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St George Amplify Qantas Signature Credit Card: 90,000 Qantas Points ($6k Spend in First 3 Months, $295 Annual Fee, $75 Fee)

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St George Amplify Qantas Signature Credit Card: 90,000 Qantas Points ($6k Spend in First 3 Months, $295 Annual Fee, $75 Fee)
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dumpthedummy on 09/06/2024 - 12:48 stgeorge.com.au (3265 clicks)
Last edited 09/06/2024 - 17:40

Looking to churn another credit card and I didn't manage to get the ANZ Black card - saw this and noticed it wasn't posted on Ozbargain.

There's two variants:
1. 90,000 Qantas Points ($6k spend in 3 months) with $15k minimum credit limit. $295 annual fee + $75 Qantas Program Fee
2. 70,000 Qantas Points ($3k spend in 3 months) with $6k minimum credit limit. $124 annual fee + $75 Qantas Program Fee

Previously had no issues with St George/Westpac so hoping this goes through without any issues.

Hope this helps.

Enjoy the long weekend!

Edit: Credit to cuy - If you sign up to a free transaction account first, then sign up to this card, its $139 instead of $295

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  • cuy on 09/06/2024 - 12:53
    +49

    If you sign up to a free transaction account first, then sign up to this card, its $139 instead of $295

    • UrMumsOnlyFan on 09/06/2024 - 13:12
      +7

      There's two variants:
      1. 90,000 Qantas Points ($6k spend in 3 months) with $15k minimum credit limit. $295 annual fee + $75 Qantas Program Fee
      2. 70,000 Qantas Points ($3k spend in 3 months) with $6k minimum credit limit. $124 annual fee + $75 Qantas Program Fee

      Amplify Qantas Signature (1) for existing customers has a reduced card fee of $139 in the first year (reverts to $295 thereafter) + $75 annual Qantas Rewards Program fee. The bonus offer is 90,000 Qantas Points when you spend $6k or more on eligible purchases in the first 90 days from card approval (T&Cs apply).

      Amplify Qantas Platinum (2) for existing customers has a reduced card fee of $49 in the first year (reverts to $124 thereafter) + $75 annual Qantas Rewards Program fee. The bonus offer is 60,000 Qantas Points in year 1 when you spend $3k or more on eligible purchases in the first 90 days from card approval and an extra 10,000 points after your first eligible purchase in year 2 (T&Cs apply).

      • clayaa on 09/06/2024 - 13:50
        +2

        OP should edit the post and include this. This is the bargain. I went to st george and open an account this week just for this deal.

      • MrThing on 09/06/2024 - 18:38
        +1

        This is the real deal, not OPs

      • RichieVn on 14/06/2024 - 15:22

        i can find this ^ statement on the website. where did you get it from?

    • lawyerz on 09/06/2024 - 19:46

      funny there seems to be some bug - when i click apply now it boots me back to the internet banking

      • cuy on 09/06/2024 - 19:48

        I had the same. I just ended up applying through the front (not via login portal) and during the application it will ask you to login.

        • lawyerz on 09/06/2024 - 19:49
          +2

          oh i found the reason, it opens up as a new window - and my browser(s) were blocking this new window opening

      • heytherehoney on 18/06/2024 - 20:22
        +1

        Yeah, I found that too. Overall it was a terrible sign up experience - had to submit documents multiple times and then ring them after a few weeks to follow up. They also charged me the full $295 card fee even though I opened a transaction account online first. Had to call and ask for a refund, so just watch out for that.

      • psj2019 on 11/07/2024 - 10:48

        I kept getting bugs even though on the browser, and it opened up a new window and I logged in from there.

        Much easier to just do it via their mobile banking app.

    • discovolante on 01/07/2024 - 17:39

      is there a minimum deposit need to maintain on the transactions account?

      • bohn on 01/07/2024 - 18:42
        +1

        No, and fee free.

    • damiendesolei on 26/07/2024 - 17:58

      Which account should I sign up for?
      They have 3 options on the App: 1. Complete Freedom 2. Maxi Saver Account 3. Incentive Saver Account

  • lawyerz on 09/06/2024 - 13:01
    +1

    The 70k pts variant seem a bit more compelling in my books. Thanks OP.

