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    • Earth card from Westpac
    • 19.99%

    • 0.99% for 6 months

    • $75.00

    • 45

    Westpac Earth Review

    Review published: 16 January 2012

    What's hot:

    • American Express and Mastercard flexibility
    • Great balance transfer rate of 0.99% for the first 6 months
    • Complimentary Qantas Frequent Flyer membership

    What's not:

    • 21.49% cash advance rate

    Mozo snapshot:

    The Westpac Earth credit card is actually two cards under one account, with one card linked to American Express and another to Mastercard. With its great introductory balance transfer rate of 0.99% for 6 months and its competitive rewards program with Qantas, Westpac Earth is a flexible and low maintenance rewards credit card.

    Key features: With both Amex and Mastercard usability (with PayPass), there's great flexibility with the Westpac Earth credit card. Points are automatically credited to Qantas frequent flyer points. Points are uncapped and never expire. You earn 1 Qantas point per dollar spent when using the Amex and half a Qantas point per dollar when using the Mastercard.

    The $75 annual fee is fair amongst basic rewards card but for a limited time the Wespac Earth card also includes a complimentary Qantas Frequent Flyer membership worth $82.50.

    For those looking to knock over a bit of credit card debt, there is a decent 0.99% balance transfer rate but keep in mind that the promotional period only lasts 6 months. While the Westpac Earth credit card has a relatively standard purchase rate of 19.99% and a 45 day interest free period, using the card for cash withdrawals will set you back a sky high 21.49% cash advance rate.

    Who it's good for: If you're after a basic but flexible rewards card tied to Qantas, the Westpac Earth Qantas credit card definitely deserves a look.

    Any catches? Given that the Amex has a higher point to dollar spent ratio, you may be inclined to use the Amex more than the Mastercard. Beware of the American Express surcharge that many shops and restaurants levy. Those extra Frequent Flyer points may end up costing you more!

    How are Westpac credit cards rated by the Mozo community?

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    Westpac credit cards 6.7 Based on 531
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    Rewards scheme

    • Points are automatically credited to the Qantas Frequent Flyer program.
    • All rewards are redeemed via Qantas Frequent Flyer.
    • Bonus points on selected Qantas products and services.

    Special offers

    • Complimentary Qantas Frequent Flyer Membership

    Value of rewards points

    • Example reward
    • You'd need to spend
    •  
    • MasterCard
    • Amex
    • Flight: Sydney-London
    • $256,000
    • $128,000
    • $100 gift card
    • $27,000
    • $13,500
    • Flight: Sydney-Melbourne
    • $25,000
    • $12,500
    • Points are capped?
    • No
    • Points expire?
    • Never

    Details behind our 'value of rewards' calculations

    • Points earning 1 points per dollar on Amex, 0.5 points per dollar on MasterCard, uncapped
    • Flight: Sydney-London 128000 points buys a Qantas London flight
    • $100 gift card 13500 points buys a Myer $100 Gift Card
    • Flight: Sydney-Melbourne 12500 points buys a Qantas Syd-Mel flight

    (how did we do it? find out...)

    Rates

    Purchase rate
    19.99%
    Intro purchase rate
    none
    Balance transfer rate
    0.99% for 6 months
    Balance transfer term
    6 Months
    Balance transfer revert to cash
    no
    Cash advance rate
    21.49%
    Interest free days
    45

    Other financial bits

    Minimum repayment amount
    $10.00
    Minimum repayment percent
    2.0

    Fees

    Annual card fee
    $75.00
    Introductory fee
    none
    Annual fee spend threshold
    none
    Reward program fee
    $
    Late payment fee
    $9.00
    Overlimit fee
    $9.00
    Cash advance fee
    $2%, Min $2.50, Max $150
    Foreign exchange margin
    3.00%
    Duplicate statement fee
    $7.50
    Transaction verification fee
    $
    Additional card fee
    $0.00
    Establishment fee
    $

    Features

    Additional cardholders
    1
    Other restrictions
    American Express foreign transaction fee is 3.5%.
    Other benefits
    5.99%pa on select Qantas purchases.

    About Westpac

    As Australia’s first bank, Westpac has been serving customers since 1817! Now that Westpac has merged with St George to create Australia’s largest financial services company. Westpac customers will benefit from things like being able to use both banks’ ATM networks without paying any extra fees. So if you’re after the security offered by a major bank, check out Westpac’s range of banking products such as savings accounts, home loans, personal loans, credit cards and other financial services such as its car and home and contents insurance.

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