1,000 Qantas points when you sign up for a Qantas Pay card and spend $100

Sign up for a Qantas Pay card for the first time by 5 Aug 2025, spend AU$100 or more by 31 Aug 2025 and you’ll receive 1,000 bonus Qantas points.

Qantas Pay, formerly known as Qantas Travel Money or Qantas Cash, is the only prepaid debit card that allows you to earn Qantas points on a per dollar basis, albeit at a rather poor rate of 1x point per $4 spent (= 0.25x points per $1).

When you’re spending directly with Qantas (e.g. flights, Qantas Wine, Qantas Marketplace etc), you earn a more respectable 1.25x Qantas points per dollar spent.

The Qantas Pay card is sold as a great option for travel but it’s actually terrible because the exchange rate it uses is considerably worse than what is offered by the many debit and credit cards that charge no international fees.

That being said, the Qantas Pay card can be a decent option for those who are unable or unwilling to obtain a credit card – as long as you only use it within Australia, that is.

Recently, it seems they have made some substantial improvements to the Qantas Pay user experience as it now supports Apple Pay and Google Pay. Better yet, they also appear to have scrapped the fees for loading money instantly.

Even if you already have access to a better points earning credit card, there’s no reason why you shouldn’t also sign up for this and spend the $100 just for the 1,000 Qantas points.

Also, make sure to register for the competition they’re currently running before you start spending as it only takes a few seconds and you might just win some cash or a trip to Italy.

What are 1,000 Qantas points worth?

It depends how you redeem them:

Terms and conditions

To earn 1,000 bonus Qantas Points, sign up for Qantas Pay for the first time between 28 May 2025 and 5 August 2025, and then add and spend $100 or more of Australian Dollars or equivalent in any foreign currency before 31 August 2025. New customers only. Offer excludes existing Qantas Travel Money card holders. Qantas Points will be credited to your account within six to eight weeks upon completion of the spend criteria. Offer may be extended or withdrawn at any time.