    • UrMumsOnlyFan on 09/06/2024 - 13:13
      +6

      Just note the bonus offer is 60,000 Qantas Points in year 1 when you spend $3k or more on eligible purchases in the first 90 days from card approval and an extra 10,000 points after your first eligible purchase in year 2 (T&Cs apply).

      • Brick50 on 09/06/2024 - 13:30
        +3

        I signed up for this a month ago, points paid in 1st statement received them yesterday

        And yes it’s 60k points, cancelling card today

        I signed up via Bank of Melbourne, make sure you open an account so you get a cheaper annual fee for being existing customer

        • cardiology on 09/06/2024 - 15:38

          Did cancelling the card got partial annual fee refund?

          • Brick50 on 09/06/2024 - 15:39
            +1

            @cardiology: No I don’t bother asking for prorata anymore, didn’t think any banks did it really

          • reus94 on 11/06/2024 - 12:10
            +1

            @cardiology: literally did this last week and got refund from St George. Full fee. It never hurts to try, be friendly with your rep and pop the question after requesting the cancellation

            • Brick50 on 11/06/2024 - 16:10

              @reus94: I just called up and also received annual fee refund, thanks for suggesting it!

    • gungirlyuna on 20/06/2024 - 16:18

      Why is the lower one more compelling?

      • UrMumsOnlyFan on 20/06/2024 - 18:41

        Some people would find the Platinum card offer more attractive because it still provides a good amount of bonus points but requires only half the spend ($3k instead of $6k) within 3 months, has a much lower minimum credit limit ($6k instead of $15k), and has a much lower first year card fee ($49 instead of $139) for existing customers.

        Other people would find the Signature card offer more attractive, depending on personal preferences and circumstances.

  • willywolf on 09/06/2024 - 13:02
    -2

    If this is a deal, option 2 is more favourable in terms of spending requirements and annual fee as extra 20k points doesn't worth more than $100 in reality.

    • Jklaro on 09/06/2024 - 13:28

      I find every 10k is rougly $100

      • willywolf on 09/06/2024 - 14:56

        Where does that come from? Flight upgrades?

        • PlasticSpaceman on 09/06/2024 - 15:23
          +3

          Rough rule of thumb, 1 point = $0.01 so 10,000 points = $100. In general you can and will do better than that if using for flight rewards and in particular if getting higher category rewards such as business.

        • cook99 on 09/06/2024 - 15:35
          +2

          18000 for a Perth to Melb/Syd flight one way.
          You can't get a flight under $200 these days.
          That's the 10k is $100 for me

        • Jklaro on 10/06/2024 - 08:00
          -1

          Hotel stays at hotels $300 a night to roughly 30k points.

    • clayaa on 09/06/2024 - 13:56
      -2

      Its an extra 30k if you keep it only for the first year.
      If you have a st george acc, the difference is less than $100 between 2 cards.
      But spending 6k is quite a challenge

  • SuiCid3 on 09/06/2024 - 13:05
    +3

    Platinum card annual fee is only $49 if you already have an account wiht them.

  • Pacify on 09/06/2024 - 13:25
    +7

    6k spend for 90k doesn't seem great

  • Jklaro on 09/06/2024 - 13:27

    After spending 6k do you need to wait for 3 months then the points go in?

    • Brick50 on 09/06/2024 - 13:31

      I signed up for the 60k points deal a month ago, met spend within the month and received points yesterday so I expect the same for other card

  • mlburnian on 09/06/2024 - 13:33

    Looks like both have complimentary travel insurance

  • Drakesy on 09/06/2024 - 13:35
    +7

    Man these annual fees are getting trash.

  • Moo Deng on 09/06/2024 - 13:36

    What’s the exclusion period if you previously had a St George credit card?

    • themeadowlands87 on 09/06/2024 - 14:17

      Normally 12 months from the cancellation date - that's been my experience with st George anyway. I think a bank (that is not at George) has moved to an 18 month exclusion period but most banks are still 12.

    • skinny on 09/06/2024 - 17:38
      +1

      Be warned .. St George can typically knock back even if you have excellent credit rating for applying cards frequently

      • s41614419 on 09/06/2024 - 21:54

        yup recently rejected by st george and citi

  • WwDesi on 09/06/2024 - 13:39

    Option 2 seems reasonable for me Thanks

  • glenf on 09/06/2024 - 13:47
    -2

    I had the same card. I have cancelled this card only last month. Can I get back on it again or is there a waiting period.

