Qantas Points Calculators
Qantas Points Calculators for calculating earnings with Qantas credit cards and the average value of points based on redemption.
Program Details
Qantas Airways is the flag carrier of Australia. They are the largest airline and third oldest airline in the world. Qantas flies to 85 destinations which consists of 27 international destinations in 14 countries across Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania. Their main hub is located at Sydney Airport.
Oneworld Alliance
Qantas is part of the oneworld alliance which consists of a little over 10 airlines:
- American Airlines
- British Airways
- Cathay Pacific
- Finnair
- Iberia
- Japan Airlines
- LATAM
- Malaysia Airlines
- Qantas
- Qatar Airways
- Royal Jordanian
- S7 Airlines
- SriLankan Airlines
Credit Card Rewards Calculators
The Qantas Points Calculators will calculate how many Qantas Points you can earn based on your monthly/yearly spend across categories. Each calculator will also output the cash value of the card based on your spend, how much you value the benefits of each card, and any annual fees the card may have.
You can compare the results side by side any credit cards featured on the site to find out which earns you the most rewards and the best return. All spend entered (primary/first column only) will carry over to all credit card calculators on the website.
Qantas Credit Card Calculators
Qantas has over 50 credit cards for you to choose from ranging across most major bank programs. Finding the best card will come down to your spend habits along with the benefits you're looking for in a card. Since this program has so many credit cards, this section is broken into sub-categories by bank.
American Express
AMEX holds four co-branded Qantas credit cards along with two David Jones credit cards in which you can opt in to earn Qantas Points instead of Membership Rewards Points.
ANZ
ANZ offers three levels of Qantas Frequent Flyer Visa cards. The Black Card has the highest annual fee, but offers a great return along with bonus points when you spend more than $7,000 per statement, complimentary Qantas Frequent Flyer membership, lounge passes for Qantas Lounge access, and superb travel and purchase insurance. The Platinum Card is a step down, but still offers a solid return and great travel and purchase insurance. The ANZ Frequent Flyer Card is the lowest on the totem pole and earns the lowest amount of points and offers the least value out of the three since it still has an annual fee.
BoM, BankSA, & St. George
Bank of Melbourne, BankSA, and St. George all share the same Amplify rewards program. They offer three Amplify Rewards Visa cards that earns a flat rate of Qantas Points on all purchases. The Visa Signature Card offers 0.75 points per $1, two annual Qantas Lounge passes, and great travel/purchase insurance. The Visa Platinum offers a lower 0.5x points per $1 and the same great travel/purchase insurance. The Visa offers the same 0.5x points per $1 and features no real benefits, but has the lowest annual fee in the bunch.
Bankwest
Bankwest offers two Qantas Frequent Flyer Mastercards. The World Mastercard earns 1 point per $1 spent on the first $5,000 in purchases while the Platinum Mastercard earns 0.75 points per $1 spent on the first $2,500 in purchases. Both cards offer solid travel insurance and a 0% foreign transaction fee.
Bendigo Bank
Bendigo Bank offers one personal and one business Qantas Frequent Flyer Mastercard. Both cards offer 0.6 Qantas Points per $1 spent on all purchases and complimentary Qantas Frequent Flyer membership.
BOQ
BOQ offers two credit cards that earn Qantas Points that are exclusively available to doctors, dentists, vets, and students or graduates within these professional fields. Both cards offer a solid return on spend and the Visa Signature version offers Priority Pass.
HSBC
HSBC offers one credit card that offers Qantas Rewards. It earns a flat rate on all purchases and waives the cost of Qantas Frequent Flyer membership. It also comes with a pretty solid list of travel and purchase insurance like most Qantas cards.
Macquarie
Macquarie offers two Qantas Rewards credit cards that have no foreign transaction fee. Both cards earn uncapped rewards with the Black Card earning at the higher rate across more spend than the Platinum Card.
NAB
NAB offers two personal cards and one business card that earn Qantas Points. Both personal cards offer some solid earnings along with great travel and purchase insurance. The business card earns a flat rate and allows you to earn up to 400,000 Qantas Points per year and also grants complimentary Qantas Frequent Flyer membership for cardholders.
Qantas Money
Qantas Money offers 3 solid Qantas Premier credit cards called Everyday, Platinum, and Titanium. All of these offer a great return on your spend, but the card that stands out the most the Qantas Premier Titanium Card which is a premium card offering the highest returns on your spend along with lots of money saving benefits.
