How to Earn Qantas Points Without a Credit Card

Credit cards – and the generous sign-up bonuses that often come with them – can be a great way to boost your Qantas Frequent Flyer points balance.

But credit cards aren’t the only way to earn frequent flyer points. You might not want or be able to get a credit card for a variety of reasons, but that doesn’t mean you can’t still earn a meaningful amount of Qantas Points.

This guide highlights many of the different ways you can earn Qantas Points without a credit card…

Earning Qantas Points while travelling

You can earn a bunch of Qantas Points for many aspects of your travel, such as flights and accomodation.

Earning Qantas Points from flying

The most straightforward way to earn Qantas Points is to fly on Qantas or its network of partners. In fact, this is how the program was initially designed!

You’ll earn points on most flights booked through the Qantas website at a rate set by the Qantas earning tables. If you’re on a Qantas marketed flight, your frequent flyer status might also get you bonus points.

If you’re flying on a partner airline you may need to book a specific fare class, while on Jetstar flights you’ll need to add the right Jetstar fare bundle (or have a Qantas Frequent Flyer Extra subscription).

You can also earn bonus Qantas Points if you reach certain status credit targets from flights on Qantas and Jetstar marketed flights in a membership year. Note that bonus status credits such as extras earned from a Qantas double status credits promotion don’t count for the below:

Reward name	Status credit target	Reward
Platinum Bonus Reward	2,400 status credits	50,000 points or complimentary Gold membership for a friend/family member
Platinum One Bonus Reward (number 1)	5,000 status credits	75,000 points
Platinum One Bonus Reward (number 2)	7,000 status credits	100,000 points

Purchasing flights purely for the points is quite expensive, especially if competitors offer much cheaper airfares. But it can be a nice little boost!

Earning Qantas Points from other travel expenses

You can also boost your points balance by booking other parts of your trip through Qantas partners.

Booking packages via Qantas holidays or TripADeal earns you at least 3 Qantas Points per $1 spent.

You can also just book accommodation through Qantas Hotels, which also earns at least three Qantas Points per $1 spent. Qantas Hotels often runs promotions where you can earn bonus points as well, and you’ll get extra points with Qantas Hotels if you’re a Points Club member.

Alternatively, members of the Accor Live Limitless (ALL) loyalty program with a linked Qantas Frequent Flyer account can earn both Qantas Points and Accor points when staying at participating hotels.

You can also earn 1 Qantas Point per $1 spent on Airbnb bookings, provided you book via the Qantas website. While if you’re hiring a car, Qantas partners with Avis and Budget, offering up to 4 Qantas Points per $1 spent on rentals.

And your ride to the airport can earn points when you book with Uber to or from eligible Australian airports, if you link your Qantas and Uber accounts.

Other financial products and services

You don’t necessarily need a credit card to earn Qantas Points with financial products. A growing number of banks and financial institutions now offer Qantas Points on other products. Here’s a few of them:

Product	Qantas Points Earn Rate	Notes
AMP Bank Everyday account	1 Qantas Point for every $10 in the account each month	Points earned up to a balance of $5 million
Alex.Bank Term Deposit	100 points per $1,000 deposited	Up to 25,000 Qantas points
Qudos Bank Qantas Points Home Loan	150 points per $1,000 balance, per annum
Qudos Bank Points Saver	400 points per $1,000 in account, per annum	Points earned up to a balance of $1,000,000
Qantas Money Home Loans	Up to 100,000 Qantas Points per year	Limited time bonus of 200,000 Qantas Points in first year
Qantas Pay (debit & travel money card)	2 points per AU$1 in foreign currency, 1 point per AU$4 in AUD	Regular bonus-point offers

You can also earn Qantas Points on some Qudos Bank, Alex.Bank and Qantas Money car loans, and CommBank is running a limited-time promotion offering 100,000-300,000 Qantas Points on CommBank Digi Home Loans.

Superhero, an online share broker, partners with Qantas Frequent Flyer as well. You can earn 25 Qantas Points per eligible trade, and a bonus of 1,000 Qantas points if you make an eligible trade within 30 days of linking your account. You’ll need to link your Qantas Frequent Flyer number and opt in via Superhero Rewards.

Qantas Wine

Qantas Wine offers are a great way to get a large amount of Qantas Points quickly and without a credit card. At a base level, you get one point per $1 spent on all purchases. However, you can often get extra bonus points on cases – and those bonuses can be very, very generous.

You can also earn bonus points as a Qantas Wine Premium member (which you get for free with Points Club/Points Club Plus).

Buying a case of wine from Qantas Wine can sometimes net you over 50 points per dollar spent. In fact, it’s often cheaper than buying Qantas points outright – and you get the added bonus of a case of wine!

The FlightFormula website has a great table of the best offers currently available.

Earning Qantas Points via everyday spend

There are lots of other ways to earn Qantas Points on the ground by spending – including on everyday necessities.

Everyday Rewards

You can earn Everyday Rewards points by shopping at Woolworths, BIG W, BWS and participating Ampol locations. But by linking your Everyday Rewards account to your Qantas Frequent Flyer profile, you can convert your Everyday Rewards points into Qantas Points at a 2:1 rate.

Once linked, points will transfer automatically each time you reach 2,000 Everyday Rewards points. You can also choose to save your points until Christmas, and then convert all your points at once.

Keep an eye out in the Everyday Rewards app for boosters on certain products, on simply on your total shop.

Gift card offers

There can also be lucrative gift card offers at Woolworths, with up to 20x bonus Everyday Rewards points on offer. The gift card line-up varies, but regulars include Apple, TCN and Visa/Mastercard gift cards.

For example, if you wanted to buy a new iPhone that costs $2,000, you could buy $2,000 worth of gift cards and use those towards the phone purchase. At 20x Everyday Rewards points per $1 spent on the gift cards, you’d earn a cool 40,000 Everyday Rewards points – worth 20,000 Qantas Points – for your trouble!

Qantas Shopping & Qantas Marketplace

Qantas Shopping is the official online shopping portal for Qantas Frequent Flyer members. Here, you can earn Qantas Points at hundreds of retailers such as The Iconic, Apple and Myer. Each store has its own earn rate, but look out for the limited-time offers which boost the points earned per dollar.

To take advantage of Qantas Shopping offers, you need to click through the provided link on the Qantas website.

Qantas Marketplace, on the other hand, is a dedicated online store where you can shop using cash, points, or a mix of both. Every Marketplace purchase earns 3 Qantas Points per $1 spent. Points Club or Points Club Plus members enjoy additional earn rates and exclusive deals.

Other ways to earn Qantas Points on the ground

Other ways to earn extra Qantas points on the ground include:

• Shopping at David Jones
• Fueling up at BP
• Switching to Red Energy
• Taking out a Qantas Insurance policy (including health insurance)
• Using the Qantas Wellbeing app
• Completing Red Planet surveys
• Joining HOYTS Rewards

Buying Qantas Points

You can buy Qantas top-up points directly from Qantas, or buy points indirectly through some hotel loyalty programs.

Buying points from Qantas is generally poor value, especially outside of promotions offering bonus points. It might make sense if you’re a few points short of a high-value redemption. But if you want a large amount of points, you’ll be better off taking advantage of other methods.

The best price for buying top-up Qantas points is 2.66 cents per point, although there are sometimes bonuses of up to 50%.

You can also buy points in some hotel programs and then transfer those to Qantas Frequent Flyer. For example, it might be worth buying Marriott Bonvoy points (only when there’s a bonus) and transferring these to Qantas.

There is also a hack to get Qantas points for relatively cheap via Choice Privileges, but this comes with some risks.