40000 points for Ultimate Card

[lovetravellingoz]

Interesting


American Express



How the Qantas Frequent Flyer points¹ add up:

• 5,000 points after your first Card spend
• 32,500 points when you spend $5,000 on your Card by 31 December 2007
• 2,500 points after your first spend on your Card in Australia on selected Qantas services²

The 40,000 points offer ends 31 August 2007^ and is only available through this promotion*. The Qantas American Express Ultimate Card Take your points¹ sky high with the Qantas American Express Ultimate Card. It’s not just how fast you earn points1 that impresses - you’ll also enjoy access to a range of privileges and benefits that help you get the most out of your travelling lifestyle, whether at home or abroad. For these reasons and more, you’ll find the Qantas American Express Ultimate Card very rewarding.

• Enjoy a Qantas domestic Economy return flight³ between selected Australian capital cities after your first Card spend in Australia on selected Qantas services²
• Earn 1.5 Qantas Frequent Flyer points¹ for every dollar spent every day using your Ultimate Card
• Earn 1 additional point¹ for every dollar spent on your Card in Australia on selected Qantas services²
• Automatic transfer of points¹ to your Qantas Frequent Flyer account¹ every month
• Annual Card fee of $395 per annum
• Domestic and Overseas Travel Insurance4 when you purchase flights on your Card
• An interest rate of 17.74% p.a.5 p.a.

Terms & Conditions
^Applicants must be 18 years of age and earn a minimum of $65,000 p.a. to apply for a Qantas American Express Ultimate Card. Cards are offered, issued and administered by American Express Australia Limited. Credit approval criteria, fees & charges and conditions apply. All information correct as at 19 July 2007. American Express Australia Limited (ABN 92 108 952 085) ® Registered Trademark of American Express Company.
* The 40,000 points offer is only available to new card applicants who apply for the Qantas American Express Ultimate Card via this online application form by the 31 August 2007 ONLY. To be eligible for the 32,500 points you need to apply for the Qantas
American Express Ultimate Card via this online application, be approved for the Card and spend $5,000 in purchases on your new Card before 31 December 2007. Please allow 6-8 weeks after $5,000 purchase for the 32,500 points to be credited to your account.
Download Credit Card Conditions PDF and see links below for Points Conditions and Product Disclosure Statement.

1. You must be a member of the Qantas Frequent Flyer program to earn and redeem points. A joining fee applies. Membership and points are subject to the Terms and Conditions of the Qantas Frequent Flyer program. Award seats are limited and may not be available on every flight.
2. Selected Qantas products and services are: (a) Qantas passenger flights (with a QF flight number) purchased on the Qantas merchant account i.e. with Qantas direct or some travel agents, (b) purchases from Qantas Travel shops or (c) Qantas Holidays. Excludes: Qantas Freight, Jetstar and Qantas branded non-airfare products operated by third parties e.g. Qantas Box Office.
3. The Qantas domestic return flight in Economy class between selected Australian capital cities is available for booking for Ultimate Cardmembers. All flights are subject to availability and neither American Express nor Qantas guarantee that seats or tickets will be available on the dates or at the times you may wish to fly. Seat availability may be limited to certain dates and/or flights and it may be more difficult to book seats around public holidays, school holidays or special events. Some flights may not have any seats available for redemption. Route availability is subject to change without notice. All travel is subject to Qantas Conditions of Carriage. No Qantas Frequent Flyer points will be awarded for travel on these flights. Subject to Qantas American Express Ultimate Card Product Disclosure Statement and Domestic Return Flight Conditions available at The New American Express Qantas Ultimate Card
4. Insurance Products are arranged through American Express International, Inc. (ABN 15 000 618 208) AFS Licence 237996. Subject to the terms, conditions and exclusions of the insurances issued by ACE Insurance Limited (ABN 23 001 642 020) AFS Licence No. 239687. A Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) is available from us upon request. You should read the appropriate PDS and consider the appropriateness of the insurance in relation to your individual requirements.
5. Interest rates are current at published date and subject to change, including changes under our Interest Rate Policy.

