[danielribo]

Applied last Friday, received letter today stating that the card was ready. Quick trip down to Surry Hills (charming area...) and... an hour later (Westpac know how to be slow), had both cards in my hand. I'm not a Westpac customer so they just did the normal 100 points plus copied my last 3 payslips.

All in all quick and easy.

[edison]

Originally Posted by lovetravellingoz

Well yes while a wife is relative....

....I took it more to mean, a bit more distant...like parents or siblings...AND while you could rake off the points with no benefit to them......apart from it being "nice" for you.....why should they when they could instead quite rightly use the points for themselves?


By your description with it being your wife, you are just pooling the points effectively for your joint and mutual use. You would already be sharing $$ so effectively her points are yours...and yours hers etc.....


My wife and I sign up for all these deals (and indeed some I do in her name without telling her...)....but I would never dream of suggesting to say my parents or siblings that they sign up and then transfer points to me.

Well yes we pool all the QFF points (and Citibank Visa points) to my account and we just use the points as needed for my family. It is more efficient that way. All our AMEX Ascent points now goes to her Virgin Atlantic Flying Club account and again it is all pooled to share amoungt the family.

We are just waiting for my Westpac home loan to be finalised before we can apply for those Earth+ card.

[Happy Dude]

What's the earn rate per dollar for non-Qantas purchases? I see there's an extra point for qantas purchases.

[Hvr]

One point per $ if you use the AMEX and
0.5 points per $ on the MasterCard.

I believe the extra point per $ for QANTAS product is only on the AMEX.

[lovetravellingoz]

Originally Posted by Happy Dude

What's the earn rate per dollar for non-Qantas purchases? I see there's an extra point for qantas purchases.

Yes lower than what you can get...so just grab the 15000 points.....but use other cards for earning on....particularly where you cannot use AMEX...ie use the Citibank free for life VISA at 1 point per $1

[benhadi]

which visa/mastercard gives the highest earn rate for QFF, or any other airline FF program?

[lovetravellingoz]

Originally Posted by benhadi

which visa/mastercard gives the highest earn rate for QFF, or any other airline FF program?

Not this one.....which is 0.5. This more take the points and run play I think

Citibank VISA is 1.0

Evidently ST George have one if you qualify for private banking.

[lovetravellingoz]

Both my card and my wifes have come through now...there was abouta week from on-line application to recepit of cards.

Now just have to wait and see how long it takes fr the points to post..........

[Shano]

Originally Posted by benhadi

which visa/mastercard gives the highest earn rate for QFF, or any other airline FF program?

Platinum MC also transfers at 1:1, but annual fee is $200

[benhadi]

i THINK ANZ Qantas Visa ofers 1:1, but has a ceiling of $1500/month for classic and $2500/month on gold and plat. AFter which i believe it's 1 point for every $2.

Can anyone better their program?