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Things you should know

CommBank Credit Card Conditions of Use

Commonwealth Awards Program Terms and Conditions

Standard fees and charges for credit card services

¹ International travel insurance included on your credit card provides cover for you, your spouse and your accompanied children for return trips from Australia, up to a set period when you spend at least $500 on a single prepaid travel transaction using your eligible credit card account. You will need to activate your travel insurance for each trip in order to receive any cover, including Overseas Medical cover. You will also qualify if the $500 worth of prepaid travel costs is redeemed using CommBank Awards points. You will need to provide a copy of the letter/statement/email confirming the redemption. To activate your cover, register on NetBank, the CommBank app or call Cover-More on 1300 467 951 before you travel. Terms, conditions, restrictions, exclusions (including for pre-existing medical conditions and persons aged 80 years or over), benefit limits, sub-limits and excesses apply. Before making a decision, refer to the Credit Card Insurances Product Disclosure Statement and Information Booklet for full conditions. Insurance products listed are issued and administered by Cover-More Insurance Services Pty Ltd (AFSL 241713, ABN 95 003 114 145) on behalf of the insurer Zurich Australian Insurance Limited (AFSL 232507, ABN 13 000 296 640) for Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA). CBA and its related bodies corporate do not issue or guarantee this insurance. It does not represent a deposit with or liability of either CBA or any of its related bodies corporate. We do not provide any advice on this insurance based on any consideration of your objectives, financial situation or needs. If you purchase an upgrade policy, we (CBA) receive a commission which is a percentage of your premium. More information can be found at commbank.com.au/travelinsuranceincluded.

² For Low Fee credit cards, there is no monthly fee when you spend at least $300 on your Low Fee credit card in your statement period to qualify for no monthly fee for that month. Otherwise the monthly fee is $3. Spend includes all purchases and cash advances made using your Low Fee credit card, minus any refunds. This is for all transactions fully processed in the given statement period (not pending transactions).

³ How you earn or redeem CommBank Awards points will be subject to the CommBank Awards Program Terms & Conditions. You only earn points on eligible transactions (this excludes, for example, BPAY transactions, cash advances, balance transfers and payments to the Australian Taxation Office unless made using a Business Awards card). Awards and the number of points required for Awards are subject to change at any time without notice. If you opt-in to earn Qantas Points, your CommBank Awards points earnt each month are automatically transferred to your Qantas Frequent Flyer account at the end of each statement period, at the rate of 2.5 CommBank Awards points to 1 Qantas Point. Points transferred to your Qantas Frequent Flyer account are captured on your CommBank credit card statement. Once CommBank Awards points are transferred to Qantas Points, they are governed by the terms and conditions of the Qantas Frequent Flyer program and cannot be converted back to CommBank Awards points or redeemed under the CommBank Awards Program. You must be a member of the Qantas Frequent Flyer program to earn and redeem Qantas Points. Membership and Qantas Points are subject to the terms and conditions of the Qantas Frequent Flyer program available at qantas.com/terms.

How Awards points work:

Earn up to 1 Awards point for every $1 spent on eligible purchases, up to and including $2,000 in a statement period. Once you have spent $2,000 in any given statement period, you will earn 0.5 Awards points for every $1 you spend on any other purchases within that period.

You will not be able to opt-in to earn Qantas Points.

How Smart Awards points work:

Earn up to 1.5 Awards points or 0.6 Qantas Points per $1 spent at major Australian supermarkets, department stores, petrol stations, dining (cafes, restaurants, fast food & delivery services) and utilities (electricity, gas and water only). Earning these points depends on how the merchant categorises their business and provide us this information (directly or through their financial institution). You’re unable to get these points if you use an intermediary platform such as PayPal for these transactions.

Earn up to 1 Awards point or 0.4 Qantas Points for every $1 spent on all other purchases.

Once you have spent $5,000 in any given statement period, you will earn 0.5 Awards points or 0.2 Qantas Points per $1 spent on any other purchases within that period.

Points Boost

Earn up to 2 Bonus Points per $1 spent on your highest eligible transaction (not exceeding $500) made in a statement period up to 1,000 Bonus Points. Points Boosts will be applied at the end of each statement period (in some instances, purchases at the end of the statement period may be allocated to the next statement period and may be identified as the highest eligible purchase for that statement period). They will appear on your credit card statement under the ‘Awards Transactions’ section.

How Ultimate Awards points work:

Earn up to 3 Awards points or 1.2 Qantas Points per $1 spent on international transactions. International transactions include any purchase you make overseas or when shopping online from Australia if the merchant or entity who processes the payment is based overseas.

