Citi ThankYou Rewards has launched a 20% transfer bonus to Qantas Frequent Flyer. While Qantas doesn’t have many widely applicable sweet spots in its award chart, there are some instances where Qantas Frequent Flyer can be a solid deal.
The Deal
- Citi ThankYou Rewards is offering a 20% transfer bonus when you transfer points to Qantas Frequent Flyer. With this bonus:
- Citi Strata Elite, Strata Premier, Prestige, and AT&T Access More cardholders can transfer 1,000 Citi ThankYou points to 1,200 Qantas Frequent Flyer Miles
- Citi ThankYou® Preferred, Citi StrataSM Card, Citi Double Cash® Card, Citi Custom Cash® Card, Citi ThankYou® Mastercard®, AT&T Universal Rewards World, AT&T Universal Savings and Rewards, AT&T Universal Rewards, AT&T Points PlusSM Card from Citi, or AT&T Access Cardmembers can transfer 1,000 Citi ThankYou points to 840 Qantas Frequent Flyer miles
- Direct link to this deal
Key Terms
- Offer is valid for points transfers to Qantas Points completed between 12:01 AM ET October 19, 2025 and 11:59 PM ET November 8, 2025.
Quick Thoughts
While Qantas Frequent Flyer doesn’t have a multitude of good uses, it can be a good program for some very short-distance oneworld itineraries (particularly for connecting itineraries, though with Alaska’s pricing on AA awards, Qantas has lost some shine). Qantas Frequent Flyer is also known for its partnership with El Al, with business class between the US and Israel running 90,000 points one way. If you’re looking to fly Qantas First Class, you are more likely to be able to do so using Qantas points, though the pricing is quite high from the United States to Australia. This 20% transfer bonus could help if any of those situations fit your needs.
Keep in mind that this is a relatively short bonus due to end on 11/8/25. We have added this to our Current Point Transfer Bonuses page.
Best Uses of Qantas Points
- East Coast to Israel on El Al in business for 90,000 points: Qantas offers good partner pricing for El Al flights to Israel with no fuel surcharges. It's 90K points in business class on El Al between Tel Aviv and Boston, Newark, and New York JFK, 104.5K (108K after 8/5) points in business between Tel Aviv and Miami and 119.2K points in business between Tel Aviv and Los Angeles. With a transfer bonus, these rates can get even better.
- Short flights on American Airlines: Qantas offers better pricing than traditional American Airlines award prices on itineraries with a distance of 1200 miles or fewer each way and has no close-in booking fee. This could be especially good for those who need to connect on short itineraries as Qantas measures cumulative distance rather than pricing segments separately. It's 8,000 miles for itineraries covering a distance up to 600 miles or 12,000 miles for itineraries covering a distance up to 1200 miles.
- American Airlines business class to Western Europe: Qantas charges 57,000 for American Airlines business class awards with a distance of 2401-3600 miles each way. This includes the Northeast US to much of Western Europe.
Things to know about Qantas Frequent Flyer
- How to find awards: Search for available space at Qantas.com (you’ll need to create a free Qantas Frequent Flyer account)
- How to book awards: Book online at Qantas.com.
- Key warnings: Alaska Mileage Plan or Avios might be a better value if you have direct flights.
- Transfer from: Amex, Citi, Capital One, Marriott
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Qantas points are also excellent value (often 3x) on domestic Australian routes. Based in USA, but recently visited; had transferred Amex MR points for 2-hour flights in their Business class between SYD-ADL (recliner on their 737-800). There used to be more options for international long-haul on QF metal and partners, but it’s slim to none these days. Good luck out there!