Qantas FF and Woolworths create new loyalty alliance

[tuppaware]

I got an extra 100 points for buying vodka from BWS.
I'm happy with that.
Add that to the 3x points and then the 2x points to shop at woolies I'm happy and my fridge has never been soo full of food I dont need!

 

[ellen10]

No extra points for me for shopping at 2 or more brands.

Only got the meat offer. Maybe a roast & BBQ except I don't like Woolies sausages!

 

[JohnK]

Just remember that while to total points is lower you can earn 250 points per transaction. The 3 transaction offer is 233 points per transaction.
Plus you don't have to get to a third shop.

Why bring in logic into the argument? I would have still preferred the extra 200 points regardless of the average cost of the transaction.

 

[odysseus]

Weird, seems like the statement is an adjunct to the offer., when I would have thought it would be the other way around.

Since I didn't get an offer, I didn't get a statement!

 

[Smackbum]

I got an extra 100 points for buying vodka from BWS.
I'm happy with that.
Add that to the 3x points and then the 2x points to shop at woolies I'm happy and my fridge has never been soo full of food I dont need!

This kind of sums up this thread for me .... why do so many people go out of their way to buy stuff they don't really need just for the sake of a few hundred points?

I signed up for the EDR card because we do most of the weekly shopping at Woolies anyway so I linked it and gave it to my wife. I then got one in her name that I use occasionally at a BigW near my work when buying entertainment and electrical items. I then got one each for the kids that we pull out once a year just to keep their QFF activity ticking over.

Once every couple of months I get an "offer" from EDR and if there is an activation link I press it like a good little boy. But that's it. I don't even tell my wife that if she buys a bunch of stuff that's not on the list and then runs down to BWS or Sick Dmith and buys something else for no good reason we will get 666 extra FF points. Who could be bothered with that? [Warning - rhetorical question].

Maybe this bloated thread could have a spin-off for the hard-core points junkies, or even better - have a new one that summarises the useful information and then covers major updates to the scheme.

 

[samh004]

Maybe this bloated thread could have a spin-off for the hard-core points junkies, or even better - have a new one that summarises the useful information and then covers major updates to the scheme.

The first post could be updated with useful information, but the thread is just here so when something happens, we all know where to go to post and share… having more threads seems like a lot of complication for nothing

And to be fair, every thread has something useful, but they’re not all spun off with just the useful stuff. If you wanted to do that, perhaps AFF needs a wiki where things can be summarised

 

[lovetravellingoz]

This kind of sums up this thread for me .... why do so many people go out of their way to buy stuff they don't really need just for the sake of a few hundred points?

Answer: I think most of us do it with thought....and just takes deals that are of advantage..and which are cost effective. Waht is cost+time effective varies for each of us.

Maybe the poster you are commenting on wanted a bottle Vodka anyway :idea:

I don't even tell my wife that if she buys a bunch of stuff that's not on the list and then runs down to BWS or Sick Dmith and buys something else for no good reason we will get 666 extra FF points. Who could be bothered with that? [Warning - rhetorical question]..

Well if that works for you, cool.

But to me collecting FF points is all about knowledge is king.

Given the current promo of 500/700 points for shopping at 2/3 different stores...and 400 points for $50 of fresh food....all I have to do is meet some simple criteria and I will garner for my family of 5 about 5000 points for very little effort.
All I have to do is shop at stores I would have anyway, BUT have to make sure it is by Sept 26...and make sure I do 5 shops of $50 for fresh food (which for a family of 5 is easy).

I will pass on the 1000 points fora TV / bike etc as for me they are deals that don't stack up. For others they may.

Your said wife may do this anyway..but then again she may shop in ignorance on Sep 27 rather than 26, and buy $49 of fresh food, rather than $50..and so you may miss out on 1100 points that could have been yours for almost no change..

And with a bit of strategy, and thought, I collect a goodly number of points each year, as do many of us. If I just let it happen I would collect dramatically less.

Points to me are "airfare" money. If the cost of acquisition is greater than their value to me in time and effort I acquire them.

The advantage to me is that I effectively supercharge my collection rate and collect a lot more points that if I just took the "what will be, will be approach".

