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Airlines often offer unique ways to earn bonus points beyond the usual avenues, such as flights, hotel stays, and car rentals. One quirky example we wanted to highlight: Qantas Frequent Flyer members can earn points when renting Apollo campervans in Australia.
Wondering how to get in on the action? Here's what you need to know.
What Is Apollo Campervans?
Apollo Campervans is a well-known motorhome, campervan, and 4WD camper rental company in Australia. Travelers can plan their itinerary with one-way or round-trip campervan rentals from the following cities:
- Adelaide
- Alice Springs
- Brisbane
- Broome
- Cairns
- Darwin
- Hobart
- Melbourne
- Perth
- Sydney
Travelers can rent campervans at competitive rates. At the time of writing, you could book a 5-day rental for as little as A$1,225 (approximately $825 USD). Or, you could save up to 30% off rentals from Melbourne or Brisbane.
In addition to these discounts, you could earn a boatload of Qantas points — on top of what you earn by paying for your rental with your travel rewards card.
How To Earn Qantas Points on Campervan Rentals
Qantas Frequent Flyer members can earn 2X points per Australian dollar on all eligible Apollo Campervan rentals in Australia. As 1 USD roughly equals 1.5 AUD, you earn 50% more points — 3X Qantas points per 1 USD.
Bonus points are earned on the base daily rental rate of any motorhome, campervan, and 4WD camper rental in Australia. You won't earn Qanast points on additional extras, liability options, admin fees, taxes, and liability deposits.
If you book through a travel agent, you can still contact the Apollo reservations team and add your Qantas Frequent Flyer membership number to earn points on your rental. You can also contact customer service to add your Frequent Flyer number to a previously booked rental. As such, if you're not already a Frequent Flyer member, you can join today (for free) and still earn points on an existing Apollo rental.
Only one driver can earn Frequent Flyer points per rental, and the name on the campervan booking must match the name on the Frequent Flyer account.
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Key terms
- Earn 2X Frequent Flyer points per 1 AUD on all motorhome, campervan, and 4WD rentals with Apollo Rentals.
- Points are earned on the base rate of the rental, excluding extras, liability options, admin fees, taxes, and liability deposits.
- Frequent Flyer members can claim points on existing rentals and rentals booked through a third-party booking site by contacting the Apollo reservations team and adding their Frequent Flyer number to the reservation.
- Only one driver per rental can earn Frequent Flyer points.
- The name on Apollo bookings must match the name on the Frequent Flyer account to earn points.
Our Take
This is a fun way to earn more Qantas Frequent Flyer points. Australia is nearly as large as the contiguous U.S. and has thousands of miles of highways between national parks and attractions. Campervans are a fantastic way — if not the best way — to explore the vast reaches of Australia.
This is like earning airline miles with a car rental or hotel stay… or rather, the two combined!
If you prefer to earn Qantas Frequent Flyer points with a proper hotel stay, you can double-dip on Accor stays. For car rentals, earn bonus Frequent Flyer points with Avis rentals. No matter which vacation you're planning, you can likely find a way to earn Qantas points in the process.
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