Qudos Bank
Qudos Bank offers one Qantas Point earning credit cards called the Qudos Bank Visa Platinum Card. It earns your standard 1x/0.5x return on general spend along with a bonus point when spending with Qantas.
Woolworths
Woolworths has one co-branded credit card with Macquarie Bank that can earn you Qantas Points when shopping at Woolworths and BIG W stores. The card also offers travel and purchase insurance.
Westpac
Westpac offers two personal cards and one business card that earns rewards with Qantas. The Black Card offers a great return on purchases while offering annual lounge passes and great travel insurance. The Platinum Card is a slight step down but still a solid option for those who don't mind losing the airport lounge passes and a few travel insurances. The BusinessChoice Rewards Platinum Card is a solid option for any business looking to earn a flat rate of Qantas Points on all purchases and receive superb travel insurance on top of that.
Redeeming Rewards & Cash Value
Qantas Points will give you the best value when you redeem them towards flights which can give you a value of 1 cent or more. Overall, you can redeem Qantas Points for:
- Flights
- Hotels
- Holiday Packages
- Car Rentals
- Merchandise/Shopping
Qantas Points Value Calculator
Use the Qantas Points Value Calculator to calculate the average cash value of your Qantas Points based on the redemption options listed. Average values (denoted by '~') are based on how much The Point Calculator values that redemption after doing some testing and number crunching. You can enter any amount of points in the field below.
Flying Qantas and Partners
Redeeming your Qantas Points for award flights on Qantas and Oneworld Partners will typically give you the best value. Qantas has their own Qantas Points Calculator to help you calculate the distance and cost in Qantas Points flying between two cities. Just remember that you will still have to pay taxes, fees, and carrier charges when redeeming your points. You'll also want to watch out for airlines that have high surcharges like British Airways.
You can redeem your Qantas Points on flights with the following airlines:
- Qantas
- Air France
- Air New Zealand
- Air Niugini
- Air Tahiti Nui
- Air Vanuatu
- Aircalin
- Airnorth
- Alaska Airlines
- American Airlines
- British Airways
- Cathay Pacific
- China Airlines
- China Eastern
- EL AL
- Emirates
- Fiji Airways
- Finnair
- Iberia
- Japan Airlines
- KLM
- LATAM
- Malaysia Airlines
- Qatar Airways
- Royal Air Maroc
- Royal Jordanian
- S7 Airlines
- Solomon Airlines
- SriLankan Airlines
- WestJet
Classic Reward Flights
The absolute best value will come from redeeming your points for Classic Reward flights. This will give you a lot more value than you would get when booking a standard award flight. Take this trip from Sydney to Perth for example.
This flight would cost you A$391 if you were to pay cash or 18,000 points plus pay $36 if you were to book an Economy Classic Reward. This redemption would give your Qantas Points a value of 1.97 cents per point which is great! Generally, short-haul flights in and around Australia and New Zealand will give you pretty good value when it comes to booking Classic Rewards.
Here's a round-trip flight that offers both Economy and Business Classic Reward space.
The economy flight that costs A$526 would cost you 20,300 Qantas Points plus A$71 giving your points a value of 2.24 cents each while the business class flight that costs A$2,531 would cost you 57,000 Qantas Points plus A$71 giving you points an excellent value of 4.31 cents each.
Here's another example flying from Brisbane, Australia to Auckland, New Zealand.
This booking would give you a value of 1.1 cents per point which isn't bad. This is probably the lowest I would recommend redeeming Qantas Points for if you're looking to get the best value out of your points.
Good value isn't just for short-haul trips. You can find good value in long distance trips as well. Here's a flight from Sydney, Australia to Los Angeles, California, United States.
When compared to the sale price of $757, redeeming 41,900 Qantas Points along with paying $147 in taxes/fees would give your points a value of 1.45 cents per point which is great.
Standard Redemptions
Standard redemptions will give your points a value of around 0.64 cents per point on average. This is a lot lower in value when compared to Classic Reward Flights. Here's the cost of standard redemptions for the flight from Brisbane to Dubai.
This same flight that would cost you 50,300 Qantas Points plus A$181 as a Classic Reward would cost you a whopping 108,100 Qantas Points as a standard redemption. This would give your points a value of 0.65 cents per point.
I highly recommend sticking to Classic Reward redemptions whenever possible in order to maximize the value of your Qantas Points. When booking your flights and looking at the list of results, you can toggle the option to view Classic Rewards only.
