Qantas Frequent Flyer is running an up to 45% bonus on transfers from credit cards that allow transfers to Qantas Points. Continue reading…
15-45% Qantas Points transfer bonus this month: mainly for Amex Platinum Charge cardholders
Our latest take on the dollar value of points
Knowing your rough value of a point is an important step in your points-thinking when it comes to thinking about earning and using points systematically and rationally.
We’ve updated our values for recent and upcoming changes to frequent flyer and credit card rewards programs, including Velocity, Asia Miles and Westpac Altitude Rewards. Continue reading…
80,000 Membership Rewards Points with the American Express Platinum Charge
American Express are offering up to 80,000 Membership Rewards Ascent Premium points for new applicants of the American Express Platinum Charge Card. Continue reading…
The ultimate guide to the American Express Membership Rewards program
American Express Membership Rewards is the go-to program of choice for the savvy points collector, with the most airline and hotel points transfer partners of the major credit card points programs.
It is where I focus most of my efforts in collecting my points and is the first rewards program I advise anyone who wants to spend a little time understanding the value of flexible points programs to look at. Continue reading…
Guide to the American Express Referral Program
The American Express referral program is a simple way to gain some extra bonus points from your American Express credit card account by referring friends or family for their own new account by using a personalised referral link.
The program has been expanded to allow referrers to promote other American Express cards within the same ‘family’, beyond only the card they hold.
Amex Travel offering extra point per $ spent on hotels, car hire and experiences: for Platinum Charge cardholders only
American Express Platinum Charge and Centurion cardholders can earn an additional Membership Rewards point per dollar spent on hotels, car hire and experiences when booking through American Express Travel throughout this year.
If you are in the market for a hotel booking, it is probably at least worth checking the price through Amex Travel. Continue reading…
$200 travel credit and high earn rate on supermarket and fuel spend with the American Express Platinum Edge
This American Express Platinum Edge comes with a $200 travel credit each year the card is renewed and is a solid card for serious points collectors for earning points from their day-to-day spend—it offers 3x bonus Membership Rewards points at supermarkets and 2x on fuel, with a standard annual fee of $195. Continue reading…
Up to 40,000 bonus points on offer for signing up to a David Jones American Express card
Amex are offering the choice between picking up 30,000 Qantas Points or 40,000 DJ’s Membership Rewards points with the David Jones Platinum card, and 15,000 Qantas Points or 20,000 DJ’s Membership Rewards points with the lower-tier David Jones card.
The David Jones American Express card range is a sleeper hit for savvy points collectors thanks to its ability to earn bonus Qantas Points for specific spend categories.
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A trick to use SPG to transfer your Amex points to AAdvantage miles
American Airlines’ AAdvantage frequent flyer program offers some good-value redemptions for Australia-based travellers, and this trick to transfer your Amex points can come in handy when you need to top up your AAdvantage balance. Continue reading…
Are you getting up to 10,000 bonus Amex points by shopping local?
American Express first launched their Local Champion game back in 2013, which allows users of their apps to earn an additional bonus point per $ spent at retailers where they shop the most.
The premise is pretty simple: Amex knows the physical merchants where you use your card the most and is willing to reward you with an additional bonus point per dollar spent at those merchants if you become the ‘Local Champion’ for that specific store. Continue reading…
We dive into the terms and conditions of bank rewards programs so you don’t have to
Let’s be honest. You didn’t read the terms and conditions for your rewards program or credit card in full, and if you did, you’d feel like this guy. They don’t make for easy reading.
Given the range of changes to bank rewards programs and credit cards going on this year, I’ve done the hard work for you and have analysed the terms for each of the major bank rewards programs to shed some light on how each program can be changed and what notice periods they have to give you, if any. Continue reading…
EnergyAustralia offering 10,000 Membership Rewards points and some discounts for new gas and electricity customers
EnergyAustralia have joined forces with American Express to offer 10,000 Membership Rewards points for new account-holders of their gas or electricity plans.
This offer is definitely not an easy one to assess, with every state’s different energy pricing regulations and everyone’s individual needs meaning you’ll have to compare against your current plan or other potential new suppliers to be sure the points are worth it. Continue reading…
Back to basics – what you need to understand when earning points with bank rewards programs
Almost every major bank in Australia has either its own rewards program, or a points agreement with a major airline, or both.
On one hand, for branded ‘direct-earn’ cards that link directly to the airlines, it’s fairly easy to find out what your earn rate will be, with these points going directly into your Qantas, Velocity or other airline points account.
On the other hand, most banks try to use the headline points earn rate of their cards to attract your attention, adding complexity with different transfer rates for the points you earn to their different frequent flyer program partners.
This where things get murky – you come to transfer your points out of a bank rewards program, and see that 1 bank rewards point may not equal 1 frequent flyer point. Here’s how to figure it out. Continue reading…