Congratulations to the winner’s of Mozo Experts Choice Awards for rewards credit cards 2018. The winners list below is a great place to start your search for a new credit card to earn flight, travel or retail rewards.
The Mozo Experts Choice Awards have been running since 2014 and provide a platform to highlight products in the marketplace we believe offer great value to Australians.
Over 199 credit cards from 67 financial institutions were compared by our money experts for the 2018 Mozo Expert Choice Credit Card Awards. The best rewards credit card for you will depend on your spending habits and rewards preferences so there are several categories of awards to help you narrow down your search.
For details on how we crunched the numbers and determined the award winners see our methodology report.
American Express took home a total of thirteen Mozo Expert Choice Awards this year, almost double the number of the next best provider. They were awarded in Low Rate, No Annual Fee and Balance Transfer categories, as well as every Reward Credit Card category. This is the second year running American Express has walked away with this award, displaying their consistency even in the face of a changing credit card market. While their cards can be subject to merchant surcharges and reduced acceptance, we once again feel that the breadth of offerings from American Express is worthy of recognition.
Essential Credit Card
Rewards Mastercard
Mastercard (Jetstar Dollars)
Infinity Rewards
Visa Card
Qantas Discovery Card
Qantas Premier Everyday Credit Card
Velocity Escape Card
Essential Credit Card
Rewards Mastercard
Qantas Premier Everyday Credit Card
The Mozo Experts Choice Awards recognise products that deliver exceptional value or benefits to consumers. Credit card providers don’t pay to be in the running and we don’t play favourites. Our Judges base their decision on hard-nosed calculations of value to the consumer, using Mozo’s extensive product database and research capacity.
If you’d like more information about awards criteria, and the methodology used you can read our methodology report.
Our commercial relationships do not have any influence on the award results, nor do providers pay to be included in our awards.
All rewards credit cards in our database are eligible and our research team determines winners for each award according to the criteria of the rewards credit card awards category.
We calculated the value of rewards earned by determining how many points would be earned in a year for a given spend level, the rewards that could be redeemed for those points, and the retail value of those rewards minus annual fees.
No, we didn’t include bonus points accumulated for using the credit card at specific merchants or specific categories of spend, bonus point introductory offers or special offers. If you want to compare some of the cards that do have bonus points offers available right now, head to our rewards credit card hub.
To determine the winners in the premium categories we used a $60,000 annual spend level. Standard categories assumed an annual spend level of $20,000.
For the Qantas Frequent Flyer award category we considered credit cards in our database where points are automatically credited to the Qantas frequent flyer programs.
For the Velocity Frequent Flyer award category, we considered cards that both directly earn into the Velocity program, and those that allow you to transfer your points from another rewards program to Velocity.
To find a card based on your personalised spend level, use our exclusive Rewards Revealer tool.
Our research team is headed by our Data Services Director and our Product Data Manager who have over 50 years of financial services experience and 22 years in online financial comparison.
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