How Quickly Can My Business Earn Two Return Flights To London?
As a small business owner, you deserve to reward yourself for your hard work every so often. Travelling is a great way to do it, but long-distance journeys especially to Europe can be expensive.
The good news is any savvy business owner can verty quickly earn enough points to fly them and a loved one to London. Not only that but Qantas points can really help you make the most of your trip, perfect for hotels and experiences, leaving you with more spending money for your travels.
Keep reading to find out how long it might take your business to earn the points for two return flights to London from Sydney, Melbourne, or Perth. As well as tips on using and earning points.
How Quickly Can I Earn Enough Points?
There are a lot of variables that determine how quickly you can earn the points you need – including:
- The flights you get and when you travel
- The class you travel in
- The business card you use for expenses
- Whether you are a B2Bpay customer
- The turnover and expenditures of your business
Lots of frequent flyers don’t realise how to get the best deals on Qantas flights. Our guide to classic rewards flights covers this in more detail, but it’s worth noting that Classic Rewards seats will be cheaper to book than upgrading a seat using points.
If you have a points-earning credit card that works with B2Bpay, you can earn points quickly and easily. Often, you can have enough points to take a flight to London in just a few months, especially if you use Classic Rewards seats.
Let’s take a look at how much flights to London cost in points.
Sydney to London
A return flight from Sydney to London can vary drastically depending on the time of year you book. Which is all the more reason to ensure you are researching early and taking advantage of deals as they come.
Typically, the points prices are as follows for a 7-day return trip to London Heathrow for two adults:
Flight Type | Points |
Economy Saver | 185,000 |
Economy Classic Rewards | 55,200 + $292 |
Business Class | 750,000 |
Business Classic Rewards | 159,000 + $191 |
Melbourne to London
Here are the rewards points based on a 7-day return trip to London Heathrow for two adults.
Flight Type | Points |
Economy Saver | 185,000 |
Economy Classic Rewards | 55,200 + $280 |
Business Class | 750,000 |
Business Classic Rewards | 159,000 + $1817 |
Perth to London
Perth offers some slightly cheaper deals. However, at the time of writing, there were no Business Class Classic Rewards seats available (make sure to do your own research).
A 7-day return trip to London Heathrow for two adults is as follows:
Flight Type | Points |
Economy Saver | 175,000 |
Economy Classic Rewards | 51,200 + $228 |
Business Class | 750,000 |
Business Classic Rewards | Unavailable |
How to Earn More Points
There are a couple of ways you can earn more points to speed up the process of travelling, including selecting a strong credit card, using B2Bpay, and leveraging our bank accelerator program.
Step 1: Choose a Good Credit Card
Firstly, it’s imperative to choose a business credit card that gets you the best deal. There are plenty of options available, each with different annual fees and interest rates, so you will need to do some research to see which option best suits your business.
Meanwhile, each card also offers different rewards. The American Express Qantas Business Rewards Card is specifically designed with frequent flyer points in mind, so if this is important to you, then it might be the best option.
Plus, most credit cards offer a sign-on bonus. With the aforementioned Amex, you can earn 150,000 bonus Qantas Points when you spend $3000 in the first two months. With this in mind, you can usually earn almost all of the points you need in just a couple of months.
Check out our guide to the best credit cards for small businesses for more information.
Step 2: Use B2Bpay
Next, register with B2Bpay to use our secure payment platform. Signing up is easy, and you can even link your existing accounting software such as Xero, MYOB, and QuickBooks so that you don’t have to spend hours making the switch.
On top of the points issued by your bank, you can earn additional Qantas points for each payment you make. B2Bpay gives you:
- 1 Qantas point for every $7 paid to the ATO
- 1 Qantas point for every $10 paid to other billers
- 1 Qantas point for every $1.50 paid to B2Bpay Bonus Billers
What’s more, you also earn for money paid to your business. With B2Bpay, you get an additional Qantas point for every $20 you receive.
Step 3: Take Advantage of Bank Accelerator
Every card has a points cap, which means you can stop earning points if your business expenditures exceed this limit. There’s no need to worry, though, because there is a solution.
With B2Bpay’s bank accelerator program, you can keep earning beyond caps. Simply pay as normal up to your limit; in the case of the Amex Qantas Business Rewards card, this is 4,000,000 points per year (or roughly 333,333 per month).
After that, use your bank account to pay off your remaining business expenses, earning 1 Qantas point for every $3 you spend.
That way, you can hit your points goals more quickly and jet off to London in no time.
How Long Would It Take to Earn Enough Points To Fly To London?
Each business is different, so the time it takes to earn points depends on your expenditures and turnover.
Let’s say Business “X” has $8k in business expenditures per month and invoices $20k per month. They use B2Bpay, which means they earn 1 Qantas point for every $10 paid to other billers and 1 point for every $20 paid to them through B2Bpay.
Assuming Business “X” also has an Amex Qantas Business Rewards Card, they will earn 1.25 points for each $1 spent, with a cap of 4,000,000 points per year. With this card alone, they would earn 10,000 Qantas rewards points per month.
Adding B2Bpay means they would earn 800 extra points per month just for spending. Add in the 1000 points earned from receiving payments through B2Bpay, and that’s a total of 11,800 points per month!
Not counting the sign-on bonuses that many credit cards offer, for a return flight from Sydney to London for two adults, it would take Business “X” just over a year to book an Economy Saver or a Business Classic Rewards seat.
However, if Business “X” is a new user to the Amex Qantas Business Rewards Card, the bonus means they could book within just a few months.
Earn More Qantas Points Today
Signing up for B2Bpay to get started is as easy as can be.
- Click here to register for B2Bpay.
- Connect your accounting software to automatically load your bills, or add the suppliers you wish to pay.
- Make payments as usual, either one-off, bulk, or future-dated.
- B2Bpay pays your bills by EFT, and you earn points.
What are you waiting for?
Get started today to earn points now.
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