as a Qantas Business Rewards member, plus
- Up to three Qantas Points per dollar with a Qantas Wine Premium membership.
As a Qantas Business Rewards member, you get free Qantas Wine Premium membership if you buy something at least once a year. Simply add the code N48WINE27 to the voucher field in the checkout. Learn more here.
Negotiate extra points with a Wine Advisor
If you’ve recently been browsing Qantas Wine without checking out, you might be contacted by a ‘Personal Wine Advisor’ who can set you up with further discounts, bonus points or free shipping depending on how your negotiations go.
They may also give you a referral code, so you’ll get rewarded when other people contact them to buy wine. But it’s a win-win scenario because the people you refer can also negotiate special deals.
If you get a call or email from a Qantas Wine Advisor about your unfinished purchase, you might be able to negotiate more points. As a reference point, someone with Points Club Plus membership was able to trade their 10% discount in exchange for 3,000 bonus Qantas Points.
There have also been data points of customers simply successfully requesting extra bonus points, which the advisors are usually happy to offer if you meet a minimum spend.
How can I get a free Qantas Wine Premium membership?
Holders of the Qantas American Express Ultimate card, Qantas American Express Premium and Qantas Frequent Flyer Platinum One status holders get a complimentary Premium membership, as do Points Club members and Qantas Business Rewards members who make a purchase. That means you’ll enjoy all the above benefits without paying extra fees.
Qantas American Express Ultimate
Previous coupons offering a complimentary one-year membership have shown up. Many members commonly receive free renewals year after year if they continue to make purchases.
And as we mentioned before, wine subscription members also get a complimentary Premium membership.
Enjoy a complimentary Premium membership to Qantas Wine, plus some bonus sign-up points, with the American Express Qantas Premium card
How do I earn bonus Qantas Points with Qantas Wine?
Utilise bonus offers
Bonus points are usually awarded for certain cases of wines. This is often on the more expensive options, but sometimes also on some of the more accessible mixed cases.
Bonuses usually start at 2,000 Qantas Points and work their way up to 20,000 points depending on the price of the case or bottle of wine.
The key concept to understand is that there’s no general rule you can apply around the value of wine pricing on the website. Sometimes it’s a good offer, especially when the wine comes with a stash of bonus points. Conversely, the standard pricing can often be beaten by your local wine merchant.
It’s worth keeping an eye on the Qantas Wine sale page of their website for some of the better deals.
Use a Qantas Points-earning credit card
If you use a credit card that earns Qantas Points, then you can boost your points earn by up to 1.25 bonus points per dollar spent. Note that Qantas Wine purchases don’t count as spend on selected Qantas products and services – they’re categorised as general spend.
Using Qantas Points to buy wine
If you are ‘points rich’, you can also choose to pay for your wine using your Qantas Points balance. However, we wouldn’t recommend it as you can get better value out of your points by using them for flight redemptions or upgrades.
Summing up
The fastest way to earn points out of Qantas Wine is to look out for the bonus point promotions in your inbox. Then see if they meet your taste for wine to stock up on when they crop up.
These bonuses can quickly bump up your Qantas Points balance if earned wisely. Buy wine online and earn plenty of points in the process. Sounds like a win-win to us!
Supplementary images courtesy of Qantas Frequent Flyer and Qantas Wine.
Anyone here ordered from Qantas wine recently? How long did it take for the order to arrive? I’m trying to gauge when is mine going to arrive…
One to two weeks.
You should be able to check per the delivery number in the confirmatory email of the order entered into the courier website tracking function.
That said, on one of my recent orders, the delivery number did not register until a day or two before delivery.
FWIW you should be able to target at least 40 to 50 plus points per dollar earn (if points earn is your thing). If it isn’t, simply buy your wine from a cheaper supplier and forget the points – too much gratuitous QF promotion on this website. Peak earn IME has been around 170 points per dollar – just scooped well over 300,000 QF points on a modest wine purchase….;)
To add:
– You get a $50 wine spend voucher with Points Club
– You get 2x$50 wine spend vouchers with Points Club Plus
– You get a 10% discount on the wine cost with Points Club Plus
– There is a current promotion with QF Business Rewards of 10,000 additional bonus points for a $1000 spend (to 15 January 2023)
Hi Matt,
As an Amex ultimate card holder, How do I sign up and receive the complimentary premium membership?
Thanks
Hey Alex, you know what? I’m unsure. My best guess would be to log in to your American Express account and navigate to Benefits. If it’s not there, then contact American Express directly using the phone number on the back of your card.
any recent data points on how long it takes the bonus points to post? I need 10k and figure I may as well get some wine with it rather than buying the points direct from QF as a top up
many thanks
This is a late response but may be useful to others in future; I have received my points very quickly on all previous purchases – within a week.
