How to get great rewards from a credit card — from flights to face cream

Sometimes spending money is the worst. You’re just trying to book a holiday, pay for groceries, buy a new top, get the train, and you find yourself wondering why you aren’t being rewarded for all these purchases. Well you can be, with a credit card that earns Qantas Points. You will earn Qantas Points on every eligible purchase you make, which makes every purchase worth a bit more, because you can then exchange them for rewards that make life that little bit cushier.

Why choose Qantas Frequent Flyer as your loyalty program

Your Qantas Frequent Flyer membership lets you claim benefits both in the air and on the ground. You can earn Qantas Points on everything from flights and travel, to everyday purchases like your weekly groceries, when you use a Qantas Points earning credit card. You can then use those Qantas Points for everything from flights and hotels, through to clothing, electronics and more. Your points won’t expire as long as you continue to earn or use Qantas Points on eligible activities at least once every 18 months.

What’s more, if you’re truly a frequent flyer, you’ll earn status credits on eligible flights and could move quickly from Bronze to Gold, and maybe even reach Platinum status! Higher status means extra rewards and benefits like priority check-in, business lounge access and more on the ground. 

What you can use your Qantas Points for

Use our handy Qantas Points User Guide to figure out how many points you’ll need to exchange for rewards like:

• Flights

• Hotels and travel

• Shopping

• Food and wine

• Insurance

• Fuel and cars

• Health

• Leisure

• Entertainment

• Electronics

Never miss a single point

There are so many opportunities for you to maximise your points earning potential to get to your rewards even sooner. All you have to do is keep an eye out for moments where Qantas Points are doubled or tripled, then make sure that you’re using your Qantas Points earning credit card for:

• Everyday items: your Qantas Points will start stacking up when you use your credit card to pay for bills, petrol, groceries, public transport, gym memberships, subscriptions and other eligible purchases. 

• Flights: by using a Qantas Points-earning credit card to book eligible Qantas flights, you have the potential to earn points twice - once on the booking, and again for using your credit card.

• Member offers: check in weekly for member offers from our partners, as these can be anything from 1,000 to 140,000 bonus points or more. 

• Qantas Shopping Points-Prompter: the Qantas Shopping Points Prompter is free and once you’ve installed it into your browser, you’ll get alerted to points-earning opportunities whilst shopping online

• Qantas Shopping: when you shop through Qantas Shopping, you earn Qantas Points for every $1 spent at over 450 stores like Myer, Rebel, eBay, The Iconic and more.

Want even more Qantas Points?

If you’re a few Qantas Points away from your goal, there are ways to boost your balance:

• Purchase top-up points: use cash to boost your points balance instantly

• Eligible family transfers: if you have family who are eligible family members, they can transfer their own points to you

• Transfer your loyalty points to Qantas Points: see if any of your existing loyalty points with other companies can be transferred to your Qantas Frequent Flyer account - examples include some bank products and Woolworths Everyday Reward points.

Find the right credit card that earns Qantas Points for you on our credit card comparison page.

Remember, you must be a Qantas Frequent Flyer member to earn or redeem Qantas Points. Join here for free.