The details shown below are for a card with Amplify Rewards
The details shown below are for a card with Qantas Frequent Flyer
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| Name | Rewards program | |
|---|---|---|
| | Amplify Platinum (Amplify Rewards) | Amplify Rewards |
| | Amplify Platinum (Qantas Frequent Flyer) | Qantas Frequent Flyer |
Amplify Platinum (Amplify Rewards)
Rewards: Amplify Rewards
Amplify Platinum (Qantas Frequent Flyer)
Rewards: Qantas Frequent Flyer
Whether you travel a lot, or like the idea of earning freebies with your credit card spend, the BankSA Amplify Platinum may be the card for you. You can choose between the Amplify Rewards program to cash points in for things like retail rewards and gift cards, or the Qantas Frequent Flyer program if you want your points to go straight to travel. Either way, you can bag a bunch of bonus points under each program, as long as you meet the spending criteria.
Let’s start with the basics of the BankSA Amplify Platinum credit card; you’ll be holding a card with a 19.74% purchase rate and as far as ongoing fees go, they’re pretty low. In fact if you opt for the Amplify Rewards version, the annual fee will be waived for the first year, after which it will be $99. Annual fee for the Qantas Points version is $99.
The BankSA Amplify Platinum comes with two variants, which have the same features, but change how you earn and redeem your rewards. The Amplify Rewards option offers up an earn rate of 1 Amplify Point per $1 spent, and allows you to redeem points for things like cash back, gift cards and retail products. There's a 0% purchase rate for the first seven months (then 19.74%) and a 0% balance transfer offer for 22 months (plus 1.5% balance transfer fee).
The Qantas Frequent Flyer options suits spenders who want their points to be translated directly to their Qantas rewards program, but keep in mind you’ll only earn 0.5 Qantas points for every $1 spent. And under the Qantas Frequent Flyer option, if you apply before 9 February 2021, you could receive 70,000 bonus Qantas Points, as long as you spend $1,500 each month, on eligible purchases within the first three months from approval. Just keep in mind that the 0% balance transfer offer only goes on for 15 months for the Qantas Points version and there is a 1% balance transfer fee.
The card also comes with a number of retail and travel perks, including extended warranty and purchase protection, giving you a bit more coverage for purchases made with the card, plus up to 3 months of complimentary overseas travel insurance.
Both the Amplify Rewards and Qantas Frequent Flyer options of the card are great for spenders who love freebies and appreciate the relatively low $99 annual fee. The Qantas Frequent Flyer option of the card is best served for frequent travellers, who are looking to put all their points toward jetsetting.
International travellers will want to take note of the 3% foreign exchange margin that every international purchase comes with.
Fly Sydney to London return
212,000 points
Fly Sydney to Melbourne one-way
-
$100 Giftcard
22,200 points
$100 Cash
18,000 points
1 point per dollar on Visa, uncapped
Transfer points to a range of airline programs or redeem your points for travel, gift cards, retail rewards and shopping gift cards.
You can get flights via Enrich or KrisFlyer.
Spend $18,182 (Visa)
Spend $22,200 (Visa)
Spend $212,000 (Visa)
Uncapped
Never
How do we calculate these points?
To work out the "Rewards value minus fees" in our Rewards Revealer we:
calculate how many points you'd get each year,
figure out how many flights or gift cards or cashback credits you could get for those points,
work out what that's actually worth to you,
take off the annual fee you'd pay.
More details:
Our calculations are designed to help you compare the value of different rewards schemes. To do this, we've looked at earning a one-way Sydney-Melbourne flight excluding taxes and charges, a return Sydney-London flight excluding taxes and charges, a $100 shopping Gift Card and $100 cashback. Most cards will also offer other rewards, which may be worth more or less than the ones we've shown.
We have made no allowance for bonus points for using your card at specific merchants, introductory offers or special offers. We have not assigned any value to instant discounts, insurances, ticketing and concierge services or other such benefits.
Rewards value calculations do not take credit card interest into account. If you do not pay off your card each month you may be better off looking for a card based on interest rates than on the value of rewards.
In products that have more than one card, a different mix of spend between American Express / Visa / Mastercard will give different results. Mozo's Rewards Revealer lets you choose the mix based on the way you would use such a product, and gives you tailored results.
We assume flights purchased with airline points are 'classic' or 'reward' economy seats with restricted seat availability. 'Any seat' rewards will probably cost more.
To compare the value of flight rewards, we sample online retail flight prices once a quarter based on the average price on a Wednesday 3 months in advance but outside NSW school holidays. For domestic flights we take the lowest available fare from each flight on that day from Qantas Red e-deal, Virgin Australia Saver including baggage and Jetstar Starter including baggage. We calculate the average price excluding taxes and surcharges for each airline, and also the average across all airlines (which we use when rewards are travel agent vouchers). For international flights, we take the lowest available fares on that same Wednesday from each of Qantas, Emirates, Malaysian, Etihad, Singapore, Cathay Pacific and Thai, assuming a return flight 2 weeks later, calculate the average price before taxes and surcharges and use this as our assumed cost of a flight on any airline.
