Bankwest Qantas MasterCard - Platinum. Earn 50,000 Qantas points. $160 annual fee

[clazman]

Still no points transfer to QF ...

 

[coles525]

Either tomorrow (usually 5th of each month), or maby thursday.

 

[ETA_2022]

I've applied for a BW World Card so as to get 1 point per $.

What's the annual fee on the BW World Card?

 

[Jordan613]

My past two statements were issued on the 2nd of the month. They generated this month's statement overnight and it had the 50,000 points after reaching min. spend ~24th May (within the T&Cs)

Now hopefully they'll sweep across to my QFF account quickly.

 

[get me outta here]

As part of this signup deal, I waited a few months and then upgraded to the MasterCard World card. Part of the deal was an SPG upgrade to gold. I started to activate this yesterday and what a performance it was. You have to ring Bank West in the first instant and then after a lot of stuffing about you get a promo code to add to your SPG membership online. After all that I find out that it only covers the Asia-Pacific.

But the good news is that BankWest pays 1:1 for the ATO.

 

[Dr Ralph]

My past two statements were issued on the 2nd of the month. They generated this month's statement overnight and it had the 50,000 points after reaching min. spend ~24th May (within the T&Cs)

Now hopefully they'll sweep across to my QFF account quickly.

Don't expect them to transfer for another month.

 

[QF029]

I got my spend points overnight for 3+ months but not the 50k bonus.

 

[Dr Ralph]

Just noticed that after 4 months since opening, no points (including the 50,000) have ever been transferred to my Qantas account. Email sent to BankWest immediately. Will be another reason I add to the list when I do cancel this card and seek a refund of the annual fee.

 

[exceladdict]

For anyone interested, I spoke to bw today who advised minimum limit for the World MC is 12k.

 

[get me outta here]

I upgraded to this about 4-6 weeks ago and everything that I have charged to it has been 1 point per $ including all government charges. When I have questions or suggestions I email them to get answers in writing, and I never miss an opportunity to tell them that it would be a good idea to show what points are being allotted to which spend (as AMEX does).

 

[ETA_2022]

I upgraded to this about 4-6 weeks ago ...

What's the annual fee on the BW World Card?

 

[get me outta here]

It depends on what you offer them /negotiate to a certain extent. I was able to say that I'd been told less than they now wanted to charge me, so we compromised and agreed that I would have the same price as the base card, then a slight rise till 2017, and then full rise, but I reckon I'll be gone by then. Don't remember the details off hand.

 

[ETA_2022]

... Don't remember the details off hand.

Ok, thanks anyway.

 

[get me outta here]

Ok, just looked it up, under normal circumstances the fee is $220 pa.
Without another sign on bonus, that pa price wouldn't interest me. But is can be of use to some people as everything is 1:1.

Ok, thanks anyway.

 

[ETA_2022]

Ok, just looked it up, under normal circumstances the fee is $220 pa.
Without another sign on bonus, that pa price wouldn't interest me. But is can be of use to some people as everything is 1:1.

Thanks. I agree, at that price it's not of interest to me either.

Though, it would have to be one of the few cards still paying points for ATO payments at 1:1.

 

[Dr Ralph]

Just noticed that after 4 months since opening, no points (including the 50,000) have ever been transferred to my Qantas account. Email sent to BankWest immediately. Will be another reason I add to the list when I do cancel this card and seek a refund of the annual fee.

BankWest giving me the run around. Claiming that they've transferred the points and that it's all Qantas fault that they haven't been credited.

Just another reason to add to the list when I cancel.

 

[exceladdict]

What's the annual fee on the BW World Card?

It depends on what you offer them /negotiate to a certain extent. I was able to say that I'd been told less than they now wanted to charge me, so we compromised and agreed that I would have the same price as the base card, then a slight rise till 2017, and then full rise, but I reckon I'll be gone by then. Don't remember the details off hand.

When I applied through the web-portal before the link died, it said on the screen that annual fees, etc, wouldn't change, though I don't know if i saved a screenshot

However I am fairly sure that I also asked them over the phone during the upgrade and they confirmed again that there was no changes to fees / credit limit / my introductory balance transfer / etc.

Ok, just looked it up, under normal circumstances the fee is $220 pa.
Without another sign on bonus, that pa price wouldn't interest me. But is can be of use to some people as everything is 1:1.

To me, the combination of no forex fee / 1 point per $ / 55 interest free days could make this a useful travel card but I agree, maybe not $220 worth of usefulness.

 

[get me outta here]

Re the World M/C, I didn't have a screen shot, but I was told no extra charge as well (it may have been in an online chat), and so they honoured it until 2017.

So what, you do have the World card, but they charged you $220pa?

When I applied through the web-portal before the link died, it said on the screen that annual fees, etc, wouldn't change, though I don't know if i saved a screenshot

However I am fairly sure that I also asked them over the phone during the upgrade and they confirmed again that there was no changes to fees / credit limit / my introductory balance transfer / etc.

To me, the combination of no forex fee / 1 point per $ / 55 interest free days could make this a useful travel card but I agree, maybe not $220 worth of usefulness.

 

[exceladdict]

So what, you do have the World card, but they charged you $220pa?

Yeah, I haven't come up for renewal yet, but I expect it to remain at $160 as per last year...

 

[dimaz.pramudya]

How do you chat with Bankwest? I can't seem to be able to find the option on the website.