1 Oct 2025 Changes to CBA Award Partners

[NVRENUF]

No Qantas is not a flexible transfer partner. Qantas direct will remain, there is no change to any direct Qantas earning cards.

oh that's great, thank you for the reply. As this card is good for no international fees and fantastic when over seas. So i really didn't want to change it.

Thank you

 

[ChrisFlyer]

I've recently dumped my Amex and gone for the HSBC Star Alliance Visa. I prefer flying with SQ so it's a no-brainer for me. No point bonus on sign up but instant Gold status once you spend the qualifying amount. The trick is trying to maintain it, not that it's a huge problem, as I normally fly business using either upgrades or reward flights, so score lounge access anyway.

Points available to transfer to any Star Alliance partner via the SA website.

A shame about the earning rate though - it doesn't take much to go past the monthly points threshold. For clarify, points transfers are only available to a select group of Star programs, not to every program of every Star Alliance carrier. It's good if you spend <$3k/mo, but rather unrewarding on spends above that. Different if you need the status from it though.

 

[Palyadoc]

Well, the poor darlings only made $10bn last year in profit. Bound to be some cuts as a result…..

 

[henrus]

Can transfers of any remaining balances be done up to Sep 30?

Yes.

 

[Flyerwin]

CommBank Awards Eliminating Most Transfer Partners

CommBank will remove the ability to transfer Awards Points to all of its frequent flyer program partners, except Virgin Australia Velocity, from 1 October 2025.

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au