Qantas Hotels
You can redeem your Qantas Points on the Qantas Hotels portal for stays at hotels around the world. This will give your points a value of around 0.75 cents per point. There's a few hotels that have promotional pricing or are listed as a classic reward. These bookings can give your Qantas Points a little bit more value than the basic redemptions.
Vacation/Holiday Packages
Qantas Points can be redeemed for holiday packages through both Luxury Escapes and APT Holidays. Redemptions for these both start at 4,000 points for a A$20 discount which gives your points a value of 0.5 cents.
Car Rentals
You can redeem Qantas Points for rentals with both Avis and Budget car rental. Booking car rentals using Qantas Points will give you around 0.64 cents in value.
Shopping & Merchandise
Redeeming your Qantas Points for merchandise will typically give you a pretty low value. The actual value you'll get depends on what you're redeeming your points for. You have a pretty large amount of redemption options to choose from including, but not limited to:
- Apple
- Bose
- Dyson
- FitBit
- Garmin
- LG
- Samsung
- Sony
- Tefal
- Weber
Points can be redeemed through the Qantas Store.
Transfer Partners
The Qantas Frequent Flyer program has around 50 or so co-branded credit cards with many banks offering Qantas versions of their most popular cards. For this reason, there's only a handful of programs that allow you to actually transfer points directly to your Qantas Frequent Flyer account, most being hotel rewards programs.
Transfer To Qantas Calculator
This Qantas Points Transfer Calculator will calculate the transfer of rewards earned in other programs to the Qantas Frequent Flyer program. Enter any amount of points in the calculator below and it will output how many rewards are needed in the partner program to equal the amount you specified.
Earning Miles With Partner Credit Cards
All of the credit cards listed in the table below allows you to earn rewards and transfer them directly to your Qantas Frequent Flyer Account. This gives you alternative ways to earn rewards through spend and sign up bonuses. The earning rates listed for transfer partner credit cards are based on the transfer ratio when converting rewards to Qantas Points. Remember you can use the Search By Transfer Partner tool to find lists of cards that earn rewards with specific programs.
Earning Rewards
Qantas Frequent Flyer has a significant amount of ways that you can earn points. This ranges from booking travel to shopping online to opening checking accounts and just about everything in-between. If you're going to spend any kind of money, it's a high chance that you can earn Qantas Points doing so. Listed below are some of the most popular ways to earn Qantas Points, but if you want the full list of 350+ partners, you can check out the Qantas Frequent Flyer Partners page on their website.
Qantas Airline Partners
Qantas Frequent Flyer Points can be earned flying Qantas, oneworld alliance members, and other partnering airlines. Flying with oneworld alliance partners and a few select non-alliance partners allows you to earn Qantas Points and Qantas Frequent Flyer Status Credits. Status Credits count towards achieving elite status within the Frequent Flyer Program.
You can earn Qantas Points flying the following airlines:
- Qantas
- Jetstar
- Air France
- Air New Zealand
- Air Niugini
- Air Tahiti Nui
- Air Vanuatu
- Aircalin
- Airnorth
- Alaska Airlines
- American Airlines
- British Airways
- Cathay Pacific
- China Airlines
- China Eastern
- EL AL
- Emirates
- Fiji Airways
- Finnair
- Iberia
- Japan Airlines
- KLM
- LATAM
- Malaysia Airlines
- Qatar Airways
- Royal Air Maroc
- Royal Jordanian
- S7 Airlines
- Solomon Airlines
- SriLankan Airlines
- WestJet
Qantas lists all of their earning partners and the details on earning with each via their Qantas Partner Airlines Earning Rates page.
Qantas Portals & Services
Qantas offers a bunch of various portals and services that can earn you additional Qantas Points. This ranges from insurance to booking hotels to going on cruises. These options and many more are located on the Qantas Frequent Flyer Partners page.
Qantas Activities
You can book activities such as food tours, wine tasting, sightseeing, and more through the Qantas Activities portal.
Qantas Cruises
Qantas has their own cruise portal which can earn you a good amount of Qantas Points booking with popular cruise lines. Booking through this portal will earn you 1 Qantas Point for every A$1 spent, plus you have the chance to earn bonus points through promotions and more.
Qantas Fly Carbon Neutral
When booking your flight, you'll have an option on some flights to tick-the-box to Fly Carbon Neutral. You'll earn 10 Qantas Points per $1 spent on carbon offsetting and Qantas will also match your contribution.