Shopping rewards are based on $100 gift cards from a major national department store.
We make every effort to ensure our calculations are correct and up to date but make no guarantees.
19.74% p.a.
0% p.a. for 7 months
0% p.a. for 22 months and then 21.49% p.a. (1.50% balance transfer fee)
yes
21.49% p.a.
55
$99.00
$0 in the first year
none
none
$15.00
2%, Min $2.50
3.00%
$2.00
$10.50
$0.00
$10.00
2.0
1
none
Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayID, Samsung Pay
Travel Insurance,
Extended Warranty,
Purchase Protection
Fly Sydney to London return
110,400 points
Fly Sydney to Melbourne one-way
8,000 points
$100 Giftcard
18,770 points
$100 Cash
-
0.5 points per dollar on Visa, uncapped
Points are automatically credited to the Qantas Frequent Flyer program.
All rewards are redeemed via Qantas Frequent Flyer.
Receive 70,000 bonus Qantas Points when you spend $1,500 each month for the first 3 months.
Spend $37,540 (Visa)
Spend $16,000 (Visa)
Spend $220,800 (Visa)
Uncapped
Never
How do we calculate these points?
To work out the "Rewards value minus fees" in our Rewards Revealer we:
calculate how many points you'd get each year,
figure out how many flights or gift cards or cashback credits you could get for those points,
work out what that's actually worth to you,
take off the annual fee you'd pay.
More details:
Our calculations are designed to help you compare the value of different rewards schemes. To do this, we've looked at earning a one-way Sydney-Melbourne flight excluding taxes and charges, a return Sydney-London flight excluding taxes and charges, a $100 shopping Gift Card and $100 cashback. Most cards will also offer other rewards, which may be worth more or less than the ones we've shown.
We have made no allowance for bonus points for using your card at specific merchants, introductory offers or special offers. We have not assigned any value to instant discounts, insurances, ticketing and concierge services or other such benefits.
Rewards value calculations do not take credit card interest into account. If you do not pay off your card each month you may be better off looking for a card based on interest rates than on the value of rewards.
In products that have more than one card, a different mix of spend between American Express / Visa / Mastercard will give different results. Mozo's Rewards Revealer lets you choose the mix based on the way you would use such a product, and gives you tailored results.
We assume flights purchased with airline points are 'classic' or 'reward' economy seats with restricted seat availability. 'Any seat' rewards will probably cost more.
To compare the value of flight rewards, we sample online retail flight prices once a quarter based on the average price on a Wednesday 3 months in advance but outside NSW school holidays. For domestic flights we take the lowest available fare from each flight on that day from Qantas Red e-deal, Virgin Australia Saver including baggage and Jetstar Starter including baggage. We calculate the average price excluding taxes and surcharges for each airline, and also the average across all airlines (which we use when rewards are travel agent vouchers). For international flights, we take the lowest available fares on that same Wednesday from each of Qantas, Emirates, Malaysian, Etihad, Singapore, Cathay Pacific and Thai, assuming a return flight 2 weeks later, calculate the average price before taxes and surcharges and use this as our assumed cost of a flight on any airline.
Shopping rewards are based on $100 gift cards from a major national department store.
We make every effort to ensure our calculations are correct and up to date but make no guarantees.
19.74% p.a.
none
0% p.a. for 15 months and then 21.49% p.a. (1.00% balance transfer fee)
yes
21.49% p.a.
55
$99.00
none
none
none
$15.00
2%, Min $2.50
3.00%
$2.00
$10.50
$0.00
$10.00
2.0
1
none
Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayID, Samsung Pay
Travel Insurance,
Extended Warranty,
Purchase Protection
Good trustworthy bank, great rewards and complimentary travel insurance.
Read full reviewGood trustworthy bank, great rewards and complimentary travel insurance.
They are not interested in the needs of the individual customer if they don't have money to invest.
Read full reviewThey are not interested in the needs of the individual customer if they don't have money to invest.
Very helpful especially when there is a breach on the card. They follow up and keep you informed as to their investigation and result. I found the staff had high people skills and made me feel comfortable talking to them.
Read full reviewVery helpful especially when there is a breach on the card. They follow up and keep you informed as to their investigation and result. I found the staff had high people skills and made me feel comfortable talking to them.
I recently used my travel insurance that came with the card and they were fantastic
Read full reviewI recently used my travel insurance that came with the card and they were fantastic
local branch always helpful
Read full reviewlocal branch always helpful
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BankSA
No Annual Fee
20.74% p.a.
