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50,000 Bonus Qantas or Velocity Pts with The BOQ Specialist Signature Card (Exclusive for Dentists, Vets and Doctors; $400 Fee)

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50,000 Bonus Qantas or Velocity Pts with The BOQ Specialist Signature Card (Exclusive for Dentists, Vets and Doctors; $400 Fee)
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Associatedthehighlife on 01/08/2019 - 17:55 thehighlife.com.au (443 clicks)
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OzBargainers who are doctors, dentists or vets may be interested in the exclusive offer of 50,000 bonus Qantas Points or Velocity Points with the BOQ Specialist Signature Card: one of Australia's most rewarding cards.

BOQ Specialist is a division of Bank of Queensland which caters to medical, dental and veterinary professionals with products designed to meet their personal and business needs.

The High Life has partnered with BOQ Specialist to bring our readers this offer. It's only available via The High Life website and nowhere else until 31 August 2019.

Card benefits include:

  • worldwide airport lounge access with Priority Pass - unlimited access for you and a guest to more than 1,200 airport lounges in 143 countries
  • premium hotel benefits through the Visa Luxury Hotel Collection, eg. room upgrades and complimentary breakfasts
  • a competitive earn rate of 1 Qantas Point or Velocity Point for every $1 spent in Australia up to $10k each month, and 0.5 points thereafter
  • earn 1.5 points for every $1 spent on international purchases, uncapped
  • earn points when financing equipment for your practice or a car
  • overseas travel insurance cover
  • domestic flight cover
  • global hire car excess waiver cover
  • cover against theft of or accidental damage to your golf clubs
  • complimentary additional cards with separate monthly statements to help with bookkeeping
  • and much more, as outlined on our website.

Minimum spend: $3,000 within the first three months
Annual fee: $400
Minimum income to qualify: $120,000.

This offer is only available through The High Life website until 31 August 2019.

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  • Slo20 on 01/08/2019 - 18:02
    +5

    Not the best (or even top 5) for bonus points at the moment with that annual fee. The ongoing points per $ spend is high so it might be worthwhile for those that plan to keep the card long term.

  • countmein on 01/08/2019 - 18:05
    +3

    But we're professional ozbargainer

    • Agent Q on 01/08/2019 - 19:01
      +4

      That's Dr Ozbargain…

  • His_Holiness on 01/08/2019 - 18:24
    +3

    cover against theft of or accidental damage to your golf clubs

    Well I'm sold

  • grasstown on 01/08/2019 - 18:24

    I don’t see anything for the personal and business needs of medical, dental and veterinary professionals here. Any other card offers the same?

    • Associatedthehighlife @ The High Life on 01/08/2019 - 18:29
      +1

      Hey grasstown, BOQS provides specialist banking services to these professionals. You may want to check out its website. As for the card, you can use it for personal and/or business spend (it's very rare for business spend to get such a high points earn rate), with separate cards if you wish to segregate expenses, plus access finance for your business and earn points there too. More info in our article :)

      • grasstown on 01/08/2019 - 18:53
        +3

        These features and the unlimited lounge entry are the things that differentiate this card from others. And are good features. I missed “each time you travel” as I assumed it was the standard 2 entries a year. Unlimited is a better word. Ps I’m not eligible.

  • spiff on 01/08/2019 - 18:26
    +7

    Nothing special or even exclusive about 50k points when the annual fee is $400.

  • miq on 01/08/2019 - 18:29
    +9

    $400AF
    Only 50k bonus points
    $120k min income
    No free annual flight/travel credit

    Seems pretty rubbish value to me?

    • Associatedthehighlife @ The High Life on 01/08/2019 - 18:32
      +5

      Hey miq, the Priority Pass membership alone is worth more than the annual fee. For example, if you were to purchase a Priority Pass membership with unlimited lounge entries for the primary member only, the current cost is US$429 (approximately AU$621) per year. And then there's the value of all the other card benefits too.

    • bbh30 on 01/08/2019 - 18:58
      +1

      Complimentary Priority Pass membership pays for card annual fee if you travel often.

  • stockastics on 01/08/2019 - 18:40
    +1

    No, thanks.

  • jabroni on 01/08/2019 - 18:55

    worst card offer ever

  • tonywind on 01/08/2019 - 19:20
    +1

    Would be handy for Flying Doctor, Doctors!!!

  • Gradesbrah on 01/08/2019 - 19:25
    +6

    I find BOQ Specialist’s approach to signing up medical students completely predatory. Act like you are there to provide them financial assistance instead it facilitates young, ignorant students to waste away their soon to be income. Sure the funds are much needed for some but most people I know loaded up the card on holidays and discretionary spending left with a debt which took months to pay themselves out of.

    As many said, this card offers an average deal in comparison to others currently available.

    • Jaystea on 01/08/2019 - 19:42
      +2

      On the contrary, having a credit card 6 months prior to work allowed me to accrue statements to claim my full salary packaging before March of the intern year.

      While I think banks have a degree of responsibility to look after their clients' spending and earning capabilities, I also believe future doctors should (it's a shame many don't) have the insight to manage their finances. At least, more so than the average Joe.

