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Reward yourself in half the time and redeem for a variety of reward options.

  • Annual fee: $100
  • Interest rate:18.99% p.a. for purchases, 19.99% p.a. for cash advances
  • Up to 45 days interest free on credit purchases3
  • Money magazine award winner
  • 3.99% p.a. for 6 months on balance transfers1 made at card application
  • Receive 5,000 bonus Altitude points from when your card is first used2



Key features | Altitude points | Additional benefits

Key features

  • Get two credit cards - the Altitude American Express® Card and the Altitude Visa® Card or the Altitude MasterCard®
  • Redeem Altitude points for flights on any of the world's major airlines, or for frequent flyer points with Virgin Blue, Malaysia Airlines, Air New Zealand or Singapore Airlines, and also until 31 March 2009, with Qantas.
  • Earn one point per dollar spent with your Altitude Visa Card or your Altitude MasterCard
  • Earn up to three points per dollar spent at selected Bonus Partners4
  • Earn bonus points with our personalised travel service - Altitude Travel
  • Optional - Credit Card Repayment Protection

Altitude points

  • Book your accommodation, holiday packages, car rental and flights directly through our personalised travel service - Altitude Travel
  • Redeem Altitude points for flights on any of the world's major airlines, or for frequent flyer points with Virgin Blue, Malaysia Airlines, Air New Zealand or Singapore Airlines, and also until 31 March 2009, with Qantas.5
  • Redeem points for a wide range of rewards, including the latest technological gadgets, homewares, clothing, wine, as well as vouchers for David Jones, Prouds and Myer
  • Choose to top-up your points using our Points Plus Payment option6 if you don't have enough Altitude points to redeem a reward

Additional benefits

  • Enjoy an interest-free period of up to 45 days on your credit purchases3, if you pay your Altitude account in full each month
  • Altitude points will never expire, as long as you remain an Altitude cardholder7
  • Share the benefits of your Altitude cards and help your points soar with a free additional set of cards for someone you nominate8
  • Link your Altitude Visa card or your Altitude MasterCard to your Westpac transaction or savings account, to manage all your finances
  • Get a cash advance when you need it from any ATM displaying the MasterCard logo, and financial institutions worldwide (subject to your available credit limit)9

See interest rate table.

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Credit card applications are subject to the Bank's normal lending criteria.

Information contained on this site is current as at 15 December 2008.

Download the Credit Cards Conditions of Use.

1. This special rate is only available to customers who are applying for an applicable Westpac card and wish to transfer the balance(s) from a non-Westpac or non-Virgin credit card(s), charge card(s) or store card(s). Each balance transfer must be a minimum amount of $200. This promotion is only available at point of new card application. The special balance transfer promotional rate will apply from the time the balance transfer is made to your account for the number of months specified in the offer (unless these amounts are paid off earlier). After this time, any amount of the initial balance transfer still outstanding will attract the standard product interest rate then applicable to cash advances. Subsequent balance transfers made after point of new card application will be charged the standard product interest rate applicable to cash advances. Please note that payments made to the credit card are first applied to amounts transferred from other credit cards, charge cards or store cards under this offer, before they applied to any other cash advance or purchase amount. This will mean that the portion of your outstanding account balance that is subject to a lower interest rate will be paid off first and you will not gain the benefit of any interest-free days on purchases until the full balance (including any balance transfer or any other promotional amount) is paid by the statement due date each month.
2. On credit purchases only, where account balance (including any balance transfer amount) is paid in full by the due date each month. Interest on cash advances is calculated from the date the transaction is debited to your card account.
3. Altitude bonus points are earned on purchases made at participating Bonus Partner outlets. Only Australian Bonus Partner outlets apply unless stated otherwise.

4. You must be a member of the relevant frequent flyer program to redeem Altitude points for frequent flyer points. Under the Altitude terms and conditions, you must have earned at least 3,000 Altitude points before you can redeem them for frequent flyer points. You must redeem a minimum of 3,000 points with additional increments in multiples of 500 points at a time for frequent flyer points. Award flights are subject to capacity controls and availability is limited. Some flights may not have any Award seats available. The terms and conditions of the relevant frequent flyer program apply.
5. You cannot top up Altitude points with cash to enable you to redeem them for frequent flyer points.

6. Subject to Altitude Terms and Conditions, Altitude points do not expire as long as you remain an Altitude cardholder.

7. An additional set of cards can be issued to anyone you nominate, provided they are over the age of 16 years. All Altitude points remain the benefit of the primary cardholder.

8. A cash advance fee applies.

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