0% p.a. for 12 months and then 21.49% p.a. (1.00% balance transfer fee)
$0
BankSA
Vertigo
13.99% p.a.
0% p.a. for 24 months and then 21.49% p.a.
$55 $0 in the first year
BankSA
Amplify Signature
19.74% p.a.
0% p.a. for 6 months and then 21.49% p.a.
$279 $139 in the first year
Bendigo Bank
Low Rate Credit Card
0% p.a. for 15 months then 11.99% p.a.
No current offer
$45
Bankwest
Breeze Mastercard
10.99% p.a.
0% p.a. for 26 months and then 10.99% p.a. (2.00% balance transfer fee)
$49 $0 in the first year
Westpac
Low Rate
13.74% p.a.
0% p.a. for 24 months and then 21.49% p.a. (1.00% balance transfer fee)
$59
St.George
Vertigo
13.99% p.a.
0% p.a. for 24 months and then 21.49% p.a.
$55 $0 in the first year
CUA
Low Rate Credit Card
11.99% p.a.
0% p.a. for 20 months and then 21.74% p.a.
$49 $0 in the first year
Defence Bank
Foundation Credit Card
3.99% p.a. for 6 months then 8.99% p.a.
3.99% p.a. for 6 months and then 8.99% p.a.
$45
Qantas Money
Qantas Premier Platinum
19.99% p.a.
0% p.a. for 18 months and then 21.99% p.a. (1.00% balance transfer fee)
$299 $199 in the first year
Qantas Frequent Flyer
American Express
Qantas Ultimate Card
Qantas Frequent Flyer
$450
100,000
1.25 points uncapped
St.George
Amplify Signature
Amplify Rewards
$279 $139 in the first year
200,000
1.5 points uncapped
Qantas Money
Qantas Premier Platinum
Qantas Frequent Flyer
$299 $199 in the first year
100,000
1 point up to $10,000/month, then
0.5 points uncapped
Bankwest
Qantas Platinum Mastercard
Qantas Frequent Flyer
$160
30,000
0.75 points up to $2,500/month, then
0.3 points uncapped
BankSA
Amplify Signature
Amplify Rewards
$279 $139 in the first year
200,000
1.5 points uncapped
American Express
Qantas Discovery Card
Qantas Frequent Flyer
$0
No current offer
0.75 points uncapped
Bankwest
Breeze Mastercard
0% p.a. for 26 months and then 10.99% p.a. (2.00% balance transfer fee)
10.99% p.a.
$49 $0 in the first year
Virgin Money
Virgin Australia Velocity Flyer Card - Balance Transfer Offer
0% p.a. for 26 months and then 20.99% p.a.
20.74% p.a.
$129 $64 in the first year
Velocity Frequent Flyer
St.George
Vertigo
0% p.a. for 24 months and then 21.49% p.a.
13.99% p.a.
$55 $0 in the first year
Westpac
Low Rate
0% p.a. for 24 months and then 21.49% p.a. (1.00% balance transfer fee)
13.74% p.a.
$59
St.George
Amplify Platinum
0% p.a. for 22 months and then 21.49% p.a. (1.50% balance transfer fee)
0% p.a. for 7 months then 19.74% p.a.
$99 $0 in the first year
Amplify Rewards
CUA
Low Rate Credit Card
0% p.a. for 20 months and then 21.74% p.a.
11.99% p.a.
$49 $0 in the first year
Bank of Melbourne
Amplify Platinum
0% p.a. for 15 months and then 21.49% p.a. (1.00% balance transfer fee)
19.74% p.a.
$99
Qantas Frequent Flyer
ANZ
Low Rate
0% p.a. for 25 months and then 20.24% p.a. (1.50% balance transfer fee)
12.49% p.a.
$58 $0 in the first year
Bendigo Bank
Low Rate Credit Card
0% p.a. for 15 months then 11.99% p.a.
No current offer
$45
Bankwest
Breeze Mastercard
10.99% p.a.
0% p.a. for 26 months and then 10.99% p.a. (2.00% balance transfer fee)
$49 $0 in the first year
Defence Bank
Foundation Credit Card
3.99% p.a. for 6 months then 8.99% p.a.
3.99% p.a. for 6 months and then 8.99% p.a.
$45
St.George
Vertigo
13.99% p.a.
0% p.a. for 24 months and then 21.49% p.a.
$55 $0 in the first year
CUA
Low Rate Credit Card
11.99% p.a.
0% p.a. for 20 months and then 21.74% p.a.
$49 $0 in the first year
Westpac
Low Rate
13.74% p.a.
0% p.a. for 24 months and then 21.49% p.a. (1.00% balance transfer fee)
$59
Bank of Melbourne
Vertigo
13.99% p.a.
0% p.a. for 24 months and then 21.49% p.a.
$55 $0 in the first year
