5,000 bonus points each on up to 3 international Qantas Hotels bookings (book by 5/8/24)

[Mattg]

There's a week-long offer on Qantas Hotels, launched today.

https://www.qantas.com/hotels

Book an international hotel or holiday package between 30 July-5 August 2024 and earn 5,000 bonus points. You can get this bonus on up to 3 bookings, and there's no minimum spend. Valid on stays until 5 August 2025.

In other words, book and stay at 3 hotels outside Australia and get 15,000 bonus points on top of anything else you'd normally earn with Qantas Hotels.

Here are the relevant T&Cs, which I found here:

Qantas Frequent Flyer members will earn 5,000 bonus Qantas Points on any international Qantas Holidays and Qantas Hotels booked through qantas.com/holidays and qantas.com/hotels from 12:01 am (AEST) 30 July 2024 until 11:59 pm (AEST) 5 August 2024 for travel up until 5 August 2025. Excludes Airbnb and Qantas Entertainment and Qantas Tours. If your booking is amended in the future, you will not earn the Bonus Points but will earn the points applicable for the booking at the time of amendment. There is no minimum spend threshold to be eligible to earn bonus points. Bookings made with Deposit Pay, or with Qantas Points will be eligible to earn bonus points. Bonus Qantas Points will be issued to the member who has made the booking and is valid for redemption up to 3 times on the first 3 eligible bookings made. This is in addition to the standard earn rate of 3 points per A$1 spent on the total booking value. Points will be credited within 6 weeks of hotel check-out.

 

[kamchatsky]

Will this work if I book the room, but I don't stay but for my wife and kids?

Also if I use my $50 or $100 QF hotel vouchers, would it invalidate the bonus points?

 

[Mattg]

Will this work if I book the room, but I don't stay but for my wife and kids?

I think if you make the booking, put your QFF number on it, but list your wife as the guest who will stay - and your wife does actually check in/our of the hotel - you should still be able to get the points?

If that's normally how it works for earning points through Qantas Hotels (i.e. the usual 3 points per dollar) then it should be the same for this offer.

Also if I use my $50 or $100 QF hotel vouchers, would it invalidate the bonus points?

I can't see anything in the T&Cs that specifically invalidates bookings made using the Points Club vouchers.

 

[bussyboy]

Perfectly timed with a NZ sale too

 

[Kerrodt]

I have 2 existing bookings that are fully cancellable that I could rebook to get the bonus points. One booking included a $50 Qantas voucher that I will forfeit as it is non refundable.

If I can get the same room rates on re-booking then 10k points will be at an effective cost to me of $50.

Seems tempting.

I’ll have to look at my options.

 

[offshore171]

Just did a ghost booking for an upcoming Europe trip and for the hotel we are looking at QF is $100 a night more expensive than booking direct with the hotel

Same conditions (flex, breakfast). Also checked basic non refundable no breakfast rate and its still $90 per night more

 

[muppet]

Will this work if I book the room, but I don't stay but for my wife and kids?

Also if I use my $50 or $100 QF hotel vouchers, would it invalidate the bonus points?

Why not do it all in your wife’s name and just family transfer the points to you - avoid any issues?

 

[kamchatsky]

Why not do it all in your wife’s name and just family transfer the points to you - avoid any issues?

Mainly because I am aiming to requalify for PC next cycle. Family transfer does not count.

 

[henleybeach]

So I made 3 separate 1 night bookings for random dates in August to stay at Capital O 93486 Anna Inn Kuta.
$7 for each booking
So we saying I should earn 15k points for $21?

 

[kamchatsky]

So I made 3 separate 1 night bookings for random dates in August to stay at Capital O 93486 Anna Inn Kuta.
$7 for each booking
So we saying I should earn 15k points for $21?

I assume you have to actually check in and out successfully to claim the points?

 

[henleybeach]

I assume you have to actually check in and out successfully to claim the points?

Maybe ….
I assumed it might be like, AAadvantage.
I booked a non refundable hotel , had to cancel trip. Didn’t cancel the hotel accommodation, however still earn’t AA points. Similar with hotels.com, still collected the free night even tho I didn’t show up due to a late cancellation of a trip.

 

[burmans]

From Ozbargain T&Cs seem to indicate points may still be earned on a no show but really who knows.

 

[Happy Dude]

Will this work if I book the room, but I don't stay but for my wife and kids?

Also if I use my $50 or $100 QF hotel vouchers, would it invalidate the bonus points?

It specifically states in the T&Cs that "Bonus Qantas Points will be issued to the member who has made the booking"

So I made 3 separate 1 night bookings for random dates in August to stay at Capital O 93486 Anna Inn Kuta.
$7 for each booking
So we saying I should earn 15k points for $21?

Also from the T&Cs: "Points will be credited within 6 weeks of hotel check-out." Might be iffy to not have a record of checking in and then out. Depends on what the hotel does with no shows.

 

[CaptJCool]

Well I made one booking for this and likely at least a second

I’ll see how that goes but not holding my breathe seeing 95% of recent bookings are still waiting upon points

Given Qantas hotels is a shopfront for Expedia it would appear most hotels only charge Expedia upon your checkout (that being the “rules of engagement”) hence the points awarded ‘after checkout’

 

[henrus]

The cheapest I could find was $3.45.

 

[SydneySwan]

The cheapest I could find was $3.45.

Wow! I found $3.85 so far.

 

[Hunter4vr]

Made one booking for tonight at the SPOT ON 92799 Tanjung Indah Homestay Syariah, $3.37. Let's see how this goes, might book the other two nights in six weeks time to see if the points actually come in.

 

[Scarlett]

So I made 3 separate 1 night bookings for random dates in August to stay at Capital O 93486 Anna Inn Kuta.
$7 for each booking
So we saying I should earn 15k points for $21?

So just like buying cans of tuna then! Lucky they limited it to three stays…

 

[aikman]

might book the other two nights in six weeks time to see if the points actually come in.

Do you mean six days? The promo ends in six days.

 

[Hunter4vr]

Do you mean six days? The promo ends in six days.

Points usually take six weeks to come in, so I'll treat the first one as a test and if they don't post then I'll just cancel the remaining two bookings. Promo ends in six days but the T&C's say they can be for travel by 5 August 2025.