If it’s been a while since you’ve flown anywhere, and haven’t earned or redeemed Qantas Frequent Flyer points lately, your points may be at risk of expiring!

Qantas Frequent Flyer points will expire if you don’t earn or redeem at least one point every 18 months. Although it might be possible to reinstate expired Qantas points, you’ll likely only recover up to 50% of your old balance. So it’s a really good idea to keep your account active and ensure your points don’t expire in the first place!

The good news is that there are plenty of ways to earn Qantas Frequent Flyer points in Australia and maintain activity in your loyalty account – without even needing to fly.

From point-earning credit cards to online shopping, there are tons of ways to earn points without even leaving your home. For example, you could earn 1 Qantas point per dollar for shopping at eBay via the Qantas Online Mall. You could also easily earn Qantas points by scanning your card at BP – even if you’re just buying a coffee.

Booking accommodation with Qantas Hotels and converting Everyday Rewards points earned at Woolworths are popular methods of accumulating Qantas points as well. (You can see a full list of Qantas Frequent Flyer partners on the Qantas website.)

There are also quite a few ways to earn Qantas points for free! Here are eight ways to earn Qantas Frequent Flyer points in 2024 without buying anything or spending a cent…

1. Download the Qantas Wellbeing App

With the Qantas Wellbeing App, you can earn points for completing daily and weekly step goals, sleep health challenges, cycling and swimming. You could also earn free points for completing a BMI check, blood pressure quiz, car tyre pressure check or car brake check.

After the initial 28-day trial, you’ll earn points at a reduced rate if you haven’t purchased a Qantas Insurance product. But you’ll still earn regular Qantas points for ongoing use of the App, even without buying anything. That’s enough to prevent your points from expiring!

You can also refer up to 20 friends per year to the Qantas Wellbeing app. Both you and your friend will earn 150 free Qantas points for each referral.

2. Join HOYTS Rewards

HOYTS Rewards is the loyalty program of HOYTS Cinemas. It’s free to join as a Standard member, and you’ll earn 100 bonus Qantas points just for signing up.

All you have to do is link your Qantas Frequent Flyer account to your HOYTS Rewards account. You’ll generally receive the 100 free Qantas points directly in your Qantas account within 24 hours of linking your memberships. (Until 25 January 2024, you can also go in the draw to win one of 10 prizes of 100,000 Qantas points when you see a movie at HOYTS.)

3. Complete Red Planet surveys

Qantas Red Planet members can earn free points by completing surveys. After joining, you’ll be sent regular invitations to complete surveys and earn Qantas points.

The amount of points earned will depend on the length of the survey, but you can expect to earn approximately 150 Qantas points for a 15-minute survey. If you don’t qualify to participate in a given survey, you’ll still be given 15 points for your trouble.

See our Red Planet guide for more details.

4. Accept a call from Qantas Health Insurance

Another option is to use the Qantas Health Insurance Switching Assistant. You don’t have to buy a health insurance policy, but if you accept a call from Qantas Health Insurance, you’ll get 1,000 Qantas points for free.

5. Get a free hearing check with Audika

If you’re over 26 years old and have never had a hearing test, Audika sometimes offers an easy 1,000 Qantas points for booking and attending a free hearing test.

At the time of writing, this promotion has been replaced with a limited-time offer of 6,000 Qantas points if you trial a hearing aid for two weeks. But the previous offer may be back at some point.

6. Bankwest Qantas Transaction account

With a Bankwest Qantas Transaction account, you can earn Qantas points in lieu of interest on the balance (up to a balance of $50,000). This method isn’t quite as simple, but it is free and there are no ongoing account fees if you deposit at least $2,000 per month.

7. Qudos Bank Qantas Points Saver account

Qudos Bank also offers a fee-free bank account that lets you earn Qantas points on the balance. With a Qantas Points Saver account, you can earn 400 Qantas points per $1,000 in the account each year, credited monthly, up to a balance of $1 million. With this account, you’ll also earn regular interest on the balance.

8. Qantas Points Accelerator

Qantas offers up to 300 points for completing certain activities through its “Points Accelerator”, which you can access on the Qantas website after logging into your frequent flyer account.

You can earn 100 points for completing any of the following activities, up to a total of three activities:

• Downloading the Qantas Points Prompter browser extension
• Linking your Qantas Frequent Flyer account to your Everyday Rewards account and shopping at Woolworths or Big W
• Linking your Qantas Frequent Flyer account to your BP Rewards account and shopping with BP
• Linking your Qantas Frequent Flyer and Accor Live Limitless accounts.

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Matt Graham

The editor of Australian Frequent Flyer, Matt's passion for travel has taken him to over 90 countries… with the help of frequent flyer points, of course!
Matt's favourite destinations (so far) are Germany, Brazil & Kazakhstan. His interests include economics, aviation & 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.