Earn up to 2 Awards points or 0.8 Qantas Points per $1 spent at major Australian supermarkets, department stores, petrol stations, dining (cafes, restaurants, fast food & delivery services) and utilities (electricity, gas and water only). Earning these points depends on how the merchant categorises their business and provide us this information (directly or through their financial institution). You’re unable to get these points if you use an intermediary platform such as PayPal for these transactions.

Earn up to 1 Awards point or 0.4 Qantas Points per $1 spent on all other purchases.

Once you have spent $10,000 in any given statement period, you will earn 0.5 Awards points or 0.2 Qantas Points per $1 spent on any other purchases within that period.

⁴ For Smart Awards credit cards, there is no monthly fee if you spend at least $2,000 on your Smart Awards credit card in your statement period to qualify for no monthly fee for that month. Otherwise the monthly fee is $19. Spend includes all purchases and cash advances made using your Smart Awards credit card, minus any refunds. This is for all transactions fully processed in the given statement period (not pending transactions).

⁵ For Ultimate Awards credit cards, there is no monthly fee if you spend at least $4,000 on your Ultimate Awards credit card in your statement period to qualify for no monthly fee for that month. Otherwise the monthly fee is $35. Spend includes all purchases and cash advances made using your Ultimate Awards credit card, minus any refunds. This is for all transactions fully processed in the given statement period (not pending transactions).

⁶ If you don't have any processed transactions in a given statement period and pay your previous statement closing balance in full by the due date, you won't be charged a monthly fee for that statement period.

⁷ Interest rates and fees apply and are subject to change. Please see Standard fees and charges for credit card services for more details. Applications for finance are subject to the Bank's normal credit approval. Full conditions of use will be included in our Letter of Offer.

⁸ We’re unable to block cash advance transactions that aren’t sent to us for authorisation. These will attract interest from the date the transaction is made until it’s repaid. For CommBank Neo, these will not incur any additional fees or interest charges.

⁹ Pay no international transaction fees on purchases or cash advances you make overseas or in Australia (for example online) where the merchant or financial institution or entity processing the transaction is located overseas. For international cash advances, the cash advance fee will apply (excluding CommBank Neo cards which does not offer cash advances).

¹⁰ Pay with CommBank Awards points available online at myer.com.au or at any Myer retail store in Australia when presenting a valid CommBank Awards credit card. Ask a Myer team member in-store to check the redeemable value of your points. Some exclusions apply, including using points to pay Myer card accounts, lay-by, purchases at some food and service outlets; and Miele appliances. More information is available at myer.com.au. Points cannot be redeemed for cash. A minimum redemption value of $1 applies per transaction. A maximum of 1 million points redemption per day applies. Refer to the CommBank Awards website, accessible through NetBank, for full terms and conditions. Redemption of Awards points using your credit card via Apple Pay is unavailable in-store at Myer stores Australia-wide. Customers must use their Awards credit card to pay with points at Myer.

All travel products and offers from Flight Centre Travel Group are subject to availability and can only be booked by the general public. The redemption of Awards points for travel at Flight Centre Travel Group is subject to terms and conditions of the CommBank Awards program available at commbank.com.au as well as booking agency online and retail booking terms and conditions. Flight Centre Travel Group (ABN 25 003 377 188) trading as Flight Centre and Travel Associates. ATAS Accreditation No. A10412

¹¹ Mastercard Travel Rewards are only available through participating merchants outside Australia. To receive the advertised cashback, pay with your Smart Awards and Ultimate Awards Mastercard at a participating overseas merchant and meet the offer’s terms and conditions. You must pay in the overseas currency of the offer – transactions made in Australian dollars are not eligible. Cashbacks may take up to 30 days to appear on your statement. Visit mastercard travel rewards for a list of participating merchants and to find out more. 

¹² To gain access to participating airport lounges, you must register your Smart Awards and Ultimate Awards card on the Mastercard Travel Pass app or mastercardtravelpass.dragonpass.com, generate a membership QR code and present this along with your boarding pass for validation. Ultimate Awards customers receive two complimentary lounge visits per calendar year, each visit can be used by either the primary cardholder or guest. Guest must always be accompanied by the primary cardholder and cannot use the access on their own. Smart Awards customers will pay a fee. Please note, your lounge access may be blocked if your account is closed, in arrears, reported lost or stolen, or has been blocked by us for any reason. To redeem an offer visit the Mastercard Travel Pass app or mastercardtravelpass.dragonpass.com to select your preferred offer and generate an offer QR code. Present the valid offer QR code to the cashier and redeem the offer. Please note, offers vary by location. For information on accessing lounges, offer locations, a full list of Terms and Conditions and Frequently Asked Questions, visit FAQs.

