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[creeno]

hi tinky....my card was the Rewards Maximiser....so can't comment on the Qantas Amex....sorry

 

[Shano]

thanks for the info everyone. I'm keen on buying some vouchers too.

Can anyone who has received the bonus points confirm if they used a Qantas Amex (instead of the rewards maximiser one). I wanted to make sure this was eligible.

I believe that the promotion is for Membership Rewards points, which the Qantas branded cards do not earn - they are transferred directly to your QFF account.

Any non-QF branded card for which you are enrolled in the MR program would earn Membership Rewards points.

 

[serfty]

Not all Qantas Branded Amex card have points that go directly to QFF.

I have an Amex Qantas Business card which puts MR points to their Spirit program. I can transfer points to QF, HH, SPG etc.

Mind you I don't think Amex are offering this any more. I binned a "free" offer to move to the Qantas Platinum Credit Card a few weeks ago and I can't find it on the AX web site.

 

[tscharke]

Amex still offer qantas branded corporate amex cards as we use them at work and as Serfty mentioned they are linked to the Spirits program.

OOI, I queried Amex one day on what benefits we get with qantas - apparently nothing :shock: a bit bizarre.....

anyhoo, im just about to head up the road to ****ies to grab some vouchers

edit: ooh! didnt realise this site had content filtering!

 

[Shano]

Amex still offer qantas branded corporate amex cards as we use them at work and as Serfty mentioned they are linked to the Spirits program.

OOI, I queried Amex one day on what benefits we get with qantas - apparently nothing :shock: a bit bizarre.....

anyhoo, im just about to head up the road to ****ies to grab some vouchers

edit: ooh! didnt realise this site had content filtering!

I recently obtained a Qantas branded corporate AMEX card. They are offering 2% rebate on the cost of QF airfares charged to the card. Maximum rebate is 5% depending on total QF spend.

All of our flights are now being charged to this card. As it is in my name, guess who gets all the points although this is not really a large # anyway.

 

[tinky]

thanks for the speedy responses everyone. Guess I will have to miss out on this promotion

Happy spending for those of you who can benefit from the offer!

 

[tscharke]

...They are offering 2% rebate on the cost of QF airfares charged to the card. Maximum rebate is 5% depending on total QF spend....

that sounds more plausible - i should have learnt by now that the Amex call centre really doesnt know ****!

...just had to test the content filtering again!

 

[Shano]

Details here

 

[tscharke]

awesome - thanks for the link Shano

that will make a great case to change the process to allow flights to be charged to individual's credit cards instead of the corporate travel account!!!

and more importantly more points for the punters!

 

[lovetravellingoz]

thanks for the info everyone. I'm keen on buying some vouchers too.

Can anyone who has received the bonus points confirm if they used a Qantas Amex (instead of the rewards maximiser one). I wanted to make sure this was eligible.

Mine is a Maximiser

 

[serfty]

Not all Qantas Branded Amex card have points that go directly to QFF.

I have an Amex Qantas Business card which puts MR points to their Spirit program. I can transfer points to QF, HH, SPG etc. ...

This also offers a 2% rebate on Flexible WHY booking classes and higher for annual expenditure over $10K. Interestingly, +++ payments on Award bookings are eligible.

 

[tscharke]

WOO-HOO!

that didn't take long - I have now been given approval to change our company policy to allow individuals to charge all flights costs to their Corporate Amex - points bonanza

just a pity i have missed out on 18months worth....

thanks again Shano for pointing this out...

 

[simongr]

I missed out on 60K+ of points by having to charge my flights to my Oz CEO's credit card - when she left and my US boss realised what was going on he insisted that I start charging to my corporate Amex (non-QF branded).

 

[openseat]

Don't Forget VS Flying Club as a redemption possibility

Flying club has some pretty reasonable redemption rates especially given the 1:1 Amex to FC redemption rate (even better if the 20% bonus offer was made again, but that didn't happen in 2007, unlike 2005 & 2006)

For example a business return from Australia to NZ is 30,000 points.
Australia to LA on NZ in business is 125,000 points.

You can redeem through MH and SQ as well, also DL and SAS. Virgin Blue are coming on board as well.

Just more possibilities for your Amex points.

 

[creeno]

Interestingly, via the Amex Membership Rewards TravelKey programme, SYD-BKK-SYD on BA is only 47000 points (versus 60000 points on QF FF).

Not sure what availability is like, but might be a nice deal for some...has anyone used TravelKey in the past?

American Express - Australia - Personal - Cards - Rewards - Membership Rewards TravelKey

 

[auriga]

Re: Don't Forget VS Flying Club as a redemption possibility

Flying club has some pretty reasonable redemption rates especially given the 1:1 Amex to FC redemption rate (even better if the 20% bonus offer was made again, but that didn't happen in 2007, unlike 2005 & 2006)

Actually, the 20% offer did happen in March this year.

 

[simongr]

I was given purchasing approval for $2K of wish cards this evening

 

[openseat]

Re: Don't Forget VS Flying Club as a redemption possibility

Actually, the 20% offer did happen in March this year.

D'oh!! I must have missed it when I was in Rome during March.

 

[simongr]

Hmm - out of interest there is no catch that the purchase of a gift voucher would be treated as a cash withdrawal is there?

 

[snufl]

Hmm - out of interest there is no catch that the purchase of a gift voucher would be treated as a cash withdrawal is there?

I can't see how, lots of people buy vouchers as Christmas presents. A few months ago I bought David Jones vouchers/cards (same type of thing) and they weren't treated as cash withdrawals. So something would have had to changed since then.