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Qantas American Express Premium: 90,000 QFF Points ($3000 Spend/3 Months) + Get $249 Back ($249 Annual Fee) @ Point Hacks

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Qantas American Express Premium: 90,000 QFF Points ($3000 Spend/3 Months) + Get $249 Back ($249 Annual Fee) @ Point Hacks
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Associatedpohaau on 08/06/2021 - 10:00 pointhacks.com.au (3831 clicks)
Last edited 06/07/2021 - 16:30

Offer Ends Thursday, JULY 8 - 2021 Offer Extended! This offer now ends July 22, 2021

AMEX are offering an increased signup bonus of 90,000 Qantas Points. Plus, enjoy $249 back, saving you $249. This is an "Exclusive" offer that is only available through PointHacks.

The 90,000 bonus Qantas points & $249 back offer is now live until Thursday, July 22nd 2021.

Details include:

  • 90,000 bonus Qantas Points when you spend $3,000 on eligible purchases within the first 3 months of approval.
  • Get $249 back when you add your new Card to your Mobile Wallet and make a minimum of 10 transactions, where each transaction is $25 or more, using your mobile wallet. (More below)
  • 1 Qantas Point earned per $1 spent on eligible purchases. (no cap)
  • 2 Qantas Points per $1 spent on eligible Qantas products and services in Australia.
  • 0.5 Qantas Points per $1 spent at government bodies in Australia.
  • Two free Qantas Club lounge invitations each cardholder year after first spend with Qantas.
  • Complimentary Qantas Wine Premium Membership.
  • 3 points per dollar spent on all Qantas Wine purchases.
  • Complimentary Qantas Frequent Flyer membership.
  • Domestic and International travel insurance, plus a range of purchase protection insurances (PDS).
  • Apple Pay, Google Pay & Samsung Pay support.
  • Access to American Express Plan It
  • Up 4 Additional Cards for family members or friends, at no extra fee.
  • Plus, receive up to 40,000 extra Qantas points with Shop Small. Get 3 extra Qantas Points per $1 spent when you save the offer to your new Card via the Amex app, and spend in-store or online at participating shop small business by 31/03/2022.

To receive the $249 back:

1. Add your new card to your Mobile Wallet (Apple Pay / Google Pay / Samsung Pay)
2. Make a minimum of 10 transactions using your mobile wallet where each transaction is $25 or more within the first 3 months.
3. Mobile wallet spend counts towards the $3,000 minimum spend criteria to receive the 90,000 Bonus Qantas Points.
4. You're done!

Note: This includes transactions made both in store, and digitally using your mobile wallet. You must use your mobile wallet, linked to your New Card, and meet the minimum spend threshold in order for it to be an eligible transaction.

  • Min Income: $40,000
  • Annual Fee: $249 (offset using the steps above)
  • Ends Thursday, July 22nd 2021

View the full offer details only at PointHacks.

Card Members who currently hold or who have previously held any Card product issued by American Express Australia Limited in the preceding 18 month period are ineligible for this offer. Previous and existing bank-issued American Express companion cardholders are eligible for this offer.

This offer is only available exclusively through PointHacks and not available through any other channel, including if you go to AMEX directly or use a referral link (the offer there remains no bonus points).

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    • nightelves on 06/07/2021 - 15:52

      No they don't. Once its trasnferred to Qantas there's no clawback. Only on their rewards points.

  • t0087669 on 05/07/2021 - 06:36
    -1

    Delete comment please

  • goldiep on 07/07/2021 - 08:04

    What's the use of this card like - as in, don't most places not accept AMEX it charge a premium?

    Currently looking for a better value card than my POS CommBank deal.

  • RJM87 on 09/07/2021 - 14:35

    To receive the $249 back:

    1. Add your new card to your Mobile Wallet (Apple Pay / Google Pay / Samsung Pay)
    2. Make a minimum of 10 transactions using your mobile wallet where each transaction is $25 or more within the first 3 months.
    3. Mobile wallet spend counts towards the $3,000 minimum spend criteria to receive the 90,000 Bonus Qantas Points.
    4. You're done!

    Note: This includes transactions made both in store, and digitally using your mobile wallet. You must use your mobile wallet, linked to your New Card, and meet the minimum spend threshold in order for it to be an eligible transaction.