This works for my family and I with International trips in Business Class every year. If I was not a points collector I would be buying airfares instead and it would be in economy!!!

 

[markis10]

This kind of sums up this thread for me .... why do so many people go out of their way to buy stuff they don't really need just for the sake of a few hundred points?

I signed up for the EDR card because we do most of the weekly shopping at Woolies anyway so I linked it and gave it to my wife. I then got one in her name that I use occasionally at a BigW near my work when buying entertainment and electrical items. I then got one each for the kids that we pull out once a year just to keep their QFF activity ticking over.

Once every couple of months I get an "offer" from EDR and if there is an activation link I press it like a good little boy. But that's it. I don't even tell my wife that if she buys a bunch of stuff that's not on the list and then runs down to BWS or Sick Dmith and buys something else for no good reason we will get 666 extra FF points. Who could be bothered with that? [Warning - rhetorical question].

Maybe this bloated thread could have a spin-off for the hard-core points junkies, or even better - have a new one that summarises the useful information and then covers major updates to the scheme.

I cannot say I like the troll-like nature of your post, and the sweeping generalisation that people are buying things they dont need to get points. I am sure many people do exactly what you say but if you read the posts here by community members you will find that they talk about getting offers that were for things on the shopping list already, in short this is about smart shoppers buying what they were going to buy anyway but getting it for less!

How many people would be aware that the 400 point fresh food offer can be used as many times as you like for two weeks, its not hard to get $200-$400 of fresh food for a family like mine, thats an easy 3.2K, even better when that fresh food is on clearance at 50% off!

As for shopping at three stores, thats easy, Woolies/Big W and Duck Smith cover it easy, I just have to get my phone recharge at DS this month for no extra charge. BWS offers dont excite me, its clear you are paying for the points when you visit 1st Choice or Dans and do a comparison, although the periodic special offers for EDR members at BWS are usually at good pricing.

As others have said, this thread and this community is about getting maximum value from your spend, not spending recklessly in the hop you might get points.

 

[tuppaware]

Answer: I think most of us do it with thought....and just takes deals that are of advantage..and which are cost effective. Waht is cost+time effective varies for each of us.

Maybe the poster you are commenting on wanted a bottle Vodka anyway :idea:

I did want a bottle of vodka !!


And the food I bought isn't going to waste, Its just means I do less shopping next week!

I'm careful what I buy... and I don't change my habit just because of one offer. i don't actually like shopping at woolies, but I do when I get triple points!

 

[Ken1]

We each got the statement with the two offers - 400 points for $50 of fresh food and 700 points for shopping at 3 different stores. My wife bought over $50 of fresh food at Woolies along with our other groceries and also spent over $31 at Big W with my Rewards card, the one we usually use for points to go to my QFF account, along with my Amex and ANZ Visa cards. Today I went to DSE and spent $56 with my Rewards card and another $59 with hers and she'll use her rewards card for next week's shopping at Woolies and Big W to get a second lot of 700 points.

For purchases at DSE would buying Gift Cards qualify as a purchase when these offers are in place? Today I spent a while trying to find a few things to spend over $51 for each card but if we can buy Gift Cards we could then use them later at Woolies. It worked well with the Amex Membership Rewards 10 points for each dollar promotion a few years ago

 

[QF WP]

I think there are always going to be members of the following sub-sets here:

1. Those that under-utilise the card and miss out on bonus offers (apathy, don't check emails in time, hurdles considered too difficult, offers not relevant, etc)
2. Those that utilise the card appropriately, making considered use of the the bonus offers within paramaters as to what dollar cost (and time cost) is acceptable to them, or
3. Those that over-utilise the card for the sake of collecting points, having little or no regard to the cost (whether value for money or not)

markis10, just be careful in the use of the word "troll" (I recognise you used the word troll-like, but the connetation is negative irrespectively). I thought exactly the same thing as you initially when I read tuppaware's post. You and Smackbum certainly put up some valid points, but then we find out in tuppaware's later post that it was tongue-in-cheek (would have been obvious had it been appropriately iconed). Never easy to know what was the original intention of the poster...