A couple of times now I’ve gone to the best or near best points per dollar spent wine on a Tuesday or Wednesday only to find they have sold out. Is there a bit of bait and switch marketing going on or is there really that much of a run on the bank the ample supply is depleted? I used to buy regularly but there’s always that voice that says I’m only buying something else because what bought me here is sold out, and on principal I feel I’ve been sucked in.
Could be bait-and-switch on the part of Qantas—we don’t have access to info on their inventory. Perhaps there is just so much demand for the high bonus points that those wines go quickly.
That qantas wines website is terrible.
I am not getting the bonus 15,000 or 20,000 points when selecting the Forest Hill Block 5 Cabernet Sauvignon 2012 or Katnook Premium Shiraz and Cabernet Six
I can not delete anything already in my cart such as the $99 membership
And the prices are about 15% more expensive than they are in this list. i.e. Forest Hill Block 5 Cabernet Sauvignon 2012 not $348.00 it’s actually $390 for me.
They change every Tuesday, so there may be a discrepancy between the lists.
You used to have a column that allowed us to sort the Qantas Wines by ‘points per $ spent’ but it seems to have disappeared. Is this column gone forever?
It’s still there, the second last column. Maybe you just need to scroll over.
Hi
There is two errors in the 10000 pts wine, for the one with $162 per case and $228 per case, the points is only 5000 or 8000
Hi there,
You might need to make an amendment as it looks like Qantas made a mistake. I was going to purchase the Dal Zotto Pucino Prosecco [$162] with 10,000 bonus points which is what they had listed when you clicked on the link but when I went back to complete the purchase, they had changed it to only 5000.
Thought it was too good to be true!
Love your EpiQure list. So easy to find good deals!
Thanks,
Natascha
Also the Yarrabank Sparkling has been changed from 10,000 bonus points to 7,000 🙁
I wonder what happened? Was it a ‘bank error’ by Qantas?
I managed to score the Dal Zotto Arneis x 6 for 10000 points on Monday night at $162. Qantas credited the points Tuesday.
Basically I forked out a $24 premium on Dan Murphy prices to get the 10000 points plus for wine I would look to buy anyway. Probably the best value points deal I’ve scored to date without harming my credit file (plus I am limited to what I can carry, so the 6 bottle box deals are what I look for). I only regret not buying more of it!
By Tuesday arvo the Dal Zotto was back to 5000 points per half dozen.
Great win!
Hi Matt, You produce a really useful wine list thank you. I have used it 3 times now. From my point of view an extra column would be useful. To get ‘best value’ I subtract the cost of what I would often spend on my everyday wines $12 – $16 (I call it $13) and then find out how much the bonus points ‘cost’ me. In other words say the dozen wine is $240 then I subtract $156 (13 x 12) because that is what I would spend anyway. Now I have a cost of $84 to get say 7220 points. This gives me a cost of 8400/7220 or 1.163434903047091 cents per point – in the good value range. So now I am buying most of my wine this way instead of from Dan. The other bonus is I get a more expensive wine for $13 per bottle.
Thanks! We’re always looking for ways to improve so we will definitely take this into consideration.
Went on Qantas Epiqure to load up on a few wines and noticed almost all Bonus Points offers have been removed and almost all prices have been jacked up significantly (follow the links in the chart above to see what I mean)
We noticed that this week too. Let’s see what next week brings.
Judging from this morning’s email offer from them, the Bonus Points could be a thing of the past
Hi,
The Halliday Festive White Dozen has been sold out for a few weeks now. 🙁
Mat
Wow, this actually looks like a halfway decent way to earn points. Definitely the best I’ve seen.
I bought two lots of the Jamesons Deconstructed series yesterday.
This morning I had received almost 7000 FF points in my account. Winning!
Loving the extra points for something I’d want to buy anyway.
Absolutely! EpiQure is a great-value way to pick up big points on something you may consume anyway. Cheers!
Hi! I found your site quite interesting as I have to make a purchase in the next two days or lose my Frequent Flyer points! (hadn’t been using my card because of a name change) Just wondering if I still get the bonus points if I’m not a paid member of the Epicure program?
Where is the Muscat? I just bought a half dozen at $129 with 5000 points.
I read on the website that it might take up to 6 weeks to be credited, I was using it as an alternative to purchasing a small amount of points I required to make a booking shortly. What is your experience of this?
In my experience Epiqure points have posted to my account very quickly – usually immediately, or within 24 hours. But I guess anything is possible so they are covering themselves in the terms in case of any issues.