¹³ The CommBank Yello Cashback Offers program (‘CommBank Yello Cashback Offers’) rewards you with cashback after you activate (where required) an offer presented to you via the CommBank app and you make a purchase in accordance with the Terms and Conditions of that offer. Cashback is typically received within 14 business days of a qualifying purchase, but in some cases may take longer. If you are not already enrolled, you can enrol if you are at least 18 years old, hold an eligible CommBank credit Mastercard or debit Mastercard, Business credit Mastercard or StepPay digital card, and meet the ‘Base eligibility criteria’ in the ‘CommBank Yello Terms and Conditions’ (latest version available on our website at commbank.com.au) (‘CommBank Yello’). Your participation in CommBank Yello Cashback Offers is governed by the full Terms and Conditions available in the CommBank app.

¹⁴ Please read the Credit Card Insurances Product Disclosure Statement and Information Booklet (PDF) for Low Fee Gold, Low Rate Gold, Gold Awards, Platinum Awards, Diamond Awards, Smart Awards and Ultimate Awards credit cards or the Credit Card Insurances Information Booklet for Low Rate Standard, Low Fee Standard, Awards Standard and Essentials Credit Cards for more information.

¹⁵ From 10 December 2024, interest rates offered on approval vary from 10.99% p.a. to 15.99% p.a. The rate offered to you (your personalised interest rate) within this range depends on different factors, including your individual credit risk score.

Once your credit contract is entered into, your personalised interest rate will be reviewed periodically and may change upon review. We may also vary the range of rates available for new Low Rate credit cards at any time. We’ll notify you as outlined in the conditions of use if your personalised interest rate changes.  

All customers with an existing CommBank Low Rate credit card, and customers who switch from an existing CommBank credit card to a Low Rate credit card will be offered or will retain an interest rate of 13.99% p.a. This rate may be varied at any time during the term of the credit contract.

Please refer to the Low Rate credit card FAQs for more information.

¹⁶ For more information on SurePay instalment plans, please refer to the CommBank Credit Card Conditions of Use (section 5).

^# Offer commenced 3 December 2024 and is only available to customers in CommBank Yello Everyday, Everyday Plus or Homeowner benefit sets when they apply for a new Low Fee credit card. Offer not available to customers who currently hold, or have held, any activated Low Fee or Low Rate card types in the 18 months prior as a primary cardholder or customers who switch from other card types.

To be eligible for the CommBank Yello offer, you must meet the minimum eligibility criteria as set out in the CommBank Yello Terms and Conditions available at commbank.com.au/commbankyellotcs and not have opted out of the program when applying. Eligibility for CommBank Yello is typically assessed in the first week of each month. For more information about CommBank Yello and how to check your eligibility status, please visit commbank.com.au/commbankyello.

$50 cashback will be awarded for every month (statement period) $500 or more is spent on eligible purchases for 6 consecutive statement periods. Maximum cashback available is $300. The first eligible spend period will commence from the day your account is opened, up to the end of your second statement period. After this date, the offer spend requirements will align to each statement period that follows until exhausted. Transactions must be fully processed and any pending transactions at the end of the statement period will not count towards the spend criteria. Cash advances and refunds (including CommBank Yello cashback offers) are not included as eligible transactions.

Cashback will be credited within 90 days of each eligible statement period where the spend criteria has been met and will appear on your statement as ‘CASHBACK’. You will be ineligible for the cashback if your account is closed, switched to another card or in default at any time prior to the cashback being credited to your account.

Offer only available on one credit card per customer. We reserve the right to close or vary this offer at any time.

^~ Offer commenced 3 December 2024 and is only available to customers in CommBank Yello Everyday, Everyday Plus or Homeowner benefit sets when they apply for a new Low Rate credit card. Offer not available to customers who currently hold, or have held, any activated Low Rate or Low Fee card types in the 18 months prior as a primary cardholder or customers who switch from other card types.

To be eligible for the CommBank Yello offer, you must meet the minimum eligibility criteria as set out in the CommBank Yello Terms and Conditions available at commbank.com.au/commbankyellotcs and not have opted out of the program when applying. Eligibility for CommBank Yello is typically assessed in the first week of each month. For more information about CommBank Yello and how to check your eligibility status, please visit commbank.com.au/commbankyello.

$50 cashback will be awarded for every month (statement period) $500 or more is spent on eligible purchases for 12 consecutive statement periods. Maximum cashback available is $600. The first eligible spend period will commence from the day your account is opened, up to the end of your second statement period. After this date, the offer spend requirements will align to each statement period that follows until exhausted. Transactions must be fully processed and any pending transactions at the end of the statement period will not count towards the spend criteria. Cash advances and refunds (including CommBank Yello cashback offers) are not included as eligible transactions.

