Parked Qantas Points

[Johnxx]

Are there any programs where you can store Qantas points. This would be ideal for Points Club when your anniversary year restarts. I imagine you can with AMEX but I have the cards that convert to Krisflyer.
It would be great if Woolies operated like Coles flybuys but they do auto-conversion

 

[levelnine]

It would be great if Woolies operated like Coles flybuys but they do auto-conversion

Select bank for Christmas, bank points until you are ready to convert, then select convert to Qantas. Voila.

 

[exceladdict]

Are there any programs where you can store Qantas points. This would be ideal for Points Club when your anniversary year restarts. I imagine you can with AMEX but I have the cards that convert to Krisflyer.
It would be great if Woolies operated like Coles flybuys but they do auto-conversion

Other than the bank for Christmas feature, Qantas seem to quite intentionally focus on partners that auto sweep.

 

[Mwenenzi]

Are there any programs where you can store Qantas points. This would be ideal for Points Club when your anniversary year restarts. I imagine you can with AMEX but I have the cards that convert to Krisflyer.
It would be great if Woolies operated like Coles flybuys but they do auto-conversion

Are you trying to get around the QF no activity 18 months expiry?
Or just store QF points for an award at a future time?

 

[elanshin]

Credit cards that don't convert directly to qf can do that. Your earn rate is probably nowhere near as high as QF card though.

 

[encryptededdy]

The only card that can really do this in Australia is the Amex Platinum.

Alternatively you may be able to sign up for a QFF card but do not provide your QFF number until later, although I'm unsure how long you can hold the card in that state for.

 

[bgenn]

Select bank for Christmas, bank points until you are ready to convert, then select convert to Qantas. Voila.

The wording on the bank for Christmas feature seems very specific “$10 Everyday Rewards dollars will be banked for Christmas” - seems they have deliberately avoided saying that everyday reward points will be banked.

I’m not sure if this has always been the case however, just wary that when December is upon us the banked rewards will only be convertible to $ not Qantas points?

 

[exceladdict]

The wording on the bank for Christmas feature seems very specific “$10 Everyday Rewards dollars will be banked for Christmas” - seems they have deliberately avoided saying that everyday reward points will be banked.

I’m not sure if this has always been the case however, just wary that when December is upon us the banked rewards will only be convertible to $ not Qantas points?

Once you hit 2000 points, they get turned into 10 "everyday rewards dollars". As long as you don't select to use them when at the checkout, you can swap your preference back to qantas points at any time, and any dollars you've saved up get converted to Qantas points automatically.

 

[tassie6]

Once you hit 2000 points, they get turned into 10 "everyday rewards dollars". As long as you don't select to use them when at the checkout, you can swap your preference back to qantas points at any time, and any dollars you've saved up get converted to Qantas points automatically.

Can confirm this works

 

[elanshin]

The only card that can really do this in Australia is the Amex Platinum.

Alternatively you may be able to sign up for a QFF card but do not provide your QFF number until later, although I'm unsure how long you can hold the card in that state for.

Business cards can do this too. Westpac Altitude business allows you to bank for QFF at 2:1. Obviously the earn rate isn't as good as a qantas card, but you can choose to credit it to VA, SQ, QF, NZ , CX for example.

 

[bgenn]

The wording on the bank for Christmas feature seems very specific “$10 Everyday Rewards dollars will be banked for Christmas” - seems they have deliberately avoided saying that everyday reward points will be banked.

I’m not sure if this has always been the case however, just wary that when December is upon us the banked rewards will only be convertible to $ not Qantas points?

Just to close this out. It worked fine, I selected points once it was available and the stored Christmas dollars instantly converted to QFF points. Turns out there was no need to worry at all.