Lendav Orav
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Pretty sure I did the full $5k spend in the first month (and got the full 100k on the second statement)
Data Point: In Aug I harvested 50K bonus pts from previous Westpac Altitude Black offer which was activated on July 18 then cancelled - reapplied for latest offer mid October and card activated October 24 - min spend reqt met Oct 25 - bonus 100K pts appeared in QFF acc o/n - clearly 12mth non card T's & C's a fallacy - now to cancel in a day or so and request pro-rata refund ann fee - it's a beautiful thing.
Was asked reason for cancelling and responded with 'I have had a dispute with Qantas and no longer desire to accumulate FF pts with them' - I then asked about refund of Ann Fee and was put on hold as Agent checked - came back with 'We will refund Ann Fee in full - that will put CC into credit so I will just transfer that amount across to your Westpac Choice eAccount' - works for me - that is where refund of Ann Fee from previous cancellation ended up.What excuse did you give to get your annual fee pro-rataed for the 100K offer CE?
Was asked reason for cancelling and responded with 'I have had a dispute with Qantas and no longer desire to accumulate FF pts with them' - I then asked about refund of Ann Fee and was put on hold as Agent checked - came back with 'We will refund Ann Fee in full - that will put CC into credit so I will just transfer that amount across to your Westpac Choice eAccount' - works for me - that is where refund of Ann Fee from previous cancellation ended up.
I have no idea - I have never been refused refund with Westpac when I ask IIRC - maybe you just lucked out - no idea really.Thanks for that. But I just called up this morning, they guy on the phone straight way told me that Westpac never offers pro-rata refund on annual fees, and even you just use it for one day, you have to pay for the remaining 364 days of the fee. Would you mind telling if that is the case by case? Cheers
I am late to this points party - but applied for the card this morning via the PointHacks link - kept a screenshot of the landing page - application took 5 minutes and was approved immediately, now to get the cards, spend the $5K and get the points....
Does anyone here who have applied for this card recently, has a Westpac Premier Advantage Package, gets the Qantas Black card annual fee waived, AND get the 100000 Qantas points?
Thats the plan. Just waiting on the points to land and will be trying to get the fee waived. Will let you know next month how I go.
Hi Lawrage, so essentially you let Westpac charge you the annual fee first (even though you have Advantage Package but you do not register the card against it), and wait for the 100K to drop to your account, then ask the Westpac CSR to reverse the annual fee by registering the card against the package?
I guess the T&Cs did say "pay the $395" before getting the points. I would prefer to not pay the $395 at the first place to get the points but the above method is OK as long as it works.
I noticed that the cut off date is 5 January so I have to make decisions quickly .....
I just got all 100k points at once
Thanks for updateI did my min spend on 27 Oct. That first statement went to 17 Nov. I think I got all the points on my next statement 17 Dec
There used to be an extra bit on the end of the T&Cs.
Existing Westpac customers who currently hold an Altitude Platinum or Altitude Black credit card, or who have held one in the last 12 months, are not eligible for this offer.
Seems this offer has been extended to Feb 28th.
I still don't see anything in their Ts & Cs excluding it, however at the top of the offer page it says "New Customers". I wonder if "New Customers" are defined in some deeply hidden generic Ts & Cs as not having held a card in the last 12 months?
That's not the way new customers are usually defined.