Bankwest Transaction account - Earn 10,000 bonus Qantas Points

[Must...Fly!]

How long from applying and approval does it take to get the physical card? Going OS 26.10

Only took 3 business days for me. In Melbourne

 

[snabbu]

How long from applying and approval does it take to get the physical card? Going OS 26.10

Four business days for me in SYD.

 

[trendwhore]

I'm not sure this will work, reading the excluded transaction types it says "Payments from the Account made without your card" of course I may be reading that wrong.

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Hmm.. I wasn't sure about this one either. Would that assume that you need to physically use the card rather than have it setup on Paypal etc ? I could get 10 linkt transactions in a week but if that's no good then the account is a waste for me

 

[serfty]

Four business days for me in SYD.

5 business days in SE Melbourne bayside

 

[DrGreen]

(you need to have closed a Qantas account at least 24 months previously, or a non-Qantas one at least 30 days previously):

Ah I didn't read that, thankyou. Not going to bother in that case, I like my existing account number too much to close it .

 

[MELso]

Ah I didn't read that, thankyou. Not going to bother in that case, I like my existing account number too much to close it .

Although as the offer closes 30 November, presumably you could close it and still meet the 30 day threshold?

 

[tmdl]

Has anyone had to do the ID verification at AustraliaPost and how long did you wait to get the account open?

Im still waiting

 

[kpc]

How long from applying and approval does it take to get the physical card? Going OS 26.10

4 business days to Sydney.

 

[Lynda2475]

4 business days to Sydney.

3 days for me, opened account on the weekend and card arrived yesterday (Wednesday) in PO box. Off to do my first transaction.

 

[tmdl]

I Called bankwest and they received nothing from AusPost which was frustrating, so I created a new application and all worked with online verfication

Time to earn those 10,000 points

 

[VPS]

I got an email from them today saying that because I've just applied I can earn 10,000 points by following a few steps (oh yeah that's why I applied)

 

[Lynda2475]

I got an email telling me i can use biometrics to access my account via the app. I had already installed the app and used fingerprint recognition to log in 5 days ago!

 

[trendwhore]

Ended up applying for it, received card in about 3 working days. Let's see if the 10k points works out

 

[bdl]

I'm not sure this will work, reading the excluded transaction types it says "Payments from the Account made without your card" of course I may be reading that wrong.

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Afterpay is charging my Bankwest Mastercard debit card and I can confirm I'm receiving points for each transaction

 

[Jacques Vert]

Anyone know whether the "month" is based on calendar months or the date the account was activated?
I've been told both.

 

[Lynda2475]

I couldn't get a clear answer so am ensuring 10 transactions before month end and then will do subsequent months in last week's of Nov and Dec to hedge bets (as this means falls within both calendar month and months since account was opened on 16th Oct).

Also since points earn is just 3 points per transaction (not per $ spent) it is best to use on 10 small transactions as credit cards will yield better points earn on anything over $5.

 

[Jacques Vert]

I couldn't get a clear answer so am ensuring 10 tons before month end and then will do subsequent months in last week's of noc and Dec to hedge bets.

When my account was opened I was advised I needed to make the 10 transactions by the 21st of each month. More recently I've been told it's based on calendar months.

I guess I'll just make sure they are all between the 1st and 21st.

 

[VPS]

When my account was opened I was advised I needed to make the 10 transactions by the 21st of each month. More recently I've been told it's based on calendar months.

I guess I'll just make sure they are all between the 1st and 21st.

I'm just making sure I do both so I'm covered

 

[minamin]

Anyone know whether the "month" is based on calendar months or the date the account was activated?
I've been told both.

I got told it was based on when I opened my account, very confusing!

 

[Jacques Vert]

I got told it was based on when I opened my account, very confusing!

Yes very confusing. T&Cs just state "per month". I haven't found any definition of what they consider a month to be.