Qantas has teamed up with Vodafone to offer its frequent flyer members a new way to earn thousands of points and work their way up to free flights and upgrades a little faster.
Qantas Frequent Flyers can now get up to 15,000 Qantas Points by connecting, renewing or upgrading online to a new 24 month Qantas Red plan with Vodafone.
Businesses that are members of Aquire, Qantas’s business rewards program, are also able to earn Aquire Points when signing up to Qantas Business Red plans with Vodafone.
Vodafone Director of Sales Ben McIntosh said the company’s partnership with Qantas allows Vodafone customers to gain more value from their mobile phone plans.
“The opportunity to earn Qantas Points, which can be redeemed on travel, shopping and a host of other exciting offerings, gives consumers another reason to choose Vodafone and rewards our existing customers for their loyalty.”
Ben McIntosh, Vodafone Director of Sales
Qantas Loyalty CEO Lesley Grant added that teaming up with Vodafone reflected the carrier’s commitment to helping its members reach rewards more quickly.
“Businesses like Vodafone partner with Qantas Frequent Flyer because they know that for the millions of Australians who are Qantas Frequent Flyers, they decide what to buy based on whether they can earn Qantas Points or not,” he said.
“In a competitive market, being able to reward customers for choosing their product or service and remaining loyal to their brand is an attractive proposition.”
Qantas and Vodafone are also partnering to offer a prepaid SIM, and a smartphone plus SIM package, to international customers travelling to Australia onboard eligible Qantas international flights. Qantas Frequent Flyer members will be able to redeem Qantas Points for Vodafone products available through the Qantas Store.
The partnership announcement comes at the same time Vodafone has revealed it is offering Red customers who travel to New Zealand free $5 Roaming.
From today, Vodafone customers with $5 Roaming on Red plans can ‘roam like home’ in New Zealand with no extra charge for roaming until 1 December 2016.
Vodafone Red customers can continue to enjoy $5 Roaming when travelling overseas to more than 50 selected countries, meaning they can use their plan inclusions for just $5 extra per day.
