OK, we admit, this isn’t travel related – but we do love our American Express cards here at The High Life and we know many of our readers will be excited about this new card benefit.

American Express has partnered with Chris Hemsworth’s health and fitness app Centr to provide a new 12-month complimentary subscription to Amex card members in Australia as part of their existing card benefits.

This is the first partnership between the two brands globally.

Taking a holistic approach to health, Centr gives members the tools they need to train, eat and live better, as well as entry into a supportive global community of almost 50,000 like-minded members within Centr’s private Facebook group.

American Express card members will receive full access to Centr’s team of world-class experts, workout programs, healthy meal plans and mindfulness tools to help them live healthier and happier lives.

The 12-month subscription is valued at $119.99 per year, with the offer running until February 2022.

This benefit is available to American Express card members with active consumer, small business, or corporate cards issued in Australia by American Express Australia Limited, including those who hold additional cards.

To redeem this offer, you must subscribe to Centr using your Amex card via the following link: https://centr.com/join?partner=amex. You’ll need to enter your card details but you won’t be charged.

Your Centr App subscription will default to automatically renew at the end of the complimentary membership period, and your card will be charged if you continue.

If you do not wish to renew, you must cancel your Centr subscription no later than 24 hours before the end of your subscription period.

If you already have a Centr subscription, you will be eligible to redeem this offer upon the expiration of your current Centr membership plan between 15 February 2021 and 14 February 2022.

If you’re not yet an American Express card member, check out the Amex bonuses we’re promoting here.

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The restaurant booking platform Quandoo is serving up an opportunity to earn an easy 900 bonus Qantas Points.

Qantas and Quandoo have been partners since 2019, allowing Qantas Frequent Flyer members to earn 100 points per person, per booking across 18,000 restaurant partners in over 12 countries.

Quandoo is one of the largest online restaurant booking platforms in the world with listings ranging from independent restaurants to well known chains and Michelin starred establishments. As well as Australia, it also operates in Austria, Germany, Finland, Italy, Switzerland, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Singapore, United Kingdom, Turkey and Hong Kong.

If you haven’t yet signed up to Quandoo, you can create an account for free and link your Qantas Frequent Flyer account to earn 400 Qantas Points.

Then, download the Quandoo app from the Apple App Store or Google Play and receive an extra 500 Qantas Points within 14 days of downloading and logging in to the app.

This only takes a few minutes and is a good opportunity to boost your Qantas Points balance.

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Singapore Airlines is one of the world’s best airlines and very popular with Aussies travelling overseas – or at least it was before Covid hit!

Singapore Airlines is much loved by frequent flyers because it offers excellent experiences on the ground and in the air, a large international network (including via Star Alliance partners), and very good award seat pricing and availability.

The only negative is that miles in the airline’s frequent flyer program, KrisFlyer, expire after three years. This requires monitoring and planning so miles don’t go to waste.

It’s annoying – especially right now, as we can’t travel internationally – but given all the positive Covid vaccine news lately, we’ll hopefully be able to fly overseas again safely late next year.

The KrisFlyer program is a transfer partner for many cards in Australia that earn a ‘flexible’ points currency, which is typically a card issuer’s own-brand currency, like Westpac’s Altitude Points or Amex’s Membership Rewards points.

We rarely see promotions offering bonus points on these transfers (in fact I don’t recall ever seeing one) so it’s notable that Singapore Airlines is currently running a 15% bonus offer, which has just been extended to 16 January 2021.

The following card issuers from Australia are participating:

• American Express
• Diners Club International
• ANZ
• HSBC Bank
• Bank of Melbourne
• National Australia Bank
• Bank SA
• St George Bank
• Citibank
• Westpac

When you transfer the equivalent of 10,000 KrisFlyer miles or more in a single transaction from one of these issuers, you’ll receive 15% bonus miles. There is no cap to the bonus miles you can earn from this campaign.

Since these miles will be valid for three years, it only makes sense to transfer them if you expect to book an overseas flight during that time. You can also spend KrisFlyer miles on shopping and experiences, but you’ll get the most value from flying, especially at the pointy end.

You have plenty of time to take advantage of this promotion, so have a think about your likely travel plans in the years ahead.

For more info and the offer T&Cs, visit the airline’s website here.

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After a few years’ absence, Qantas is once again running a Christmas promotion offering bonus Qantas Points on gift voucher purchases: specifically, 3 points per $1 spent on vouchers bought from today until 24 December.

These vouchers can be used to pay for flights. You can use them for your own travel needs, substantially boosting the points earned when flying, since you’ll also earn points and status credit for the flights themselves.

You can also give the vouchers to family or friends.

Here’s what you need to know:

• vouchers are valid for three years from the date of issue
• you can change the name on the voucher when you redeem it (i.e. anyone can use it to fly – no one person is locked in)
• you must nominate the number of people the voucher is for when you buy it and you can’t change this number when you redeem it
• gift vouchers are redeemable for one-way or return domestic or international Qantas flights departing Australia, but not Jetstar flights
• only one voucher can be redeemed per booking
• if the full balance of the voucher is not redeemed in one transaction, a new voucher with the same expiry date will be issued for the unused portion.

Once purchased, register your voucher booking reference and your Qantas Frequent Flyer number here to earn the bonus 3 points per $1.

For more info, visit Qantas’ website here.