Qantas Holidays
Qantas Holidays allows you to earn Qantas Points when booking a combined air and land package flying Qantas or Jetstar. You'll earn 1 Qantas Point for every A$1 spent on the package.
Qantas Hotels & Airbnb
The Qantas Hotels and Airbnb portal allows you to earn Qantas Points on hotel and Airbnb bookings. You'll earn 3 Qantas Points per A$1 spent at most hotels. Some hotels also offer promotions that can earn you double points. If you're not loyal to any specific hotel chain or you frequently stay at Airbnb properties, this is a great way to earn some easy Qantas Points.
Qantas Insurance
You can earn Qantas Points by signing up for different types of insurance with Qantas. They offer:
- Health Insurance
- Car Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Travel Insurance
You can obtain a quote directly through insurance.qantas.com and earn a good amount of points doing so.
Qantas Shopping Mall
If you're looking to earn Qantas Points on everyday shopping, you can use the Qantas Shopping Mall to earn a certain amount of points per $1 spent. This includes fashion, tech, groceries, homewares, and much more. You can earn up to 7 Qantas Points per $1. They also feature a Qantas Shopping Points-Prompter which alerts you when you're browsing an online site that can earn you some extra Qantas Points.
Qantas Transfers
You can earn Qantas Points booking airport transfers through Qantas. Using this option will earn you 1 Qantas Point per A$1 spent.
Qantas Valet Parking
You can earn Qantas Points on valet parking. The plus to Qantas Valet parking is that you'll have a dedicated check-in counter via direct terminal access which can be very convenient. You'll earn 3 Qantas Points per A$1 spent at all Qantas Valet locations with the exception of Melbourne in which you'll earn 1 Qantas Point per A$1 spent.
Qantas Wellbeing App
Qantas offers the Qantas Wellbeing App which allows you to earn Qantas Points for walking, running, swimming, and more. You'll basically be rewarded anytime you're active. This is a great way to earn additional points and make working out even more rewarding.
Qantas Hotel Partners
Qantas Points can be earned when staying at select hotel brands. This will usually require you to change your earning preference to Qantas Frequent Flyer through your hotel loyalty rewards account or require you to transfer your earn hotel rewards points directly to your Qantas Frequent Flyer account.
| Partners | Earn/Book |
|---|---|
| Accor Hotels | Accor Point Transfer or Change Accor Live Limitless Earning Preferences |
| Hilton Hotels | Hilton Point Transfer |
| Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG) | IHG Point Transfer or Change IHG Rewards Club Earning Preferences |
| Luxury Escapes | Book via luxuryescapes.com |
| Marriott Hotels | Marriott Point Transfer or Change Marriott Bonvoy Earning Preferences |
| Radisson Hotels | Radisson Point Transfer or Change Radisson Rewards Earning Preference |
| Swiss-Belhotel | Book through swiss-belhotel.com |
| TFE Hotels | Booking through tfehotels.com |
| Hyatt Hotels | Hyatt Point Transfer or Change World of Hyatt Earning Preferences |
Qantas Transportation Partners
You can earn Qantas Points for renting cars, using rideshare services, and booking transportation. This will either be through the Qantas Book-A-Trip portal or via a special partner link.
| Transportation Partners | Book/Earn |
|---|---|
| Avis | Book via Qantas Book-A-Trip |
| brunel Chauffeur Drive | Change Earning Preference to Qantas Points |
| Budget | Book via Qantas Book-A-Trip |
| Uber | Download Qantas App and Link Qantas Account With Uber |
| Ingogo | Book/Join via Ingogo-Qantas Link |
| Redy2Go | Book via Redy2Go-Qantas Link |
| BP (Fuel) | Through BP Rewards and the Qantas App |
Other Qantas Travel Partners
Qantas Points can also be earned booking through a handful of travel groups and planners. This includes:
- Abercrombie & Kent
- APT Luxury Travel
- Chimu Adventures
- Crystal Cruises
- Exclusive Travel Group
- Intrepid Travel
- Mad Paws
- Mr Aristotle
- Peregrine
- Skimax Holidays
- Sunlover Holidays
Buying Rewards
If transferring rewards to your Qantas account isn't an option, you'll want to consider buying Qantas Points. Qantas points can be purchased from the Qantas website in 1,000-point blocks. You can buy as little as 1,000 and as many as 150,000 points per transaction. You can buy Qantas Points up to four times per year in a 12-month period. Do note that you will need to be a Qantas Frequent Flyer member for at least 30 days and you'll need to have a sufficient point balance before you're able to top-up your account buying points.
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