The Platinum Awards Credit Card is a card that has a lot of rewards bling, whether you want to cash in on instant rewards at Myer, redeem points for a holiday at Flight Centre or transfer them across to your preferred airline's frequent flyer program. If you're super savvy and pay your balance off in full each month and use all of the features and benefits attached to the card like 24/7 concierge, complimentary travel insurance, purchase security protection and extended warranty insurance you'll get top value out of this card.
With the CommBank Platinum Awards Credit Card, you can bag 1 Award point per dollar spent. While points don’t expire, there is a yearly cap to consider of 150,000 Awards points, or 120,000 if you’ve opted to directly earn points into the Qantas Frequent Flyer Program.
Plus, if you sign up before 30 September 2021, you can earn 60,000 bonus points by spending at least $4,000 on eligible purchases within 90 days of activating your card. Then, you can nab another 20,000 bonus points if you keep your using the card for a full year.
You can choose to redeem your Award points through a range of airline programs or redeem points at Flight Centre, in-store at Myer, for gift cards, cash back or many other items from the Awards website, which according to Roy Morgan is the most extensive rewards program of any bank in Australia.
The Commonwealth Bank Platinum Awards credit card has a standard purchase rate of 20.24% so watch overspending as it’s not a card you want to have an ongoing balance on for a long time. If you have pre-existing debt on another card, the CommBank Platinum Awards Credit Card offers a balance transfer rate of 5.99% for five months. But if you haven't paid off the debt by the end of that period, your balance will roll over to the much less reasonable cash advance revert rate of 21.24%.
There is a sizable annual fee of $249, but don't forget the card comes with a 24/7 concierge service, complimentary international travel insurance (just be sure to activate it prior to leaving Australia), and, if you're a globetrotter MasterCards' exclusive Priceless Cities program which gives you access to a range of restaurants and entertainment options. Suddenly, the annual fee isn't looking too bad at all!
And don't forget the other complimentary insurances that could come in handy like purchase security protection, which if an item is lost, damaged or stolen within 90 days will get repaired or replaced by CommBank, and extended warranty insurance where you will get an extra 12 months warranty in addition to the standard Australian manufacturers warranty for the goods.
The Platinum Awards card comes with extra security via the lock, block and limit feature which enables you to change features of the card to suit your spending patterns. For instance you can block overseas transactions if you are not travelling, you can also give yourself a per transaction spending limit and block any ATM cash withdrawals. The feature is part of NetBank or the CommBank app, so if you change your mind you can easily unlock or clear it whenever you need.
The CommBank Platinum Awards Credit Card will work well for anyone looking to increase their points earning potential and is diligent about paying their balance in full each month.
Late repayments will attract a $20 fee so sign up for payment alerts or set up an automatic repayment in NetBank.
Don't be tempted to overspend with the card's $6000 minimum credit limit.
Fly Sydney to London return
239,200 points
Fly Sydney to Melbourne one-way
15,600 points
$100 Giftcard
21,000 points
$100 Cash
25,000 points
1 point per dollar on Mastercard, up to 150000 points per year
Transfer points to a range of airline programs or redeem points at Flight Centre, instore at Myer, gift cards, cash back or thousands of items from the Awards website.
You can get flights via Velocity, Qantas Frequent Flyer or through Flight Centre vouchers.
60,000 Bonus Points when you apply for a new Platinum Awards credit card by 30 September 2021 and spend $4,000 on eligible purchases within 90 days from activation. Plus, 20,000 Bonus Points when you keep your card for 1 year.
Spend $25,000 (Mastercard)
Spend $21,000 (Mastercard)
Spend $15,600 (Mastercard)
Spend $239,200 (Mastercard)
at 150,000 points yearly
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.
20.24% p.a.
none
5.99% p.a. for 5 months and then 21.24% p.a.
yes
21.24% p.a.
55
$249.00
none
none
none
$20.00
3%, Min $3.00, Max $300
0%
$0.00
$0.00
$10.00
$25.00
2.0
1
none
Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay, Garmin, Fitbit
Travel Insurance,
Extended Warranty,
Purchase Protection
I pay no fees as long as I spend $2000 per month and I get about $25 per for the rewards programme which for me is very good. However I have been with the State bank of Victoria/CBA for 40 more years and I had to work hard to that deal mentioned above. As I am a pensioner with no income other than from my super they thought I wasn't a good client. They didn't realise that I spent more than $4000 per month on my credit card and therefore good for business.
