What Frequent Travelers expect to Gain from Qantas’s American Express’s premium card
The airfares in Australia and Asia pacific region have been negatively affected by the oil prices, the strengthening Australian dollar and the need for business expansions. There are more business travelers than before. The frequent of travel for the business travelers has also increased. New business travelers are also coming up and this translates to increased demand for air travel, which has caused the airlines to push up airfares.
However, from the Qantas’s American Express’s premium card, the travelers are expected to reduce on their travel costs. Since it is likely that the airlines may not reduce their airfares any sooner, the travelers could use the reward points at least to help control the escalating travel costs. The frequent flyers are able to obtain reward points through their trips and they can redeem these points for free services. For example, by redeeming the points for free flights, this would count on minimizing their trip budget.
Similarly, when they convert their points to free accommodation, this can help in reducing the accommodation cost and the overall cost of trips. The Qantas’s American Express’s premium card has other benefits such as access to VIP airport lounge services and access of the card member-only rates offered by the Qantas partners. They can get reduced hotel room rates as well as discounted tour packages, which can also translate to reduced cost of trip making.