20% bonus Qantas Points from credit cards [targeted, with personalised minimum points earn for 3 months]

[sudoer]

My partner and I both just received variations of the below email:

Spoiler: Terms & conditions

Card products referred to are not Qantas products and not offered or issued by Qantas but by the relevant Card partners. The applicable Card Partner is the credit provider and credit licensee under the National Consumer Credit laws. Points are offered by the relevant Card partner and partner reward program and can only be earned on eligible purchases.

This offer is only valid for the intended recipient of this communication and is not transferable. You must be targeted with this offer to be eligible.

This offer is available when you click to activate by 13 June 2022. You will need to earn at least 34,400 Qantas Points on your Qantas Points earning credit card in each of your next three consecutive statements to qualify for this offer. The 20% bonus points will only be applicable on your standard earn rate over the next three months and will not be awarded on acquisition bonus points.

If you have successfully fulfilled the offer requirements, please allow up to 8 weeks after your offer period has ended for the bonus Qantas Points to be credited to your Qantas Frequent Flyer account.

Wondering if this can be used as a defacto Amex Ascent Premium transfer bonus, i.e. transfer in blocks over the next 3 months to get the 20%, or if it needs to be a direct earning card.

 

[SYD]

Close your eyes, my offer was only 2000 min per month to get 20% bonus!

What‘s not clear is it a particular card or any/all cards? I’m thinking the later?

 

[defurax]

Earning 34,400 points each month on a single card is a high threshold for most I guess...

 

[SYD]

Earning 34,400 points each month on a single card is a high threshold for most I guess...

Especially since the Ts&Cs exclude any bonus points.

Another data point, SYD+1’s offer was 4500 pm.

 

[TheInsider]

Yep, I got 34400 also. Not even close to my monthly spend.

 

[exceladdict]

25% for 1,900 points for myself. Unfortunately Mrs Excel hasn't received an offer, it could have been quite lucrative to stack with amex referrals...

What‘s not clear is it a particular card or any/all cards? I’m thinking the later?

It's not clear over here either. Will the bonus apply to one card? Both? Only the card(s) on which I hit the threshold?

1,900 points on each of two cards with no business spend at non-amex rates will be a bit tricky to manage. But if I focus spend on the card with the higher rate it should be achievable. As the card isn't specified, hopefully an appeal will be successful if it's not awarded.

Edit: If timed right, it would be a nice nudge towards PC+ as well.

 

[Captain Halliday]

Some interesting variations to this offer. Mine was “earn 1000 points on your QF earning card”... for a 25% bump.

 

[SYD]

Edit: If timed right, it would be a nice nudge towards PC+ as well.

It seems that the bonus points will post as a job lot after the three months. Which if that’s correct and they count towards PC/PC+, it will be a nice little kickstart for my new PC year.

I have a Biz AMEX and VISA Signature that are both 1pt/$ plus a 0.7/$ AMEX but I’ll continue as normal on the first two and share the love (some of my regular spend can only go on VISA - so it makes sense to go for 2x rather than just max one card).

 

[sudoer]

34k is way, way above my discretionary monthly spend, but I suspect it has been skewed by three CC churns and some QF Amex referrals this membership year at 50k each.

Real points earn from CC spend would be around 100-120k over the last 11 months, but presumably Qantas has calculated based on total points earned including SUBs

Similarly for my +1, her target was 19k monthly, she's at 250k total earn for the year including two churns, so again way above her actual spend.

Has anyone with a low target also been churning?

 

[Ade]

I got the email 2hours ago.

<email>

Earn a minimum 28,900 Qantas Points on your current Qantas Points earning credit card each month for the next three months, starting from 14 June 2022*

25% more Qantas Points will be yours

</email>

There is no way I'm spending 28,900 points worth in a month, let alone next 3 months ... useless offer IMHO

Now, had the offer been earn spend UPTO xx,xx_ points, receive Y% bonus ... that would be great.

 

[SYD]

Has anyone with a low target also been churning?

No churning here.

 

[Ade]

Has anyone with a low target also been churning?

28.9K target guy here ... I did not churn any cards this year ... but I had 3 successful AMEX referrals

 

[http_x92]

No Qantas points offer here, guess they pretty much know that I get the bulk of the points with CC bonuses anyway.

 

[NM]

Nothing for me, but the only QFF points earning card I have is the Qantas Premier Platinum MasterCard. My Amex is still skimming to Marriott Bonvoy to be laundered to AAdvantage.

 

[zig]

1150 points for 25% bonus is my offer.

 

[exceladdict]

Has anyone with a low target also been churning?

I've only had the one sign on bonus in the last 12 months, but it would certainly skew my average higher than the 1900 target.

 

[pangwen]

I've got a 4950 point target. But as with others, it's not clear if this applies for one of my cards (if so, where can I find out which one?), or if spend across all of my QF direct earn cards is counted.

 

[SYD]

I've got a 4950 point target. But as with others, it's not clear if this applies for one of my cards (if so, where can I find out which one?), or if spend across all of my QF direct earn cards is counted.

Unless someone comes up with a specific reference, I’d assume it‘s per CC. So, whilst we might have multiple cards, depending on the threshold (assume per card), it might make more sense to just favour one card to reach your threshold plus any extra spend will also get the bonus.

If the threshold is low and you can spread the spend equally across 2 or more cards, then it’s probably much the much?

 

[exceladdict]

Unless someone comes up with a specific reference, I’d assume it‘s per CC. So, whilst we might have multiple cards, depending on the threshold (assume per card), it might make more sense to just favour one card to reach your threshold plus any extra spend will also get the bonus.

If the threshold is low and you can spread the spend equally across 2 or more cards, then it’s probably much the much?

My only theory is, one card has significantly higher average spend (and a better earn rate) than the other, which makes the target seem more appropriate to the lower card. But hoping that I can argue this if/when necessary.

 

[PuravidaTC]

1,350 and 25% is the offer I received.. I have multiple earning cards including AMEX, but like others it does not state any particular card required just;

Earn a minimum 1,350 Qantas Points on your current Qantas Points earning credit card each month for the next three months, starting from 14 June 2022*