Read full reviewI pay no fees as long as I spend $2000 per month and I get about $25 per for the rewards programme which for me is very good. However I have been with the State bank of Victoria/CBA for 40 more years and I had to work hard to that deal mentioned above. As I am a pensioner with no income other than from my super they thought I wasn't a good client. They didn't realise that I spent more than $4000 per month on my credit card and therefore good for business.
Because the Commonwealth Bank is a national bank, it has Branches and ATMs Australia wide. It also has a very generous Credit Travel Card which we have used for our international travel for many years. There are no fees with this card for CBA customers.
Read full reviewBecause the Commonwealth Bank is a national bank, it has Branches and ATMs Australia wide. It also has a very generous Credit Travel Card which we have used for our international travel for many years. There are no fees with this card for CBA customers.
I chose the Platinum rewards card, it has good travel insurance, you can be out of the country for 6 months. Plus my friend had a heart attack in America and the insurance paid the entire bill which came to tens of thousands of dollars.
Read full reviewI chose the Platinum rewards card, it has good travel insurance, you can be out of the country for 6 months. Plus my friend had a heart attack in America and the insurance paid the entire bill which came to tens of thousands of dollars.
Great service. I’d like to see them invest in more ethical and environmentally friendly investments.
Read full reviewGreat service. I’d like to see them invest in more ethical and environmentally friendly investments.
My credit card with the CBA is my lifeline, the rewards programme has taken my wife and I on so many Holidays. The call centre people are so knowledgeable and helpful. The fraud section is very proactive. Have had my card compromised a couple of times, it only takes a phone call to get it sorted.
Read full reviewMy credit card with the CBA is my lifeline, the rewards programme has taken my wife and I on so many Holidays. The call centre people are so knowledgeable and helpful. The fraud section is very proactive. Have had my card compromised a couple of times, it only takes a phone call to get it sorted.
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0% p.a. for 15 months and then 9.90% p.a.
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Westpac
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American Express
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NAB
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110,000
1 point up to $5,000/month, then
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American Express
Velocity Escape Card
Velocity Frequent Flyer
$0
No current offer
0.75 points uncapped
NAB
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Qantas Frequent Flyer
$250
30,000
0.66 points up to $3,000/month, then
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Bendigo Bank
Low Rate Credit Card
0% p.a. for 24 months and then 11.99% p.a. (2.00% balance transfer fee)
11.99% p.a.
$45
Westpac
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0% p.a. for 28 months and then 21.49% p.a. (1.00% balance transfer fee)
13.74% p.a.
$59 $0 in the first year
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Amplify Platinum
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19.74% p.a.
$99
Amplify Rewards
NAB
Low Rate Card
0% p.a. for 26 months and then 21.74% p.a. (2.00% balance transfer fee)
12.99% p.a.
$59 $0 in the first year
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Amplify Platinum
0% p.a. for 15 months and then 21.49% p.a. (1.00% balance transfer fee)
19.74% p.a.
$99
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Amplify Signature
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11.99% p.a.
0% p.a. for 24 months and then 11.99% p.a. (2.00% balance transfer fee)
$45
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Simplicity Credit Card
0% p.a. for 6 months then 21.49% p.a.
0% p.a. for 6 months and then 22.24% p.a.
$0
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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
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Low Rate
13.74% p.a.
0% p.a. for 28 months and then 21.49% p.a. (1.00% balance transfer fee)
$59 $0 in the first year
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21.49% p.a.
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$149 $49 in the first year
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Low Rate Credit Card
11.99% p.a.
0% p.a. for 24 months and then 11.99% p.a. (2.00% balance transfer fee)
$45
Bankwest
Breeze Mastercard
0% p.a. for 15 months then 9.90% p.a.
0% p.a. for 15 months and then 9.90% p.a.
$49 $0 in the first year
Westpac
Low Rate
13.74% p.a.
0% p.a. for 28 months and then 21.49% p.a. (1.00% balance transfer fee)
$59 $0 in the first year
Citi
Simplicity Credit Card
0% p.a. for 6 months then 21.49% p.a.
0% p.a. for 6 months and then 22.24% p.a.
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3.99% p.a. for 6 months and then 8.99% p.a.
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No current offer
$209 Annual fee may vary.
