Qantas Titanium card: first class lounge access, extra status credits

Wonder if you own a premier credit card, will it stop you picking up the bonus points for signing up on this card... Would be extremely annoyed (and not apply) if this was the case.

Definitely an interesting product. On first inspection it seems to be amex platinum competitor

You are bet of with AMEX Platinum. A lot more benefits. Compare before you apply

I'm surprised for the $1,200 annual fee that there wasn't at least some form of QF flight vouchers similar to that of the Amex Ultimate, which offsets the $450 fee with equivalent amount of vouchers.

With more travel benefits coming from the AMEX Platinum and Centurion cards, the only thing I see valuable about this card is the 20% bonus status credits. Other than that, you can get up to 20% off flights with Amex, hotel status, various memberships (incl. AccorPlus, Marriott, AFR), a $450 flight voucher and more.

Also... $100 per additional cardholder - an absolute rort, compared to AMEX who do not charge for up to 4 additional.

The benefits are worth at best $300 to someone who already has plat

Looks good at first but so many flaws including the $12,500.00 cap, why bother. My current set up is a lot better.

Agree the card is not useful if you are already Platinum, however Qantas have stated its aimed at the high spender, not the high flyer. So high flyers are not the target market. So when you look more closely at the benefits, that starts to make more sense.

That annual fee is right up there though...

@ David is it possible to find out if existing Premier Platinum members are eligible for the bonus? I checked the T&Cs which just says “New to Qantas Premier” which could mean any Premier Card.

They say high spender then cap at $12,500 or is that only on regular spend. Does the bouns 2 points on international and Qantas spend keep going above the cap.

That 20% status bonus sounds great at first but corporate travellers typically can’t use their own credit cards for air spend through TMC & online booking tool. Even as an SME who may use this card for air spend, points top out (top earn) at $12,500 so a few airfares, hotels, other T&I and you’re hit that limit fairly quickly.

As others have pointed out the Amex Platinum seems to offer significantly better value. It is frustrating to be getting 0.5 a point or something with my free CBA Diamond card, but paying $1,200 to get 0.75 extra points (& none on my rates & water charges), access to the first class lounge in Syd/Mel (based in BNE) doesn’t make any sense to me - Amex acceptance is growing & you can transfer to QFF anyway so don’t see the appeal.

Geez, $1200 for a Mastercard? I don't mind cards with big annual fees, but if I'm paying big money I expect big benefits, and this card really falls short.

Two F Lounge invites are nice but hardly worth $600 a pop: and if you take your partner in there, you'd presumably need to use both invites (?) and thus you're paying $1200 for one visit. Beyond that, two visits to the Qantas Club per year? Laughable: my Amex Platinum gives me unlimited Virgin lounge access, Priority Pass, Centurion lounge, Delta Sky Club, Plaza Premium and more for $1450, and I can fly with any airline: and with that, there's also free hotel status with five global chains, a free hotel night, Amex Offers, shortcut to Star Alliance Gold, travel credits ($850 p.a. if you take out the free Reserve too), and points can be transferred to 10 partner airlines so you're not stuck with QFF.

While the earn rate on the Titanium is marginally higher (or the same as the Amex Ultimate), I really don't spend that much in places where Amex isn't accepted to justify paying four figures for a few extra points, and with no mention of an overseas transaction fee waiver, I presume you'll be paying 3% more than the sticker price to earn the higher rate of points overseas, when you've already coughed up for an expensive annual fee.

I think people will really only get this card for the sign-up bonus and then bin it, or if they spend a lot on Qantas flights themselves to earn the extra status credits, especially those who can book and pay for their own work flights and be reimbursed by the company.

Yeah, I think I will stick to my Amex.

Citi AAdvantage Executive World Elite MasterCard in U.S. charges only USD 450 for annual fee, and offers more benefits than this QFF card, except it's a plastic card not metal.

Don't understand how Citi retail team set up the pricing in Australia.

I might consider this card only if the annual fee is lower than AUD 400, otherwise bye-bye.

How is it even possible to earn 30 million points in one year? Perhaps another story, David.

Agree with the majority on this one.

If I'm going for a high earn rate card, I'll just get the AMEX Qantas Ultimate which has the same 1.25 points per dollar earn rate with 2 points extra for Qantas spend.

The only way to recoup the cost of this card is from the 10% discount. And if you're buying one or two longhaul flights a year in business or First class, you probably could make it work (and even come out ahead).

Am I the only one who choked at the $200k income requirement?

I’m going against the grain and will say this looks like a great deal to me. I’m about to drop off platinum with no prospects for a return and, being in Melbourne, am not looking forward to the business lounge. I also travel internationally for a holiday once a year (twice if I can) and try to fly business. I’ll easily get the $1200 back on the flight discounts alone (worth way more than $450) and will get to kick off the holiday in the lounge I’ve become accustomed to.

Whats the point of extra status credits if they do not apply to your status. Ridiculous!!

30 million points? She’s got her company card linked to her account or she’s a Labor politician spending like a sailor on shore leave.

I know Amex reworked their points earning recently. So is Amex points earning still worth it. I heard the transfer points to certain airlines is now 2 Amex points to 1 airline point?

Seems most reviewers are forgetting that Qantas is offering a Mastercard which is accepted in far more places than Amex. I have both Qantas Premier & Amex Platinum Edge & use the the Qantas Premier probably twice as much as I use Amex, not by choice just availability & even when it is offered in many cases Amex is charged a higher transaction fee.

The limitations on the status credit benifits is an own goal! How ridiculous.

Qantas hoping the marketing and media support will sell cards.What a rubbish product. No matter how much you polish a piece of s&*^ - its still a piece of s^&%.

I think this CC is crap.