Supercharge your Qantas Points balance from your regular purchases with Qantas Shopping. The online portal offers bonus Qantas Points for eligible purchases made at popular retailers across categories such as fashion, home appliances, electronics and more.
Best of all, there’s minimal effort required. Simply click through the retailer from Qantas Shopping and complete the check out process, as usual, to receive Qantas Points on your shop. Easy!
Read on to learn more about how Qantas Shopping works, or watch our video below.
What is Qantas Shopping?
Qantas Shopping is the airline’s version of an online shopping portal, allowing Qantas Frequent Flyer members to earn points on purchases from a large range of online partner retailers.
Every day, you could be earning up to 7 Qantas Points per $1 spent at major retailers – and even more during special promo periods! Add to that a Qantas Points-earning credit card, and you can see how easy it is to earn Qantas Points while shopping.
‘Online malls’ work by getting you to click through to a partner retailer, then tracking your purchases to award bonus points to your loyalty account.
And the ‘online mall’ format isn’t exclusive to Qantas, either. In fact, Velocity Frequent Flyer members can earn points via the Velocity e-Store, and Cathay members can earn via the Asia Miles iShop. Or, if you’d rather earn cash instead of points, consider a cashback website like Cashrewards, TopCashback or ShopBack. Many of these online malls carry the same retailers, so you can take your pick of loyalty programs or cashback offers.
Also read: Don’t want to use points cards for travel rewards? Consider cashback instead
How do I earn Qantas Points with Qantas Shopping?
The main way to enter the shopping portal is to head to the Qantas Shopping website on a desktop, laptop or tablet.
One advantage of Qantas is that the airline has mobile-optimised its portal. This makes it much faster to get into the online store when using your mobile, which is pretty handy.
The Qantas Shopping online mall works by tracking the purchases you make at participating retailers, so it can credit you with Qantas Points for each dollar you spend.
- To start, head to the Qantas Shopping home page and log in to your Qantas Frequent Flyer account
- Click on the retailer you wish to shop at. The page will tell you how many Qantas Points you can earn per dollar, plus any applicable promo codes you can use.
- Complete your purchase on the retailer’s website. Do not visit other websites during this time, or your purchase might not track
- When you have checked out, that’s it! Sit tight and wait a few weeks (or months) for the points to credit.
Which retailers let you earn Qantas Points with Qantas Shopping?
You can earn Qantas Points from hundreds of retailers across several categories. We’ve included some examples below.
- Food & Gifting – e.g. Nespresso, Youfoodz, Koko Black.
- Family, Home & Lifestyle – e.g. Adairs, The Good Guys, Petstock.
- Health & Beauty – e.g. Priceline, Sephora, Specsavers.
- Department Stores – e.g. David Jones, Harris Scarfe, Myer.
- Toys, Kids & Baby – e.g. Baby Bunting, Bugaboo, Lego.
- Electronics – e.g. Apple, HP, Dyson.
- Entertainment & Leisure – e.g. Samsonite, Disney+, BCF.
- Fashion & Accessories – e.g. Tiffany & Co, Adidas, Mimco.
For a complete list of Qantas shopping partners, please click here.
What do I need to know when using Qantas Shopping?
Some retailers may have exclusions on products that won’t earn Qantas Points, such as buying gift cards or when a transaction is paid using gift cards. These conditions can be found on the retailer’s offer page.
The Qantas Shopping online mall relies on digital cookies to track your purchases. That means you should ensure nothing is blocking cookies or ads on the pages you wish to visit.
To ensure successful tracking of purchases, make sure you click through the retailer on Qantas Shopping while logged in to your Qantas Frequent Flyer account. Do not visit any other webpages until the transaction is complete.
If you do visit other pages or fail to make a transaction, make sure to click back through the Qantas Shopping website on your next attempt.
Cashback websites, such as Cashrewards and Shopback, use the same mechanism to award cashback. So, unfortunately, you can’t double-dip with Qantas Points and cashback websites.
Don’t forget to finalise the purchase with a Qantas Points-earning credit card to double-dip on your rewards.
What is the Qantas Shopping Points-Prompter?
Don’t miss a deal with the Qantas Shopping Points-Prompter, a handy extension you can install into your Safari, Firefox or Chrome web browser. The tool highlights bonus Qantas Points earning opportunities when you’re shopping online.