Hi just wondering if in addition to the 3 points per $ for premium members points points will be credited as per whatever credit card reward program you have, meaning its potential around 4.5-5 points per $ spent in addition to whatever bonus points
That’s right John – you can earn points from your card on top of those earned directly from Epiqure. The transaction is also processed by Qantas, so if you card earns bonus points for travel spend, then that gets factored in too 🙂
Great table!
I’m considering using a bonus points offer instead of a points top up- does anyone know how long it takes for points to be credited through epiqure to frequent flyer?
Usually immediately, but sometimes up to 24 hours.
Just received and tasted the Katnook Odyssey 2009: scrumptious!!!
Well done (and thank you) for the table.
As to EpiQure, their wine is as dear as poison, so I let my membership go a few years back. I worked out that I was paying a lot more for my wine for those points. I now buy vastly better value wine at Dan’s or similar.
Was going to order two case of Taylor’s tonight but seems they’ve removed the points from these and put the price up! Also points gone from The Hundred Granache 🙁
I need 10k points so cheapest deal is the Bird in Hand Chardonnay at $192 for 6. Bit pricey at 3.5 pts per $ but i’m sure i can use the 12 bottles of wine for gifts
recently ordered Taylors Heritage Shiraz 2014 with 5000 bonus points – very satisfied with the deal!
I think you sent out this week’s guide a day early… plenty of new specials have just opened up today (10 August).
Thanks for the heads up!
Hi Keith and Immanuel – your chart is being lauded on AFF at the moment, good job well done. One of the posters there stated that he doesn’t buy any product from Epicure unless it is better than 30FF points per $. The choice of a preferred wine aside, the Nashwauk 2012 shiraz is even better value than the three specials you have mentioned according to his methodology.
Well done again..
If you’re getting close to 40 points per $ (After bonus points and card earning) and value Qantas points at 1.5c each, you’re getting the wine for 60% off! Another way of looking at it is if you’re redeeming the points for flights worth 2.5c per point (easily done for the front of the plane), then the wine pays for itself!
Great table, but it would be even more useful it it had a $ per point column (or Point per $). I like quite a broad range of wines, so knowing at a glance which will give me the most QF points for my spend is helpful…
Thanks for the suggestion David, going to be included in the next round up.
they changed the click and collect to $5 fee as well. might as well have it delivered to home for an extra $2.
I commented on the Premium Membership hack thread that the “59join” code nolonger works, but you might be able to wangle “Free” premium membership through the wine plans.
The Best’s Bin 1 was the best (ooh – puns!) points/dollar offer and the actual price was quite good (Compared to Dan Murphy’s). Alas they have under a case left as I write this, so no 5k points for me!
The Hardy’s HRB Shiraz and the Yalumba Malbec are the next best “points per $” offers, IMHO.
I must admit, I’ve been ignoring EpiQure for years as I’ve felt most online wine vendors (Especially those from companies not directly involved in wine making – like banks) tend to put a lot of undrinkable filler in their selections with lots of flowery prose to describe them. When I actually looked at the EpiQure selection I taken aback at the quality of it all. So far the Dr Dan’s price comparisons have been pretty reasonable too.
Interestingly, Epiqure now has a section on their website that collates all of their bonus points offers. I’m wondering if they did this in response to your development of this bonus points table. Personally, I still prefer yours as it breaks down additional information regarding the points on offer.
Link: https://www.qantasepiqure.com.au/c/bonuspoints
Iiinnteereesttinnng…. our table is still better 🙂
Great analysis.
@Shalini – yes, points earn per dollar would be very useful: points earn per bottle does not really provide an effective measure of value.
@Keith @Shalini – looking forward for those data in the updated table – many thanks
Thanks Keith, very helpful! Could you add another column with points per $ based on the bonus points + 3points per $?
For sure, will be in next weeks updates!
This table is a great idea. Displaying the price per bottle after removing the value of the points (assuming 1 point is worth 1 cent) would be helpful. This would help to compare these offers with those from other retailers that do not include points.
Noted, will get it in there.
The deal you have shown above is not bad, but some of the lesser bonus points offers (such as 2000 points on a $300 purchase over the last few weeks) are not that great.
The lure of bonus points is strong, but ultimately most consumers get locked into buying a case of a specific wine they wouldn’t have otherwise. Is it really worth it?
Agree – you have to consider each deal on its merits, and most deals won’t stack up.
I think each of those is for a 3pack as per the image Keith, not 6 pack as listed. In this case both of those offers are not as competitive e.g. the d’Arenberg is the better deal saving you $7 per bottle on the cellar prices plus the bonus points. The Marsanne is the opposite though, whereby you are actually paying $1 more per bottle in order to snag the bonus points.
Fastest comment ever 🙂 Have updated the post, and the commentary as well. But verdict is the same, it’s around RRP, plus 5k bonus points = at least $50 worth of value on top.