Bankwest Qantas Transaction account [being withdrawn in 2025]

[burmans]

Once you hit 10 pages of transactions, it sends a statement.

Depending on how hard you go you get a lot more than 1 statement a month!

 

[scheps]

Hey guys, are your points all divisible by 5?

 

[thehound]

Hey guys, are your points all divisible by 5?

The number of points earned probably won't be divisible by 5 since you also earn points based on $$ sitting in the account (i.e. the 'interest' earned on the account is in the form of points).

 

[scheps]

Thanks i didn't even know about the interest! !

 

[burmans]

Thanks i didn't even know about the interest! !

Doesn't it show this as breakdown on your statements (the EOM one)?

 

[coles525]

Doesn't it show this as breakdown on your statements (the EOM one)?

Correct.

Interest earnt = 74 points (for example)
Transactions = 15,798 points (for example)

 

[illumination]

depending on how many cards you would use for transactions, if only just one then you'd probably be alright. But if you are going hardcore, then expect hiccups like not receiving the bill in time, changing billing cycles, online account not matching the pdf bill, etc etc

TL;DR
look at other options

Thanks for the heads up. Even then I would've thought most people trying to maximise the transactions in a month wouldn't be waiting for a bill to arrive to make a payment (i.e. you would just overpay if you owe nothing) - especially considering that you can only really pump through $15/mth with one card. Or is Virgin Mobile the kind where you can only make a payment when the bill arrives/an amount is owing?

Sounds like Telstra Postpaid is the only "reliable" one then.

 

[ramamba]

(i.e. you would just overpay if you owe nothing)

Yep, nothing wrong with that and the payments are reflected in the online account. However, I was once perplexed to find those payments not accounted for when the bill arrived. Still haven't made up my mind if it's worth it chasing it up. YMMV.

 

[scheps]

Doesn't it show this as breakdown on your statements (the EOM one)?

haven't got my first statement yet

 

[Danger]

Is there a bright spark with a Telstra script thingy and the inclination and patience to talk me through it?

 

[N860CR]

Virgin Mobile does work for the 1c trans, however you can't use iMacro as easily because of their pop-up payment system. You can use a mouse click follower thing (pardon my tech-uselessness) that runs through the transactions.

 

[Marie]

Hello Aussie_flyer, if bpay does not work, what mode of payment did you do? I log in my bankwest account and do the paying from there. I have tried using imacros but paying with bpay but did not get the points. Please shed some light. Thanks heaps. Newbie here.

 

[medhead]

Hello Aussie_flyer, if bpay does not work, what mode of payment did you do? I log in my bankwest account and do the paying from there. I have tried using imacros but paying with bpay but did not get the points. Please shed some light. Thanks heaps. Newbie here.

You need to go to the merchant website and pay them using the debit card function.

 

[illumination]

Virgin Mobile does work for the 1c trans, however you can't use iMacro as easily because of their pop-up payment system. You can use a mouse click follower thing (pardon my tech-uselessness) that runs through the transactions.

Like that "Mouse Recorder Premium" someone mentioned a few pages back?

 

[Marie]

You need to go to the merchant website and pay them using the debit card function.

Thanks medhead. Tried it. says error in My Account but I can do it individually not running imacros. Did I do anything wrong?

 

[scheps]

May i double check with ones who could make it work for telstra. the following requires just one click then?

URL GOTO=https://www.my.telstra.com.au/myaccount/paybill?pvt_access_mode=true#empty
TAG POS=1 TYPE=INPUT:TEL FORM=ID:accountPaymentDetails ATTR=ID:accountNum CONTENT=xx_xx_xx_XXTAG POS=1 TYPE=INPUT:TEL FORM=ID:accountPaymentDetails ATTR=ID:accountNum CONTENT=xx_xx_xx_XX
TAG POS=1 TYPE=INPUT:NUMBER FORM=ID:accountPaymentDetails ATTR=ID:amount CONTENT=0.01
TAG POS=1 TYPE=INPUT:RADIO FORM=ID:accountPaymentDetails ATTR=ID:creditCardRadio
TAG POS=1 TYPE=INPUT:TEL FORM=ID:credit-card-payment-details ATTR=ID:creditCardNumber CONTENT=xx_xx_xx_xx_xx_X
TAG POS=1 TYPE=INPUT:TEL FORM=ID:credit-card-payment-details ATTR=ID:expiryMonth CONTENT=xx
TAG POS=1 TYPE=INPUT:TEL FORM=ID:credit-card-payment-details ATTR=ID:expiryYear CONTENT=xx
TAG POS=1 TYPE=INPUT:TEL FORM=ID:credit-card-payment-details ATTR=ID:verifyCode CONTENT=xx_
TAG POS=1 TYPE=INPUT:TEXT FORM=ID:emailAddressForm ATTR=ID:email [email protected]
EVENT TYPE=CLICK SELECTOR="#continue-button" BUTTON=0
TAG POS=1 TYPE=A ATTR=ID:confirm-button
TAG POS=1 TYPE=A ATTR=ID:yes-proceed-unauth-payment-duplicate-button-cc

Thanks in advance.

 

[medhead]

Thanks medhead. Tried it. says error in My Account but I can do it individually not running imacros. Did I do anything wrong?

For telstra? I've given up on the imacros to some extent. I just do 2 payments manually to get the warning to confirm duplicate payments. Then when that receipt is displayed I then just hit refresh as that'll process another payment for each refresh. sometimes needing to run through another full payment then back to the refresh method.

 

[ETA_2022]

Anyone having issues with macros, please debug your macro before you ask for help.

To do so, play your macro slowly using code, SET !REPLAYSPEED SLOW at the start of your macro and then press PAUSE (the button) after each line to see whether that line worked or failed. Alternatively insert SET WAIT SECONDS=2 after each line of your macro to have you macro wait 2 seconds before running the next line.

Do either of these and you'll probably solve the problem yourself. If you can't you will be able to ask for help for you actual problem, rather than just saying your macro doesn't work.

Also don't be afraid to try playing a macro to see what happens. It won't blow up your computer. It will either fail to play completely, due to an error or play successfully, and then you'll know it works.

 

[hossein_au]

Anyone having issues with macros, please debug your macro before you ask for help.

To do so, play your macro slowly using code, SET !REPLAYSPEED SLOW at the start of your macro and then press PAUSE (the button) after each line to see whether that line worked or failed. Alternatively insert SET WAIT SECONDS=2 after each line of your macro to have you macro wait 2 seconds before running the next line.

Do either of these and you'll probably solve the problem yourself. If you can't you will be able to ask for help for you actual problem, rather than just saying your macro doesn't work.

Also do be afraid to try playing a macro to see what happens. It won't blow up your computer. It will either fail to play completely, due to an error or play successfully, and then you'll know it works.

Great advice. But don't you mean "...Also do NOT be afraid to try playing a macro..."?

 

[ETA_2022]

Great advice. But don't you mean "...Also do NOT be afraid to try playing a macro..."?

Yes, of course. Corrected my post. Thanks for the heads up.