Bankwest Qantas Transaction account [being withdrawn in 2025]

Just checking regarding the 50 transaction per day limit. Is that 50 in total per day per Bankwest card? Or is it 50 to each individual payee?
ie can I pay 50 x 0.01 to Telstra and then 50 to another payee?

Also, do Telstra themselves have a maximum number of transactions? Can I pay 50 using my card and then another 50 using my wife's (soon to arrive) Bankwest Qantas card?
 
baggas said:
Just checking regarding the 50 transaction per day limit. Is that 50 in total per day per Bankwest card? Or is it 50 to each individual payee?
ie can I pay 50 x 0.01 to Telstra and then 50 to another payee?
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50 transactions per day per card.

baggas said:
Also, do Telstra themselves have a maximum number of transactions? Can I pay 50 using my card and then another 50 using my wife's (soon to arrive) Bankwest Qantas card?
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Telstra does not appear to have a limit. Yes, you can do what you have planned.
 
12am isnt 12am.

Perth time = 2 hrs behind EST.

A new day starts at 2am syd/brus/melb.time, unless daylight savings = 3hrs difference.
 
coles525 said:
12am isnt 12am.

Perth time = 2 hrs behind EST.

A new day starts at 2am syd/brus/melb.time, unless daylight savings = 3hrs difference.
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Thanks but I know that and it wasn't the problem. I hadn't made any payments yesterday at all. For many hours the message was about couldn't access payment system. It seems Telstra's payment system was down for some hours. Working this morning however.

So if you get a message that says can't access the payment system then it's probably a Telstra problem so keep trying.
If you get the message "Unfortunately an unexpected error has occurred in our systems and we can't process your payment at this time. Please try again later." It's probably because you have done the 50 payments on your card for that day. If so try again after 12am Perth time.
 
Telstra were doing some kind of online maintenance yesterday afternoon. I tried a few times to log into their app and got a message to that effect. Seems fine again this morning - no problems with the iOS app or making payments.
 
mhen said:
Thanks but I know that and it wasn't the problem. I hadn't made any payments yesterday at all. For many hours the message was about couldn't access payment system. It seems Telstra's payment system was down for some hours. Working this morning however.

So if you get a message that says can't access the payment system then it's probably a Telstra problem so keep trying.
If you get the message "Unfortunately an unexpected error has occurred in our systems and we can't process your payment at this time. Please try again later." It's probably because you have done the 50 payments on your card for that day. If so try again after 12am Perth time.
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Why would there be a problem if you have already done 50 payments? I doubt the card will stop working after 50 payments in a day, it just won't give you any bonus QFF points for the 51st+ transactions.
 
whitty said:
Why would there be a problem if you have already done 50 payments? I doubt the card will stop working after 50 payments in a day, it just won't give you any bonus QFF points for the 51st+ transactions.
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No it stops working. I first experienced this when I tried to use the card at a service station and it was declined. I then realised I had made 50 payments elsewhere earlier in the day. As far as I am aware the 50 payments per day limit on use of each card is a BW restriction. Happy to hear if others have found this not to be so.
 
My card arrived finally. Is anyone saving their card details in 'My Account' to make the payments or just entering the details and hitting refresh? I tried hitting refresh but it just loads the same receipt number and only one charge has reached bankwest.

EDIT: Nevermind, seems to be working.
 
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Hi,

When are points issued? I recently opened an account and have received 3 statements so far and they all have 0 points on them.

Each of the three statements have been issued about a week apart. I guess because doing 50-100 transactions per day makes the statement issue earlier than normal?

But now that I have received three statements with 0 points I am getting a bit worried?
 
one9 said:
Hi,

When are points issued? I recently opened an account and have received 3 statements so far and they all have 0 points on them.

Each of the three statements have been issued about a week apart. I guess because doing 50-100 transactions per day makes the statement issue earlier than normal?

But now that I have received three statements with 0 points I am getting a bit worried?
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This has been answered over and over on this thread.
 
one9 said:
Hi,

When are points issued? I recently opened an account and have received 3 statements so far and they all have 0 points on them.

Each of the three statements have been issued about a week apart. I guess because doing 50-100 transactions per day makes the statement issue earlier than normal?

But now that I have received three statements with 0 points I am getting a bit worried?
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Yes the statements are triggered after a certain number of transactions I think, so will be issued more frequently.
I believe the points are actually issued at the start of each month. It's done on a monthly basis, not a statement basis. Someone please correct me if this is not quite right.
 
Just noticed energy australia have their 'my accounts', and their payment gateway, down for maintenance from 6pm until 1am tomorrow... I hope they aren't doing anything too drastic...
 
ozmatt said:
Just noticed energy australia have their 'my accounts', and their payment gateway, down for maintenance from 6pm until 1am tomorrow... I hope they aren't doing anything too drastic...
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I will find the answer out tomorrow morning, when I wake up.
 
Is this points factory still working???
3 months ago, I followed the thread avidly, but decided not to bother on the grounds that it will probably go the way of the ATO payments. Soon.
A golden goose, who I shouldn't look in the mouth.

Have loads of Telstra, Optus, utility, etc etc bills.
There are four of us in the family.

Can I still get in on the action???
 

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