• Best Frequent Flyer Credit Cards

    Frequent flyer credit cards are a great way to rack up points even when you’re not travelling. Anytime you make a purchase with the card you are awarded points or dollars that can be redeemed for flights or services. That means your shopping, hotel bills and car rentals can all be counted towards that next trip.
    If you make a lot of purchases with your credit card this works well. Just keep in mind many rewards cards have high interest rates, which means you need to pay off the charges promptly and spend a lot to get enough points to make it worthwhile.

    But if you are a Frequent Flyer and want to wade through the options, we’ve compared some of the more common Australian cards below. When deciding on a card make sure points earned can be transferred to your airline of choice, points won’t expire and there’s a low interest rate after the initial welcome period. Happy hunting.

    ANZ Frequent Flyer Visa
    Qantas say this card has the best earning potential for their flights. There are annual fees ($95) and a 19 percent interest rate but this is waived on balance transfers for the first six months and you get 10,000 bonus points on signing up. The great thing about ANZ is the convenience of using it in 29 million locations worldwide.



    National Australia Bank Rewards
    The Velocity NAB Credit Card is linked to Virgin Blue’s Velocity Rewards program. The annual card fee is $65 and the interest rate is a high annual 19.49 percent but there are low rates for the first six months. You can earn up to two points per $2 spent. Accounts come with two cards, the Velocity NAB American Express® Card and a Velocity NAB Visa card which earn 1.5 and 1 points respectively for every $2 spent. There is no cap or expiry on points.

    NAB also offers the NAB Qantas Credit Card with the same fees and interest rates. Points are tiered based on the monthly spend and capped above $3000. It comes with a NAB Qantas American Express Classic Card®.


    Commonwealth Bank Rewards
    These cards accrue points that may be redeemed for Air New Zealand Airpoints, Velocity Rewards or Qantas Frequent Flyer. There are Mastercard and American Express options earning 1.5 or 1 point respectively for every dollar spent. The points can be used for shopping, entertainment, travel or to repay your card. There’s an $89 annual fee and 19.99% interest on purchases.

    Westpac Altitude Rewards
    Points from Altitude cards can be redeemed for use on Virgin Blue, Malaysia Airlines, Air New Zealand or Singapore Airlines and there’s no points capping or expiry. The annual fee is slightly higher at $100 but there’s quite a good points accrual system (1-3 points for every $1 spent) and marginally lower interest rates.


    JetStar MasterCard
    The low-rate JetStar MasterCard has aimed to do for credit cards what the airline did for low fares. The every day rate is just 11.49%, the annual fee is only $49 and they have an easy accrual/redemption program. Customers accrue one cent in JetStar Dollars for every dollar spent. Points can be redeemed on vouchers to spend on flights.

    Some of the other options available in Australia include Woolworth Ezy Mastercard, Coles Myer Source Mastercard, David Jones Visa Card, CitiBank Rewards Program, Diners Club Rewards and HSBC.
    IMPORTANT NOTE: Due care was taking in preparting this article and we believe the information was correct at time of publication. You should check specific details with the financial institution(s) before taking any action.
  • Current Discussion

    straitman

    Re: Double status credits on offer for eligible Qantas flights

    My wife has this offer also.

    We had just accepted that she would not re-qualify but this might change things.

    straitman Today, 09:14 PM Go to last post
    Hvr

    Re: Buying Two Y Seats Rather a single J Seat

    If they all had the same name it might make it easier to credit all of the FF points to the one account. :D Imagine that, 32 flights in one day and instant WP requal.

    32x120=3840SCs in one trip....

    Hvr Today, 09:13 PM Go to last post
    wrekker

    Re: Galleries access... NOT quite 'reinstated'?

    I hope that access is being negotiated for all BA Galleries lounges to reinstate the previous worldwide access and not just to T5 Galleries lounges as indicated in focus of the above response from...

    wrekker Today, 09:12 PM Go to last post
    TheInsider

    Re: Priority boarding on QF domestic - what is the story?

    In regards to MEL, from what i have been advised is that staff are tasked to go there, but don't due to the amount of abuse they get for enforcing and asking for proof that passengers are entitled to...

    TheInsider Today, 09:12 PM Go to last post
    whoistheg

    Unexpected SC and FF Points - Mel -Lax

    Just looking at my FF statement and seems QF has given both my wife and I
    full SC and FF points on our recent (5 days ago) Y return trip from Mel-Lax

    Now we bought the cheapest Y tickets from...

    whoistheg Today, 09:11 PM Go to last post
    serfty

    Please continue discussion on this directly...

    Please continue discussion on this directly related thread:
    ...

    serfty Today, 09:09 PM Go to last post
    serfty

    I would read the first few posts of this thread:...

    I would read the first few posts of this thread:

    http://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/community/qantas-frequent-flyer-program/confirmed-fixed-no-lhr-t5-33938.html

    You will that your email...

    serfty Today, 09:08 PM Go to last post
    MEL_Traveller

    Re: Priority boarding on QF domestic - what is the story?

    Oh no!! don't say that! next thing we'll see is 'in response to customer feedback we don't issue vouchers as compensation anymore' :mrgreen:

    MEL_Traveller Today, 09:05 PM Go to last post
    richie9x

    Re: Qantas survey

    I got the survey today as well. Filled it out and it seemed to go ok. Interesting thing was this seemed to be run directly by Qantas they didn't get a market research firm to do it. In January I got...

    richie9x Today, 09:05 PM Go to last post
    mickeyc747

    Re: DJ 459 BNE- DRW J Meals? Departs at 2045

    I am doing BNE DRW on the 21st so my soures ( you have meet them) at DJ better be correct.

    mickeyc747 Today, 09:03 PM Go to last post

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