Cashback will be credited within 90 days of each eligible statement period where the spend criteria has been met and will appear on your statement as ‘CASHBACK’. You will be ineligible for the cashback if your account is closed, switched to another card or in default at any time prior to the cashback being credited to your account.

Offer only available on one credit card per customer. We reserve the right to close or vary this offer at any time.

^ Offer commenced 3 December 2024 and is only available to customers in CommBank Yello Everyday, Everyday Plus or Homeowner benefit sets when they apply for a new Smart Awards credit card. Offer not available to customers who currently hold, or have held, any activated Awards card types in the 18 months prior as a primary cardholder or customers who switch from other card types.

To be eligible for the CommBank Yello offer, you must meet the minimum eligibility criteria as set out in the CommBank Yello Terms and Conditions available at commbank.com.au/commbankyellotcs and not have opted out of the program when applying. Eligibility for CommBank Yello is typically assessed in the first week of each month. For more information about CommBank Yello and how to check your eligibility status, please visit commbank.com.au/commbankyello.

25,000 CommBank Awards points or 15,000 Qantas Points will be awarded every month (statement period) $1,500 or more is spent on eligible purchases for 4 consecutive statement periods. Maximum bonus points available is 100,000 CommBank Awards points or 60,000 Qantas Points. The first eligible spend period will commence from the day your account is opened, up to the end of your second statement period. After this date, the offer spend requirements will align to each statement period that follows until exhausted. Transactions must be fully processed and any pending transactions at the end of the statement period will not count towards the spend criteria. Cash advances and refunds (including CommBank Yello cashback offers) are not included as eligible transactions.

To be awarded the bonus Qantas Points, you must opt-in to Qantas Points in your CommBank credit card application or via the CommBank Awards website prior to meeting the spend criteria for each statement period. If you opt-in to Qantas Points in your credit card application, or after applying but before you meet each offer eligibility criteria, you will receive the monthly Qantas Points in place of CommBank Awards each month. Points are initially accrued as Awards points in the CommBank Awards Program and will be automatically converted, at the end of the next statement period, into Qantas Points and transferred to your Qantas Frequent Flyer account after meeting the eligibility criteria. If you don’t opt-in to Qantas Points, or you opt-out of Qantas Points prior to meeting the spend eligibility criteria, you will receive the monthly CommBank Awards points each month.

The earning and redemption of CommBank Award points are subject to the CommBank Awards Program Terms and Conditions available at commbank.com.au/awardst&cs. Once CommBank Awards points are transferred to Qantas Points, they are governed by the terms and conditions of the Qantas Frequent Flyer program available at qantas.com/terms and cannot be converted back to CommBank Awards points or redeemed under the CommBank Awards Program.

Bonus points will be credited within 90 days of each eligible statement period where the spend criteria has been met and will appear on your statement as ‘BONUS AWARDS’. You will be ineligible for the bonus points if your account is closed, switched to another card or in default at any time prior to the bonus points being credited to your account.

Offer only available on one credit card per customer. We reserve the right to close or vary this offer at any time.

^* Offer available on new Ultimate Awards credit cards applied for between 3 December 2024 and 28 February 2025. Offer not available to customers who currently hold, or have held, any activated Awards card types in the 18 months prior as a primary cardholder or customers who switch from other card types.

10% back in Travel Credits applies to customers who use their new Ultimate Awards credit card on hotel or flight bookings made via the Travel Booking website within the first 90 days, excluding any Awards points or Travel Credits redeemed. Maximum Travel Credits that can be awarded in the first 90 days is capped at $500. The offer spending period commences from the account opening date of your Ultimate Awards credit card.

Travel Credits will be applied to your Travel Booking Wallet within 5-7 business days of your booking and has a 2 year expiry from the booking transaction date. Expiry dates can be viewed in your Wallet & Offers page of the Travel Booking website. When redeeming Travel Credits, the entire value of your Travel Credit Wallet will be applied to pay for all or a portion of the booking amount in a single transaction. If the booking amount is less than the total value of your Travel Credits, the remaining balance will remain in your wallet for future use. Travel Credits are not transferable or exchangeable for cash. If you cancel or the supplier cancels the hotel booking for any reason, the 10% back in Travel Credits will be forfeited. In the event that you no longer have at least one CommBank debit card, credit card, StepPay card or Travel Money Card account, you will forfeit all your Travel Credits. For full terms and conditions go to travelbooking.hopper.com/terms.

Offer only available on one credit card per customer. We reserve the right to close or vary this offer at any time.