Earning points

Earning more points sooner is easy with Commonwealth Banks Awards program. You receive a Commonwealth Bank American Express® Card, which lets you accelerate the points you earn with a higher points-earn rate. Plus your Commonwealth Bank MasterCard® lets you earn points and is conveniently accepted at more than 30 million locations worldwide. Giving you more places to earn points. What’s more, your Awards points don’t expire, so you can save them up for the item of your choice. 

The table below shows you how many points per dollar spent you can earn with each type of card.

Points Calculator Discover how many points you could potentially earn on your Commonwealth Bank American Express® Card and Commonwealth Bank MasterCard® and preview awards you could redeem.

Qantas Frequent Flyer

Or, if you’d prefer, you can choose to earn Qantas Frequent Flyer points instead. The table below shows you how many QFF points per dollar spent you can earn with each type of card.
 

You can opt-in to Qantas Frequent Flyer Direct Program for a low annual fee of $10.
 

Bonus Partners

You can earn bonus Awards points when you make purchases with your credit cards at one of our Bonus Partners.

To see the full list of Bonus Partners click here.
 

^ Points are earned on eligible transactions (most purchases, but not cash advances or balance transfers) and are subject to points capping – refer to the Commonwealth Awards Programs Terms and Conditions for all the information.

# You must be a Qantas Frequent Flyer member to earn and redeem Qantas Frequent Flyer points. A joining fee applies and membership and Qantas Frequent Flyer points are subject to the terms and conditions of the Qantas Frequent Flyer Program, which can be found at Qantas.com/frequentflyer. Once Commonwealth Awards points have been redeemed for Qantas Frequent Flyer points, they are governed by the terms and conditions of the Qantas Frequent Flyer Program and cannot be converted back to Commonwealth Awards points or redeemed under the Commonwealth Awards Program.

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