      • willyroo on 01/08/2019 - 19:54
        +1

        You absolutely don't need a credit card for salary packaging purposes. Yes they're convenient, however not necessary. Sounds like BoQ sold you something you might not necessarily have needed…
        And doctors don't have any more insight into their financial position than the "average joe". In fact a lot more of them should read the Barefoot Investor before signing up for that next BimmerMercAud lease…from BoQ Specialist

        • Jaystea on 02/08/2019 - 06:24
          -1

          I never said you needed it per se. I'm saying it worked really well for me - print off statements and done. Took me 2 min to sort out the full amount. I never had a debt on their card, spent only what I had in the bank and only on what I needed. I'm an ozbargainer after all ;) The debt issue is secondary to people not knowing how to manage their finances better, not the fact that they prey on students, who btw, are only 6 months away from their full time job.

          I said doctors should (not do) know better. It's a shame that they don't.

          Sounds like you were burnt or just hurt.

    • blergmonkeys on 02/08/2019 - 07:07
      +1

      Completely disagree. I graduated as an international student with $200k debt and $300 in my bank account. Boqs gave me a loan to buy a much needed car and pay my rent for the first month before I finally got paid. Every other bank told me to bugger off. If it weren’t for these guys and their recognition of our future earnings, I would have been homeless when I started internship.

      • Gradesbrah on 02/08/2019 - 13:12
        +2

        As I said, some people it provides much needed financial support but that has not been the majority of uses I have seen from within my friends and peers.

        • blergmonkeys on 03/08/2019 - 10:23

          I don’t see how offering a genuinely useful service is predatory. Med students are typically poor on grad. We don’t get paid usually for a month after starting internship. Boqs recognizes this and provides much needed loans and cards other banks refuse to because boqs is one of the only ones that recognizes doctor income potential. Just because a few morons can’t manage their money, doesn’t make it predatory.

  • melbourne guy on 01/08/2019 - 20:49
    +1

    Pros:
    High ongoing FF earn rate (especially for a Visa card), lounge access membership with guest access, travel insurance etc.
    Cons:
    Only for medical professionals, ridiculous minimum income, you still have to pay overseas transaction fees it seems, which is ridiculous as well when you’re paying $400 for a card with so many other perks.

  • cynicor on 01/08/2019 - 21:04
    +1

    Have to say, it's an amazing card for the right person. Cheapest card on the market with full PP, the sign up points are a bonus. Some societies get a further discount on the annual fee too.
    But- if you don't know what full priority pass means then this card should be a hard pass, as you probably don't travel enough to make it worthwhile.

    • ilikedeals on 24/08/2019 - 22:23

      Couldn’t agree more with you.

      Cheapest card in Australia with unlimited PP for cardholder and a guest. Only 3 banks offer this perk, with BOQs charging the lowest annual fee

  • vkai10 on 01/08/2019 - 21:17

    Does existing customer with their platinum card get the points and perks if upgrade to signature? is it considered a new customer?

    • Associatedthehighlife @ The High Life on 02/08/2019 - 09:06

      If you have a BOQS credit card you aren't eligible for the 50k bonus points, but of course you can still get the card to enjoy the ongoing benefits.

  • mini2 on 01/08/2019 - 22:05
    +1

    If BOQ Specialist is still treating their customers like back in their Investec days then meh.

    • Hogg on 02/08/2019 - 06:10

      What did they do during their Investec days?

  • Stingey on 01/08/2019 - 23:12
    +1

    Has anyone had experience with Priority Pass? i searched Adelaide and there was zero lounges. Melbourne had a bunch of cafes in terminal 2 only. Doesn't seem such a great deal to me??

    • blergmonkeys on 02/08/2019 - 07:08

      Bali has a pp lounge that is ok.

    • PlasticSpaceman on 02/08/2019 - 08:14

      As a Qantas gold flyer I have access to Qantas and one world lounges, but just for the lols during longer transits have gone into some of the PP lounges (I get a couple of free entries each year via one of my credit cards). They seem fine - way better than waiting outside, although not as good as the top lounges.

      For people with families they would not be great - low on kid friendly stuff, and entry dragons tend to be tough on the whole letting extra guests in.

    • Associatedthehighlife @ The High Life on 02/08/2019 - 09:03

      MEL has a Plaza Premium lounge which is pretty good (as is the one in BNE). With the cafes/restaurants, you get $36 to spend per person ($72 max) and you can visit multiple places if you wish.
      With ADL, the PP app only shows the Rex lounge, but strangely it's not appearing on the PP website. Not sure what is going on there.

  • imp on 02/08/2019 - 09:27

    "medical, dental and veterinary professionals" …. so as an amateur doctor I am not eligible….. damn.

  • H E B on 02/08/2019 - 23:05

    Would a locum that took time off to raise a family that didn't earn $120k the past year be eligible if current contract is looking like it would exceed $120k?

    • Associatedthehighlife @ The High Life on 03/08/2019 - 09:39

      Hey Heb, unfortunately we can't comment on how BOQS would treat an application like that. Apologies.

  • payless69 on 05/08/2019 - 09:40

    Perfect for vets who do no longer practise. I know a lot of doctors, even have some rellies and most are poor investors and rather trust someone they know for such advice.

    How many oz bargainers here had an op1?

  • ilikedeals on 24/08/2019 - 22:26

    Shame it’s only 50,000 bonus points.

    Last time BOQ specialist did such an offer was in 2018 via Points Hack - 70,000 bonus points.

    Their standard offer for this card is 20,000 bonus points.

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