Partner Offer: Get 20,000 Extra Amex Points With These Cards

Looking for a new American Express credit card? You can get an extra 20,000 Amex Membership Rewards Points – in addition to the regular sign-up bonus – when you apply through AFF by 27 May 2025!

Eligible cards for this offer

With this bespoke partner offer, an American Express first in Australia, you can earn 20,000 extra bonus points when applying for the following cards:

• American Express Platinum Business: 250,000 Membership Rewards Points + 20,000 bonus (270,000 Points in total)
• American Express Platinum: 200,000 Membership Rewards Points + 20,000 bonus (220,000 Points in total)
• American Express Business Gold Plus: 100,000 Membership Rewards Points + 20,000 bonus (120,000 Points in total)
• American Express Explorer: 75,000 Membership Rewards Points + 20,000 bonus (95,000 Points in total)
• American Express Essential Rewards: 60,000 Membership Rewards Points + 20,000 bonus (80,000 Points in total)

These offers are not available directly through American Express. Apply through AFF to access the additional 20,000 bonus Points.

Keep in mind that, to receive a sign-up bonus, you would need to be approved for the card and meet a minimum spend requirement. For example, to qualify for the sign-up bonus on the Amex Essential Rewards card, you would need to spend at least $3,000 on the card within the first 3 months.

These offers are available to new American Express customers only. To be eligible for this offer, you cannot have held an American Express card in Australia in the past 18 months (excluding David Jones cards).

What you can do with Amex Membership Rewards Points

Amex Membership Rewards Points are among the most versatile points of any rewards program in Australia.

You can transfer these Points to your choice of 14 airline or hotel loyalty programs. If you hold a Platinum or Platinum Business card, you also have the option to convert your Membership Rewards Points into Qantas Points.

Here’s the full list of Amex Membership Rewards transfer partners:

For example, you could convert 80,000 Amex Membership Rewards Points into 40,000 Virgin Atlantic Flying Club points or 40,000 Qatar Airways Privilege Club Avios. In both programs, that’s enough to book a one-way Garuda Indonesia Business Class ticket from Sydney or Melbourne to Bali (plus taxes & charges).

You could earn enough bonus Membership Rewards Points to book the above flight with the American Express Essential Rewards card sign-up offer. This card has a monthly fee of just $9.

See our credit card guides for more details about any of these cards, or to apply:

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Matt Graham

The editor of Australian Frequent Flyer, Matt's passion for travel has taken him to more than 100 countries… with the help of frequent flyer points, of course!
Matt's favourite destinations (so far) are Germany, Brazil, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. His interests include aviation, economics & foreign languages, and he has a soft spot for good food and red wine.

You can connect with Matt by posting on the Australian Frequent Flyer community forum and tagging @AFF Editor.