    Can anyone clarify how one 'digitally' spends using their mobile wallet (vs just using your phone to pay in store) - how is this dfferent to just buying something online using your Amex card?

    • Danstar on 09/07/2021 - 15:38

      I think it’s referring to when you use Apple Pay or google pay directly from your iPhone as an “online” purchase.

      Eg paying for your maccas meal in the app using Apple Pay

      • RJM87 on 09/07/2021 - 16:01

        Cheers, that may explain my confusion - I've only ever used Samsung Pay and it doesn't appear to have the ability to make purchases from directly within the app.

      • The king on 13/07/2021 - 10:59

        apple pay via apple watch is also considered? or we need to use phone only?

    • doughnuthouse on 14/07/2021 - 08:06

      There's a comment in this thread of someone using Google Pay as a payment option on eBay. So i think some sites accept Google/Apple pay.

  • t0087669 on 10/07/2021 - 11:47
    +1

    Anyone obtained the $249 statement credit yet?

    • Talix on 11/07/2021 - 19:54
      +3

      With regard to the fee reimbursement: I was live chatting customer service for a different reason, but asked when the fee would be credited to the account - The lady said that the credit would apply only after the first three months have passed, for that is when the check for the required number of paywave/mobile wallet payments is done. From there it should be another 2-4 weeks apparently.

      She confirmed that I had fulfilled the requirements but that I would have to wait for the credit :/

    • Pete Gabitas on 09/08/2021 - 20:41
      +1

      Yep got my 249 back about 6 weeks after getting the card.

  • Talix on 11/07/2021 - 19:50
    +1

    Thanks heaps for opening my eyes to the wonderful world of FF points hacks!

    Applied for this card halfway through last month. They never asked for documents to confirm salary requirements but approved the card with my requested $10k limit. I have a small remaining mortgage and a secured car loan. My wife has a small credit card where I am a secondary card holder. We've never defaulted or missed payments on anything.

    We received the card after about a week. My wife is a secondary cardholder and we've moved all our expenses to AMEX. Therefore it took no time (two weeks?) to fulfill both reward requirements and after the recent statement was received I now have 96000 extra Qantas points in my account…

    Now, my question is: Could I apply for this card again, in my wife's name, or would that be pointless? I'd obviously churn the card and only use it as far as accessing the Qantas points and lounge tickets…

    What do you think? give it a go? :)

    • cuy on 12/07/2021 - 19:08

      You should have signed up individually. One as your wife and one as yourself. That way you have have had 180K.

    • cuy on 12/07/2021 - 19:10

      According to this post, it appears that you can

      https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/496333

      Although now you need to wait another 2 weeks to get your new card.

      • Talix on 16/07/2021 - 22:02
        +1

        We did, it worked! :D

        This time, for my wife, we asked for half the credit limit and were approved straight from the application form on the website. No phone call required ("you will receive your new card int the mail within 5-7 business days")

        Man, that's an easy 180.000 points :)

        Churning seems fun… ANZ is the next target - Let's see how long it will be before we start getting rejected :/

  • nhutty on 14/07/2021 - 11:15
    +1

    signed up my wife with me as the supplementary card holder.

    Am I supposed to see AMEX offers on my supplementary card via the AMEX app?

    And I'm assuming the spend on the supplementary card goes towards earning the points via mobile wallet and 3k spend.

    • Talix on 16/07/2021 - 21:59
      +1

      Man, I got tired of this supplementary card business… And I've been with AMEX for just a couple of weeks now :) Sup cards are inferior in every way, and you don't need one. I signed up for one for my wife, but it's a mess.

      Firstly, offers applied to the main card does NOT apply to the supplementary card. My wife downloaded the AMEX app and logged in with her provided credentials. Some of the offers I had on the primary card were available to her on the sup (and of course needed to be activated separately from the primary card), but not all. Shop small, for example, will never be available for a supplementary card holder. In my opinion, Shop small is the most valuable offer available, so not having it is kind of meh.

      Regarding the required spend and the ten mobile wallet payments, fortunately the transactions made by the supplementary card holder DOES count toward the number required for the credit to apply. This was confirmed by AMEX support - excellent in-app support by the way, 5/5 stars for that.

