American Express are offering new cardholders the chance to earn 50,000 Velocity Points when taking out a new American Express Velocity Platinum card. This card comes with the unique feature of offering the chance of gaining 100 Velocity Status credits every year. Cardholders that spend $50,000 in a membership year will earn themselves 100 Velocity Status Credits. Sign Up Bonus In order to be in line for the 50,000 points, you will need to meet a few conditions: Not held a directly issues American Express card in the last 18 months. Having held an American Express companion card issued by…
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Kogan have reduced the number of Qantas Points that you can earn while shopping online at Kogan.com. As from today (December 6, 2018), the base earn rate has been cut in half – it is now 1 Qantas Point for each 2 dollars of spend. This compares to the 1 Qantas Points per dollar that has been paid over the last few years. This only affects the earn through Kogan directly, it does not affect the points earn through the Qantas Online Mall – which remains at 2 Qantas Points per dollar. Earning Qantas Points at Kogan Qantas and Kogan have…
NAB is currently offering 350,000 NAB Rewards Points for members taking out a new home loan package. Previously, NAB had offered a Velocity Points, however with the launch of their in-house NAB Rewards program, they appear to have opted to switch the offer to use that program. The promotion is available when taking out a new NAB home loan, however it does have some restrictions. As the offer is aimed at moving customers across to NAB, there is a need to hold other NAB products as well. The NAB Rewards program allows members to transfer points to other airline programs.…
Le Club AccorHotels has kicked off a new promotion offering members up quadruple points on stays in Asia Pacific. The promotion runs from now through to 31 January, 2018. Promotion Details The key dates for this promotion are: Offer: Quadruple Points for Platinum/Gold. Triple Points for Classic/Silver Booking Dates: From November 1, 2017 to December 15, 2017 Stay Dates: From November 1, 2017 to 31 January, 2017 As with many Le Club AccorHotels promotions, registration is required. Keep in mind that the promotion does not commence until November 1. Note that for the purposes of the promotion, it is the…
Westpac are offering 60,000 Qantas or Altitude Points for new cardholders, taking up a new Altitude Black card. In addition, Westpac is offering a discounted fee of $250 for the first year. The offer requires an application to be made by June 11, 2018. In addition, you will need to spend at least $5,000 on eligible transactions within 90 days of card approval. For further information, refer to the Westpac Altitude page. Altitude Black Westpac’s Altitude Black cards are the top of the line credit card by the bank. Issues as a Black World MasterCard, it comes with a range…
Hilton Honors have launched a new Double Dip promotion, this time targetting Krisflyer members. Under the offer, Krisflyer members can earn Triple Double Dip points when staying in Australasia, Southeast Asia, Japan and Korea. For the rest of the world, double points are on offer. In order to take advantage of this promotion, you will need to: Register for the promotion prior to check-out of your stay within the Promotion Period (July 26 to September 30, 2017) Ensure that the ‘MyWay Earning Style’ in your Honors Account is set to Points & Miles Earning style Ensure that Qantas Frequent Flyer…
Bankwest has recently rejigged in Qantas Mastercard offerings. This has seen that previously invitation only World Mastercard enter the standard lineup, and the Gold Mastercard exit from the on sale offering. Bankwest is running promotion on the newly introduced World Mastercard. They are offering a signup bonus of 50,000 bonus Qantas Points to new cardholders. The criteria of the offer are: apply for a Bankwest Qantas World MasterCard credit card between November 26, 2016 and January 31, 2017, be approved and spend at least $2,500 on eligible purchases within 3 months from account opening Once you are over the hurdle of getting the…
Le Club AccorHotels has launched a new bonus points promotion. The latest promotion offers membes of the Le Club AccorHotels program the opportunity to earn up to 10,000 bonus points. The promotion, commencing on September 12 follows a fairly typical pattern for these types of Le Club AccorHotels promotions/ The promotion offers bonus points for stays of 2 or more nights at particpating Accor properties. These include the likes of Sofitel, Pullman, Novotel and Mercure. While there are points after each two night stay, a total of four stays is required to maximise the earn on this promotion. The earning structure for…
Accor have updated the MyRewards bonus for the period May 1 – August 31, 2016. Platinum members staying at participating resorts will be eligible for 500 Le Club Accor Hotels points for each stay. In addition to the bonus 500 points, Accor are offering a bonus of 20,000 points which will be made available to each of the 5 members that stay the most at a resort during the promotion period. For further information on the current MyRewards promotion, refer to this webpage. Accor MyResorts Accor have rolled out a new benefits program across its resorts in Asia Pacific. Going under the name of ‘Accor MyResorts’,…
Hilton is offering Velocity members a couple of benefits at its Australian hotels during April. Firstly, there is the offer of a 20% discount on food and beverage while dining at participating restuarants. Secondly, Velocity Gold and Platinum members will be eligible for Executive Lounge access at selected Hilton hotels in April. Dining DIscount At selected Hilton and Doubletree restaurants across Australia, Velocity members will be eligible to a 20% discount on the dining bill. The 20% discount off the bill is applicable to the total food and beverage bill. Participating restaurants are: Hotel Restuarants Hilton Adelaide Coal Cellar +…