Get the Qantas Travel Money card!
Your Qantas Frequent Flyer Card with Qantas Travel Money opens up a whole new world of benefits. And getting it is easy.
You’ve received your Qantas Card with Qantas Travel Money. What now?
If you’re already a Qantas Frequent Flyer member and have received your Qantas Travel Money enabled membership card (flip it over, you’ll notice a Mastercard® logo on the back), apply to activate Qantas Travel Money and discover the benefits of paying with Qantas Travel Money.
Already a Qantas Frequent Flyer but don't have a Qantas Travel Money card?
Log in to your Qantas Frequent Flyer Account and request a card online, or call 1300 825 302.
Not a Qantas Frequent Flyer member yet?
No problem. If you’re an Australian resident aged 16 years of age or older, you can apply for complimentary Qantas Frequent Flyer membership with the option of Qantas Travel Money, saving you $99.50. Once your membership card arrives, simply apply to activate Qantas Travel Money and you’re on your way to earning rewards at home and abroad.
Load money
Loading money onto your Qantas Travel Money prepaid travel money card is easy. Choose from the following three options:
Instant Load (funds available immediately)
Need to access your funds immediately? Simply select 'Instant Load' via the Qantas Money app or website and - for a fee of just 0.5% - you can use your Mastercard® debit card or Visa debit card to load funds instantaneously.
Bank transfer (funds available the next business day)
Loading directly from your bank account using Bank Transfer is a great way to load or top up your balance, plus it's free. To make a Bank Transfer:
- Select ‘Bank Transfer’ via the Qantas Money app or website.
- Select the currencies and amounts you wish to load.
- Complete the transfer via your personal bank account.
Funds transferred before 2pm AEST/AEDST Monday to Friday will be available the next business day.
BPAY (funds available within 2-3 business days)
You can also load using BPAY and it's free. To load via BPAY:
- Select ‘BPAY’ via the Qantas Travel Money mobile app or website.
- Select the currencies and amounts you wish to load.
- Complete the BPAY using the Biller code and Customer Reference Number that we’ve emailed to you.
Funds will be available within 2-3 business days.
Top tips
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Lock & Load. You have the option to lock in exchange rates3 on up to 10 loadable currencies4 — USD, GBP, EUR, THB, NZD, SGD, HKD, CAD, JPY and AED. Which means you have peace of mind knowing that you don’t need to worry about future rate fluctuations while you’re away.
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Load AUD, spend worldwide. Headed to a country where we don’t offer a locked in rate? We’ve still got you covered - simply load Australian dollars and spend in the local currency of wherever you are.
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Even though it is a prepaid card, remember to press ‘CREDIT’ when using Qantas Travel Money at merchants or ATMs.
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Don’t use your Qantas Travel Money card as a security deposit for hotels as it may hold your funds for up to 30 days.
Use
Transfer money between currencies, cash out your leftover funds into your Australian bank account, or transfer funds in real time to other Qantas Frequent Flyer members who have activated Qantas Travel Money Australia.
Currency transfers
You can move money between any of our supported currencies - USD, GBP, EUR, THB, NZD, SGD, HKD, CAD, JPY, AED and AUD - using the Qantas Money app or website. Just select the currency you want to transfer from, enter the amount you’d like to transfer, then select the currency you want to transfer funds into. We’ll display the exchange rate and the amount of the new currency before you confirm your transfer, so you’ll always know your locked-in exchange rate3.
Card to card transfers
Need to perform an instant transfer to another Qantas Frequent Flyer member who has activated Qantas Travel Money Australia? Log in to your account and select ‘Card to Card transfer’.
Cash out
Cash out funds from your Qantas Travel Money facility to your personal Australian bank account. There are no fees or charges, and you can cash out as many currencies as you want.
Manage your card
Manage your Qantas Travel Money facility on the go and stay in control of your spending, wherever you are in the world.
Your account
You can load money, move money between supported currencies, transfer money instantly to other Qantas Travel Money Australia cardholders, monitor your balances, view your transaction history, update your details, and cash out the funds on your card to your Australian bank account at any time via the website.
Your default currency
Your default currency is the currency that will be automatically loaded when you deposit directly from your bank account using Bank Transfer or BPAY®, rather than via the app or website where you can choose to load in up to 10 different foreign currencies.4
Getting your Qantas Travel Money card PIN for the first time
It’s important to retrieve your PIN as soon as possible as you’ll need it to make point of sale purchases and for ATM cash withdrawals. Once you’ve successfully applied to activate your Qantas Travel Money card, all you need to do to get your PIN is:
- Log in to the Qantas Money website or mobile app
- Select Qantas Travel Money, then tap the Manage tab in the app
- Click ‘Reveal card PIN’
If you forget your PIN, you can retrieve it by following these same steps. Simply answer a few security questions, and your PIN will be revealed.
Changing your PIN
Once you’ve retrieved your PIN, you can then change it at one of 2,000 atmx by Armaguard ATMs Australia wide. Find your nearest atmx here.