      This is not really useful though, as the primary card could simply be added to up to ten different mobile devices and WILL include all the premium offers activated on the main card (such as Shop Small). If churning cards and trying to simply get the best out of the offers, then there is no reason what-so-ever to apply for a supplementary card.

      My wife's card has now been relegated to the office drawer where it will stay until we cancel the primary. I added my card to her mobile wallet and off we went…

      Oh, and after fulfilling all the requirements for my card, we applied for another one for her and were approved, 180.000 points and four Qantas lounge vouchers here we go :)

      • nhutty on 16/07/2021 - 22:18
        +1

        thanks for the detailed write up. Might do the same and relegate the supplementary card to the draw and only use the primary going forward

      • OldBugger on 17/08/2021 - 09:57

        With the mobile wallet, is it 10 transactions where you tap your mobile? Is there a way to check how many times I've done this?

        When I go into my Google pay wallet it just tells me all of the transactions I've made on the card. I can't tell which ones I completed with my phone.

        Not sure if that made sense.

        Thanks

        • Talix on 17/08/2021 - 10:13
          +1

          Exactly, tap and pay transactions over $25.

          You can check by contacting customer service through the chat function in the amex app, very simple to use and 24/7 availability.

          They can also check what your status is on any activated offers and such. It's very helpful to see how you're tracking with Shop Small :)

          • OldBugger on 17/08/2021 - 10:16

            @Talix: Thanks for this. Thought I just was blind and couldn't see the mobile wallet transaction tab. Chat seems to be down in the mornings. Will try later. Cheers!

  • Arghs on 22/07/2021 - 10:15

    Hi guys,
    So I applied for the AMEX explorer card from the other deal (https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/637529) and got denied (sounds like a lot of people got a deny!). Never been denied for a credit card before.

    Is it a bad idea to apply for this given I've just been denied?

    • Danstar on 22/07/2021 - 16:42

      Really ? I find Amex the quickest and easiest credit card to be approved.

      Reading a page or two of comments, seem like most people are in that boat

      • Arghs on 22/07/2021 - 19:47

        yeah i find it a bit weird. in the past i had that experience, just not this time.
        anyway still deciding whether i apply for this card or not

        • Arghs on 23/07/2021 - 21:43
          +2

          anyway if anyone cares…i applied for this card (after getting rejected for the other one)…and, i got approved….
          exactly the same credit limit that i requested for the other one..
          i dont get it…

  • Danstar on 13/08/2021 - 13:05

    The 90k points went into “points club” not into my Qantas points balance. What’s the difference ?

    • Danstar on 13/08/2021 - 19:20

      NM. The points now have also gone into my normal Qantas points balance

      • mrjames on 21/08/2021 - 11:02

        How long did it take for the 90k points to be transferred from when you hit the 3k spend?

        • Danstar on 21/08/2021 - 14:26

          After the monthly billing cycle

  • Repstar on 29/08/2021 - 19:21

    Anyone had the $249 refunded yet?

    • Danstar on 30/08/2021 - 12:11

      Few people have, including myself

      • Repstar on 30/08/2021 - 20:31

        I’ve just been doing over $25 at woolies/coles. They qualify I assume?

        • Danstar on 31/08/2021 - 11:38

          Yah. Most mine was done at coles.

    • randomusername2017 on 03/09/2021 - 04:27

      Card issued late July - $249 welcome credit posted today

  • Repstar on 03/09/2021 - 06:45

    Yep got mine now as well. Cheers!

  • HappyPanda on 03/09/2021 - 09:00

    Received 90,000 bonus points and $249 statement credit within 5 working days of meeting the 3,000 spend. Gotta love AMEX!

  • yojabbajabba on 07/09/2021 - 09:40
    +1

    Hey everyone - I've stumbled upon an awesome hack that allows you to get back most of the $249 annual fee! When you go to cancel the card via chat, ask them to change the account to a fee-free account, and they'll send you a new card in the mail and refund the annual fee pro-rata (instead of cancelling). They will change your account, send out a new card AND refund the Annual fee pro-rata. I ended up with 90k points + $249 cash back for 10+ Apple Wallet transactions + $240 back from the annual fee that was originally charged.
    I got the idea from the Amex Chat when I first tired to cancel and the rep suggested the option to move to a fee-free card with the annual fee refunded pro-rata. Took about 2 days for the pro-rata annual fee to be returned as credit, and I fully cancelled the account after that.

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