Not bad but you still have to pay to have a Qantas FF account.

It’s the only card that I could find that accumulates Qantas FF points without having an annual fee. Unless you were lucky enought to get the Citibank Gold card when they had the no fee for life offer. I’m still waiting for them to bring that back.

Another drawback is that I (personally) found that AMEX is not as widely accepted as Visa and MC. I remember JB Hifi charges some percentage (surcharge) if you pay with Amex.

A better deal is the Earth credit card, it’s linked to Qantas FF and includes a Amex which gives you 1 point per $1, and a Mastercard which gives you .5 points per $1.

The advantage being that in the many place you can’t use your Amex you can still use the MC and get some points.

Disadvantage: Yearly Fee on the Amex ($79, I think)

http://www.earth.com.au/

if you have foreign address, you can use it to apply for QFF for free :)

I’ve been trying to get one of these for a few weeks now, and nearly every time I try to apply, it comes up with an error:

Sorry, the American Express online application is currently unavailable. Please try again later.

Earth often offer free Qantas frequent flyer membership too - it’s promotional. So that saves you ~$80. But the card has an annual fee. So if you wanted to join Qantas FF anyway the Earth card will be cheaper (if you cancel in 1st or 2nd year). Or you could join American Airlines frequent flyer program instead - it’s free and in the same alliance.

I have both the free gold Citibank and this Amex - there’s pros and cons to each. I err more on the side of my Citibank card.

For those who don’t care to read the fine print on these things, just be aware of the following:

Invitation I invite you, your agents, Qantas Airways Limited and your preferred alliance organisations (including insurance companies) to use my personal information for marketing purposes. This includes contacting me by telephone, mail or email to discuss and agree any purchase of goods or services from an American Express company or your products and of Qantas Airways Limited or any third party providing products jointly marketed with American Express. I understand that I can call 1 300 362 991 if I want to withdraw this invitation and remove my name from your marketing lists.

Bit annoying that they opt you in by default.

The application has worked fine so far, and I don’t know why it didn’t work 6 mths ago.

If it all goes well, chop goes my current Citibank Silver WITH annual fee :)

aeon, those conditions are standard for pretty much anything you sign up for these days - credit cards, utility companies, etc etc.

I have just created a new thread for this:

http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/4478

Once you get your card from Citibank (and do all confirmation that it is not spam) please post comments under the thread. There are people who are not sure whether the link is spam or not.