Qantas and Westjet frequent flyer partnership

Qantas and Westjet frequent flyer partnership
By Kate Webster


Expanding on the existing code-share relationship between Qantas and WestJet announced in 2014, the airlines have today announced a reciprocal frequent flyer agreement.

Members of the airlines’ frequent flyer programs can earn their choice of WestJet dollars or Qantas Points when travelling on flights of either airline.

WestJet executive vice-president, commercial, Bob Cummings, said “We are thrilled to team up with Qantas to bring significant benefit to guests of both airlines.”

“We are confident that our members are going to love earning WestJet dollars while flying on the Qantas global network, and we are equally excited to welcome Qantas frequent flyers aboard and offer them a new opportunity to earn Qantas Points everywhere WestJet flies. This will be a significant improvement to our reward program value proposition,” Cummings continued.

Effective now, Qantas Frequent Flyers can also redeem Qantas Points on Qantas code-share flights operated by WestJet, giving Qantas Frequent Flyers access to numerous WestJet destinations throughout Canada and the USA when connecting to or from a Qantas international service.

Both airlines are currently working on plans to introduce fully reciprocal redemption between the airlines in 2017, so WestJet members will be able redeem on Qantas flights and Qantas Frequent Flyers will be able to redeem on WestJet flights.

Qantas Loyalty CEO, Lesley Grant, said it was no surprise that travel is the number one interest of Qantas Frequent Flyers so “we know our members will be excited about being able to earn and use their points when travelling with WestJet.”

“Qantas Frequent Flyer has more than 50 airline partners and affiliates, which gives our members access to over 1,200 destinations and this partnership with WestJet opens up even more new routes for them to fly while earning and using their Qantas Points.”

WestJet Rewards members earn WestJet dollars on flights and vacation packages with WestJet, WestJet Vacations, and select partner airlines, as well as on purchases made with the WestJet RBC MasterCard. WestJet dollars act like cash and can be redeemed anywhere WestJet flies, at any time. Full details of the program can be found at westjet.com/rewards.

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