Earn 3x Qantas points per dollar spent on Airbnb and Bunnings Warehouse digital gift cards when you purchase them on Qantas Marketplace.
This used to be the standard earn rate on these gift cards until they were slashed back in April. It’s unclear if this return to 3x points is temporary or permanent.
Unfortunately, other popular gift cards on Qantas Marketplace such as Woolworths, Everyday WISH and Amazon still only earn 1x point per dollar spent.
You can earn an extra 1.25x Qantas points per dollar spent by purchasing the gift cards with a Qantas Pay prepaid card. There are also certain credit cards that award even more points on Qantas Marketplace purchases.
Note that the Bunnings gift cards are redeemable in-store only. However, there are reports online that you can exchange them in-store for Bunnings gift cards that also work online.
Before booking an Airbnb, remember to click through the Airbnb page on the Qantas Hotels website to earn an additional 1x point per dollar spent (plus 500 bonus points for your first booking).
As always with Qantas Marketplace, be careful not to pay with points as it’s terrible value. Move the slider on the payment page all the way over so you’re only using cash for your purchase.
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Which cards can better earning rates now with the new changes coming in OCT?
Is that the best rate that comes along for Airbnb?
For earning points it is. Years ago we would often see 10-20x points promotions on Airbnb gift cards at Woolworths, Big W and Coles but now they don’t even sell Airbnb gift cards anymore.
The best non-points offer on Airbnb gift cards right now is 5% cashback on Giftz via TopCashback.
Can I only use 1500 for an Airbnb booking?
I don’t believe there is a limit. Certainly I’ve heard of people using more than $1,500 in gift cards.
Can you use the AUD gift cards for bookings in other countries (other currency)? When I google it comes up with a few “no” answers and complications.
You can only redeem Australian Airbnb gift cards onto an Australian Airbnb account but the credit can be applied to stays anywhere in the world.
Do you know when it’s going to expire?
There is no end date. For years 3x points was the standard earn rate for these gift cards then in April of this year they lowered it before later returning to 3x points in August.
It’s possible they may decide to lower the earn rate again at some point but for the time being it’s still 3x points.