    • Nohtyp on 09/06/2024 - 21:32
      +1

      12 month

      • glenf on 10/06/2024 - 10:19
        -1

        Thanks for the info .beats me why I have been downvoted on asking a genuine question!

  • turtleCatcher on 09/06/2024 - 14:02
    +3

    T&C
    Existing customers who currently hold an Amplify, Amplify Platinum or Amplify Signature card issued by St.George, Bank of Melbourne or BankSA, or who have held one in the last 12 months, or Credit Card Product Switches, upgrades or Westpac group staff are not eligible for this offer. The bonus Qantas Points will be credited to your Points balance within 12 weeks after the eligible spend criteria is met.

    • VRZ on 09/06/2024 - 15:37

      Do you know if St george/BoM/SA consider the Amplify Rewards and Amplify Qantas 2 different products with separate 12 month waiting periods? or they consider them the same?

      • UrMumsOnlyFan on 09/06/2024 - 21:51

        My understanding is they are treated the same. It's Amplify either way, just that you pay an additional $75 fee if you want your Amplify to earn Qantas Points instead.

  • HunterDes on 09/06/2024 - 14:10

    Open the new freedom transaction account and you can get $40 cashback with $40 Colesworth spend over 4 months. Then also qualify for reduced annual fee on the cc?

  • Ozfanmel on 09/06/2024 - 14:28

    Is this card involved manual process or fully automated like Citibank ? My recent application with Westpac rejected so just checking. Thanks

    • dinglejerry on 09/06/2024 - 14:41
      +1

      I don't know, but I moved to St George a year ago when refinancing and can confirm their credit cards team is a pack of clowns.

  • wzk on 09/06/2024 - 14:31

    Any comment/experience with recent pro-rata/full refund of annual fee post early cancellation of a westpac credit card?

  • May4th on 09/06/2024 - 14:48
    +1

    I'm finding QF really difficult to book high value seats (J and above) but my travels are mostly to asia SEA and NZ. The widely promoted reward plus seats are trash in terms of $ value/pt. I tend to go for non QF cards for the flexibility to convert to KF

    • adrianhughes1998 on 09/06/2024 - 14:58

      Never had issues with myself, harder for QFF than VFF but gotta play the game right

      • bohn on 09/06/2024 - 15:01
        +1

        yeah.. best to collect both and use whatever.

      • dinglejerry on 09/06/2024 - 15:12

        My experience with QF - for business classic rewards book well in advance (360+ days) and with your origin point outside of Australia, and finding J class becomes a lot easier.

        • MrThing on 09/06/2024 - 18:37
          -1

          Dunno how you do 360 days plus, even if you are gold or above

          https://community.pointhacks.com/t/when-do-award-seats-becom…

        • May4th on 10/06/2024 - 09:52

          Yes I only look one year ahead. The problem for me is I am looking on partner airlines without status hence they are usually gone before availability opens up

          • dinglejerry on 10/06/2024 - 10:06
            +1

            @May4th: Yes I am in the same boat. I found JAL was the one airline where I was still able to get good seats, and they have a good J class product. That said, I still prefer velocity for these reasons, it's much easier to get good seats on good airlines without jumping through so many hoops.

          • UrMumsOnlyFan on 10/06/2024 - 10:50
            +1

            @May4th: I don't believe status matters when it comes to partner airline availability, I believe it would become available to all QFF members at exactly the same time.

            However, the challenge is that partner airlines provide availability to other airlines at different timeframes, which can vary widely. For example - Qatar Airways Rewards: Velocity Members Get Priority over Qantas.

            It’s also no longer possible to book Qatar Airways reward seats with Qantas points in any class of travel more than 249 days in advance. Qatar Airways releases award availability to other partner airlines up to 360 days before departure.

            Qantas Frequent Flyer members getting their first access to Qatar Economy award seats 249 days out is a pattern that we’ve observed over the past month. It seems to be the “new normal”.

            Meanwhile, the American Airlines website is currently only showing Qatar Airways award availability for travel up to 179 days (around six months) in advance.

  • Worf on 09/06/2024 - 14:51

    What’s the better deal: the 90,000 or 60,000 points offer?

    • nightelves on 09/06/2024 - 14:59

      This: https://www.stgeorge.com.au/personal/credit-cards/rewards/am…

      It’s 96k points with Velocity 20% bonus until 30th June and only $99 fee with a bank account.