Just head to the Points-Prompter webpage to install the plugin. Whenever you browse an eligible site, a pop-up will appear saying Earn X Qantas Points per $1 spent. Complete the check-out process as usual, and bonus Qantas Points will be credited to your account, assuming your purchase satisfies all the terms and conditions.
It’s important to note that not all stores have opted-in to this feature, and people with privacy concerns should know that this feature may track your browsing history.
The advantages of Qantas Shopping Points-Prompter are:
- It’s free to install.
- It will automatically alert you about opportunities to earn Qantas Points on eligible websites.
- It shows points-earning opportunities in Google searches.
The disadvantages of Qantas Shopping Points-Prompter are:
- Not all partners are included – excluded stores are listed here.
- When you install the extension, Qantas can read your data across all websites you visit. So, make sure to take into consideration privacy concerns when deciding whether to install Points-Prompter.
Summing up
Qantas Shopping is an easy option if you’re looking to earn more Qantas Points from your general spending. So, make sure you explore the full list of partners on the Qantas Shopping portal to maximise your points-earning potential.
If you can understand how online malls work and how important it is to click out to a retailer through Qantas Shopping before making a transaction, then earning bonus points on purchases will become second-nature.
Don’t forget to double-dip by paying with a points-earning credit card to boost your rewards.
Also read: How to earn Qantas Points with Qantas Wine
Article originally written by Evin Tan Khiew.
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FAQs
Is there an easy way to know which retailers work with Qantas Shopping?
Yes, you can easily search for participating retailers on the Qantas Shopping website. Or, you can install the Qantas Shopping Points Prompter, which is a browser extension for Safari, Chrome and Firefox users that notifies you whenever a website works with Qantas Shopping.
How long does it take for points earned through Qantas Shopping to credit?
It will usually take a few weeks to a few months for Qantas Points to credit from online shopping, as each retailer has different timelines. This is to ensure that changes aren’t made to the transaction, such as cancellations and refunds, which would otherwise cancel out your reward.
How can I check if my purchase was successfully tracked on Qantas Shopping?
Your tracked purchases should be viewable within your Qantas Shopping account within 2-7 days of completion. If it’s still not there after two weeks, contact the Qantas Shopping team.
Can I get both Qantas Points from Qantas Shopping and a cashback offer?
No, both these rewards use the last click-through to track a transaction. This means you can’t double-dip with both Qantas Points and cashback. The last click will dictate what reward you get.
Great QF promo – I’m sure Olivia will be delighted.
But have you done the math? At what earn rate (points per dollar bonus) does a QF retail mall promotion start to become compelling (how many points per dollar)?
Also thanks for the advice, saved over $150 on a laptop with Cashrewards.
Seems like you can easily purchase a whole pile of stuff from say theiconic and just return for free for a points boost?
Apple direct $629.00
Qantas link to Apple $879.00
Seems like there is a price hike so customer pays for extra pounts.
I hope other consumers are shopping around before falling for the points promo offers!!
It’s been this way for a while.
Has anyone received the bonus points as yet (from David Jones or any other retailer)?
I have received the standard points for my David Jones purchases for the Christmas promotion. Does anyone know if the bonus points should apply at the same time as the standard points, or do they arrive in my Qantas account later?
Cheers
Thanks social media….
Jez Hammond
Seems that this promotion is payed for by the customer, through the nose. A $500 overnight increase, on the day the promo starts, for a TV I was going to buy, from $2974 to $3499, overnight.
Some bonus DJ.
J Hammond
A $500 price rise on Qantas Mall/David Jones, double point promotion item
that I was going to buy, was $2974 yesterday. Today, which happens to be the start of the promotion, it’s $3499!
Seems that this promotion is payed for by the customer, through the nose.
Some Bonus promotion David Jones!
J Hammond
I’d like to stack 5.5ppd via buying e-gift cards with Qantas Cash Card, on top of the current 10ppd at David Jones for 15.5ppd.
Any insight would be much appreciated! I don’t wanna get stuck with an e-gift card I can’t use!
Additionally, if the e-gift card is $250, and I want to buy something for $270, can I simply pay the extra $20 with a CC?