Of course you don't necessarily need the card to earn hotel points — you can earn them with
frequent paid hotel stays as well — but these cards help you earn points on everyday spending and give you additional point bonuses that you can't get anywhere else.
Not exact matches
The aim is to maximize
frequent flyer and
hotel loyalty programs and to use co-branded credit cards to build helpful points balances so you end up
paying very little for a flight or a
hotel stay.
As a general rule that award tickets do not earn
frequent flyer miles since they are
paid for with miles, the same way you do not earn
hotel points when you redeem points on an award
stay.
Qantas
Hotels: The ability to use Points Plus
Pay is subject to meeting the minimum points requierment of 5,000 Qantas Points; Qantas
Frequent Flyer members will earn 3 Qantas Points per A$ 1 value for all
hotel stays, except Classic Hotel Rewards, booked at qantas
hotel stays, except Classic
Hotel Rewards, booked at qantas
Hotel Rewards, booked at qantas.com.
As a general rule that award tickets do not earn
frequent flyer miles since they are
paid for with miles, the same way you do not earn
hotel points when you redeem points on an award
stay.
When you
pay for your air travel (especially international) most airlines offer you
frequent flier miles which can be used for your future travel and many other things like merchandise,
Hotel stays etc... These miles are already included in the price you already
paid for the ticket, so why not claim your miles and use them for future travel?