      • trishmapow on 09/06/2024 - 15:09

        You need to transfer once in May and June for the 20% bonus, so not possible anymore?

        • nightelves on 09/06/2024 - 17:02
          +1

          No you don’t. You just need to enable auto-transfer.
          https://www.velocityfrequentflyer.com/partners-offers/transf…

          • MrThing on 09/06/2024 - 18:34

            @nightelves: If you applied today and got approved straight away you wouldn't get any points credited by the end of June anyway

            So no

            • a1234my on 09/06/2024 - 18:59

              @MrThing: Got reject because of name not match on 31 May 2024. Not put in a new velocity account of name matching after 2 Jun for auto transfer, will i still eligible for the 20% bonus?

              • nightelves on 09/06/2024 - 19:24

                @a1234my: Auto-transfer does not require you having to transfer in May and June. That’s only for manual transfer.

            • nightelves on 09/06/2024 - 19:22
              +1

              @MrThing: You get the points two days after making the spend. I know as I already completed this card and auto-transfer is two days later.

              • a1234my on 09/06/2024 - 19:44

                @nightelves: What about points that already in the account, my case is nab reward

                • nightelves on 09/06/2024 - 22:14

                  @a1234my: You have to go over to nab credit card post and ask that question. This is St George.

          • chanhoz on 10/06/2024 - 17:49

            @nightelves: No auto transfer still require to transfer in June

            Velocity members will receive 20% bonus Velocity Points when they opt in to Auto-Transfer on their eligible credit card with their Participating Partner and automatically transfer points from their Participating Partner to Velocity into Velocity Points between 12:00am AEST 1 May 2024 and 11:59pm AEST 30 June 2024 (“Promotion Period”).

  • bohn on 09/06/2024 - 14:58

    has the qantas fee gone up? not sure it was always 75… rip off.

    • SuiCid3 on 09/06/2024 - 21:10

      It's gone up for a year or so now.
      Across all banks as well

  • VRZ on 09/06/2024 - 15:39
    +2

    Does any one know if St george/BoM/SA consider the Amplify Rewards and Amplify Qantas 2 different products with separate 12 month waiting periods?

    Or would they fall under the same 12 month waiting period

    • tongmu on 09/06/2024 - 17:01

      same product and systems etc - so same waiting period.

  • starcub on 09/06/2024 - 16:39

    Pretty bad experience, got rejected on a good income, no comms on rejection. Had to ring to find out.

    • jace88 on 09/06/2024 - 16:44

      I had to chase repeatedly to get updates on why the card approval was taking so long… it felt like I was trying to get a home loan!

      • starcub on 09/06/2024 - 17:07
        +1

        I already had home loan with them. After appying it showed in my online banking. After a couple of days the application disappeared… Apprently it was rejected but no comms… oh well. Bye St G, my home loan will also go somewhere else.

        • dinglejerry on 09/06/2024 - 17:37

          Yeah their communication is terrible, they never contact you, you are often on hold for an hour + to talk to them. Terrible bank.

    • andresampras on 09/06/2024 - 17:10

      Same here. Only been rejected twice ever for CC, both times were StGeorge.

      So I’m applying for their Platinum card this time. Glutton for punishment lol

      • ozbargainerlife1 on 23/06/2024 - 21:40

        were you approved?

        • andresampras on 24/06/2024 - 14:11

          they still haven't replied after I uploaded all the docs they asked for 2 weeks ago lol.

          Not holding my breath.

          What a shambles

    • MrThing on 09/06/2024 - 18:33
      -4

      Show me on the doll how st George touched you

  • Tuttle on 09/06/2024 - 17:37
    +1

    Also don't forget (once open) to go to the link to apply for your 2 complimentary lounge passed - they don't get added to your QFF automatically like other cards.

    • Silmo on 09/06/2024 - 19:18
      +2

      lol, good to know. This is the link to apply for it https://loungepass.stgeorge.com.au/.

      Considering each lounge can be sold at around $40. It's an offset of $80 if there is no plan to use the lounge.

      • excite on 09/06/2024 - 20:18

        Can be sold easily at $120 on eBay, if you can get seller fee waived

        • Silmo on 09/06/2024 - 20:18

          Wew, thanks didn't know it before

        • dinglejerry on 09/06/2024 - 20:22
          +1

          Didn't QF start cracking down on this?

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