[lovetravellingoz]

http://www.americanexpress.com/austr...timatecard.pdf

6. You may book your Flight in the name of another individual, but not for

an unaccompanied minor.
7. Each Flight must be a non-stop return flight between a Departure City
and one of its corresponding Arrival Cities in the table below.

Departure City Arrival Cities

Adelaide

Brisbane Melbourne Sydney

Brisbane

Adelaide Melbourne Sydney

Melbourne

Adelaide Brisbane Sydney

Perth

Adelaide Melbourne Sydney

Sydney

Adelaide Brisbane Melbourne

Canberra

Melbourne Sydney

[opusman]

I wish they would just sell 40000 points for $395, it would save filling out the stupid application forms

[Hvr]

Departure City Arrival Cities

Adelaide

Brisbane Melbourne Sydney

Brisbane

Adelaide Melbourne Sydney

Melbourne

Adelaide Brisbane Sydney

Perth

Adelaide Melbourne Sydney

Sydney

Adelaide Brisbane Melbourne

Canberra

Melbourne Sydney

Geez Canberrans get dudded on this deal. Should have ADL and BNE included on the list. Those in Perth seem to get the best travel distance wise.

[oz_mark]

Geez Canberrans get dudded on this deal. Should have ADL and BNE included on the list. Those in Perth seem to get the best travel distance wise.

Spare a thought for those in Hobart or Darwin.

[moa999]

Mel and Syd had Per for the first year but it was then removed.

I just came back from my trip to PER (booked it 10mths out)

[Cyberdog100]

Damn, just when I got the Gold card with the 30,000 point offer, they bring out a new one for 40,000 on the ultimate! Oh well i'm still happy and I talked my way out of the annual fee as well which I didn't think i'd be able to do, so i'm doubly happy!!

[Shano]

Well don't I feel a bit stupid....

I have had a gold AMEX CC for a few years and recently got a Rewards Maximiser card as well. Rang AMEX today to cancel to gold CC as I was considering applying for this offer (and annual fee on gold card would have been charged next month). When asked why I was cancelling I said I didn't need the card so why pay the annaul fee... to which I was told my current card is fee free for life (including the Ascent rewards program).

This triggered a vague recollection of an offer about 12 months ago where the fee was waived for life and the interest rate dropped to 11%.

So note to oneself.... pay more attention to CC correspondence...

Am still considering the current Ultimate Card offer, for the 40k points, the travel insurance (which the RM and gold cards do not cover) plus the annual flight - which is reasonable (but not great) value between MEL and BNE.

As I also put my work airfares on my own card and claim back, the extra 1 point per $ with QF is also appealing.

[lovetravellingoz]

I am considering....basically as a way of buying points at a bit of a discount..

However I am waiting till after this weeks announcement of the QFF to see what the "enhancemnts" are....

[lovetravellingoz]

Well don't I feel a bit stupid....

I have had a gold AMEX CC for a few years and recently got a Rewards Maximiser card as well. Rang AMEX today to cancel to gold CC as I was considering applying for this offer (and annual fee on gold card would have been charged next month). When asked why I was cancelling I said I didn't need the card so why pay the annaul fee... to which I was told my current card is fee free for life (including the Ascent rewards program).

This triggered a vague recollection of an offer about 12 months ago where the fee was waived for life and the interest rate dropped to 11%.

.

May I asked what offer??

I am aware of Industry Cards like AMA Gold Amex that are free for life with Ascent includerd with an earn rate of 1.5 BUT evidently only after the firsts $10,000 (with the first $10,000 I assume earning zero points) so effectively it costs 15000 points per year.


I am aware of the free for life Blue...bit it does not include Ascnt.

Naturally if I cold geta free for life Gold with Ascent...and points from the firsts $1 I would be very interested.


You can of course get it easily free for the first year...but if anyone knows of free for life Gold then please let me know....

Thanks