Credit card travel benefits

Commonwealth Bank credit cards are a great way to pay for items when you’re travelling because they’re so widely accepted and mean you don’t have to carry cash. If you choose the right credit card, you’ll find there are many other travel benefits to be enjoyed. With our Awards card range, before you even leave home you can redeem your points for travel.

With our Gold, Platinum and Diamond credit card range, you also receive Complimentary International Travel Insurance.

Travel on Awards points with Flight Centre

You can now use your Commonwealth Awards points to purchase travel with Flight Centre. This is a benefit available only to Commonwealth Awards cardholders. Book your travel using your Awards points (or Points Plus Pay) at over 840 Flight Centre locations. You can redeem in store at any Flight Centre, online through the Commonwealth Awards website or over the phone by calling 133 133.

Points for travel

You can redeem your Awards points for Velocity Rewards, the frequent flyer program of the Virgin Australia group of airlines, or Air New Zealand Airpoints™ Dollars provided you're a member of the relevant program. Conditions apply.

If you would like to transfer your points to Qantas Frequent Flyer, you will need to opt-in to Qantas Frequent Flyer Direct. Once you have opted in, all points earned will be automatically transferred across to Qantas each month. There is a $10 annual fee to opt in to Qantas Frequent Flyer Direct. Conditions apply.

Exclusive Gold, Platinum and Diamond travel benefits

As a Gold, Platinum and Diamond cardholder, you’ll also enjoy additional travel benefits like Complimentary International Travel Insurance for yourself, your spouse and dependent children for return travel and commission-free travellers cheques.

Emergency travel assistance

With your Commonwealth Bank Awards American Express^® Card you can get round the clock assistance on medical services, referrals to doctors, lawyers or interpreters and help with emergency ticket replacement — whenever and wherever you may be travelling. You can also get information on visa requirements and embassies, and find out what immunisations you’ll need.

American Express Selects™

American Express Selects™ lets you take advantage of exclusive offers and savings on travel, dining, leisure and shopping from Australia and around the world. For more information and a list of participating global merchants, visit amexnetwork.com.au.

Convenience of worldwide acceptance

Enjoy the convenience of worldwide acceptance at over 30 million locations with your Commonwealth Bank MasterCard^®.

Enhanced security chip protection

With your MasterCard^® card, you will have peace of mind that your card and money is protected by an enhanced security chip and state of the art fraud detection systems, wherever you use your card.

 

• Important Information:
  American Express^® is a registered trademark of American Express. This credit card program is issued and administrated by Commonwealth Bank of Australia.
  MasterCard and the MasterCard Brand Mark is a registered trademarks of MasterCard International Incorporated.