Qantas Hotels has launched a promotion offering the opportunity to pocket up to 30,000 bonus Qantas Points. Instead of their more usual double or triple points offers, this one is based on a sliding scale. The first rung kicks in at $500, so you will need to spend at least $500 to get any bonus.
The bonus points scale is as follows:
- 5,000 bonus Qantas Points when you spend $500 – $999
- 10,000 bonus Qantas Points when you spend $1,000 – $1,999
- 20,000 bonus Qantas Points when you spend $2,000 – $2,999
- 30,000 bonus Qantas Points when you spend $3,000 +
These points are in addition to the normal points you earn while booking through Qantas Hotels.
The offer is available for one week between 8 and 14 May 2024, and applies to stays taken by 30 June 2024.
This offer can be quite generous, especially if your booking is exactly on one of the cut-off points. For example, if you were to make a booking for exactly $500 you would get a bonus of 5,000 points, or to put it another way, 10 Qantas Points per dollar.
Qantas Hotels
Qantas Hotels is an accommodation booking service run through Qantas. It brings together over 200,000 hotels worldwide. One of its unique selling points is that it offers Qantas Points when using its service to book hotels.
While it also offers the opportunity to use points to make hotel bookings, this may not be the best use of points. As a result, we focus on the ability to earn points.
How many Qantas Points can I earn?
The standard earn rate at Qantas Hotels is 3 Qantas Points per $1 AUD you spend on your booking. However, they run promotions offering bonus points when meeting the requirements of the promotion.
When will I receive my Qantas Points?
Unfortunately, it does take time to receive your points through these bookings. First of all, you have to actually complete your stay. Then you need to wait up to 8 weeks for the points to post.
So, if you are looking for a quick boost to your points balance, this is not the place to be looking.
Is it a good deal?
In most cases, I book through the hotel chain of where I am staying – as this allows me to use the loyalty program of that chain. However, it is not always possible to do this – and this is where Qantas Hotels or other sellers, such as Hotels.com can provide options.
In the Hotels.com reward program, you earn 1 hotel night after each 10 that you stay. So effectively a 10% rebate on your hotel bookings. come in.
This generally works out better than the standard 3 Qantas Points per dollar that is on offer. However, with 9 points per dollar on offer, it may sway you toward using Qantas Hotels for your booking.
Of course, the above assumes that prices are the same at Qantas Hotels as they are at other online booking sites. My experience is that there can sometimes be differences in price. Sometimes it can be cheaper to book through Qantas Hotels, and sometimes more expensive. As always, it pays to compare prices from various online sites.
Final Words
Since Qantas Hotels moved to a standard rate of 3 points per dollar on all hotels, double-point offers have popped up from time to time.
Having said that, they do offer triple points from time to time, but that is not at the moment.
To make a booking, click through to the Qantas Hotels website.