An interesting debate. I unfortunately fall in the first category

 

[drewbles]

I think there are always going to be members of the following sub-sets here:

1. Those that under-utilise the card and miss out on bonus offers (apathy, don't check emails in time, hurdles considered too difficult, offers not relevant, etc)
2. Those that utilise the card appropriately, making considered use of the the bonus offers within paramaters as to what dollar cost (and time cost) is acceptable to them, or
3. Those that over-utilise the card for the sake of collecting points, having little or no regard to the cost (whether value for money or not)

markis10, just be careful in the use of the word "troll" (I recognise you used the word troll-like, but the connetation is negative irrespectively). I thought exactly the same thing as you initially when I read tuppaware's post. You and Smackbum certainly put up some valid points, but then we find out in tuppaware's later post that it was tongue-in-cheek (would have been obvious had it been appropriately iconed). Never easy to know what was the original intention of the poster...

An interesting debate. I unfortunately fall in the first category

You forgot the 4th type. Me I shop at Woolies probably 2-3 times every few weeks, and until my last 'quarterly update' i've never really had a promotion emailed to me (it's not going to spam either).

Perhaps I'm too regular a shopper without any specific requirements (eg no baby or the like for targeted specials) so they don't think I need encouragement.

 

[QF WP]

I was in that 4th type as well (but didn't realise there was others out there) before I became a Type 1 (assuming I get the offers, I don't check personal email address regularly).

We need to migrate to type 2's

 

[markis10]

This type 2 is off to Big W to buy $31 of baby wipes , 3 brands mission accomplished, items purchased but not needed - zero!

 

[oz_mark]

This type 2 is off to Big W to buy $31 of baby wipes , 3 brands mission accomplished, items purchased but not needed - zero!

Good lord - I haven't even got one brand ticked off yet. But then, the weekend is not here yet, either.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

but if we can buy Gift Cards we could then use them later at Woolies.

No can do.

Gift cards, and some other things like tobacco products are excluded from earning points, or being eligible spend.

It is all in the fine print.

 

[lovestotravel]

400 Extra Qantas FF points for $50 or more up until 26th September I like :mrgreen:

Will simply be splitting my weekly purchases of around $120 into smaller transactions!

An extra 2800 points for a tiny bit more effort!

Will go through the check-out, and simply put the divider in the middle of my groceries, pay for the first 1/2 and then pay for the 2nd half

 

[medhead]

I signed up for the EDR card because we do most of the weekly shopping at Woolies anyway so I linked it and gave it to my wife. I then got one in her name that I use occasionally at a BigW near my work when buying entertainment and electrical items. I then got one each for the kids that we pull out once a year just to keep their QFF activity ticking over.

Once every couple of months I get an "offer" from EDR and if there is an activation link I press it like a good little boy. But that's it. I don't even tell my wife that if she buys a bunch of stuff that's not on the list and then runs down to BWS or Sick Dmith and buys something else for no good reason we will get 666 extra FF points. Who could be bothered with that? [Warning - rhetorical question].

I hope you got the free QFF membership for your children. I was a bit disappointed about having already purchased my kids memberships.

Interesting to not tell your wife. I find that if I say to my wife we can get points for shopping at Big W, she usually has something she needs/wants. For the last statement promotion, I managed to get 1491 points. We did this by buying our normal groceries. I got a case of beer from BWS including 100 bonus points as my home brew was low and I hadn't done another batch. Then we went to BigW for a look, there was A4 paper on special (tax deduction) and we got some christmas presents for the kids, that we noticed and through would be good for them. Yep did spend money 6 months earlier than needed but still pretty good value I think. Personally, I always have a half dozen things on my wish list; offer comes up = bonus.
I agree I couldn't usually be bothered with shopping, but then the kids do seem to like to eat.

 

[medhead]

Weird, seems like the statement is an adjunct to the offer., when I would have thought it would be the other way around.

Since I didn't get an offer, I didn't get a statement!

Have you ticked the option to receive "spam", oops, I mean offers and promotional material from EDR?

 

[odysseus]

Have you ticked the option to receive "spam", oops, I mean offers and promotional material from EDR?

Yes, fully compliant on that Received statements in the past so not sure if it's just an electronic error or intentional.