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Card
Annual fee
Annual interest rate (p.a.)
Interest free days1
Balance transfer rate (p.a.)2
Altitude
$100
Purchases:
19.99%
Cash Advances:20.74%
Up to 45 days
3.99% p.a. for 6 months2
Altitude Gold
$150
Purchases:
19.99%
Cash Advances:20.74%
Up to 45 days
3.99% p.a. for 6 months2
Altitude Platinum
$295
Purchases:
19.99%
Cash Advances:20.74%
Up to 45 days
3.99% p.a. for 6 months2
Earth
$756
Purchases:
17.99%
6
Cash Advances:19.24%
Up to 45 days
0.99% p.a. for 6 months2
Earth Gold
$1257
Purchases:17.99%
Cash Advances:19.24%
Up to 45 days
0.99% p.a. for 6 months2
Earth Platinum
$2508
Purchases:17.99%
Cash Advances:19.24%
Up to 45 days
0.99% p.a. for 6 months2
Low Rate MasterCard & Visa Card
$45
Purchases:12.64%
Cash Advances:19.98%
Up to 55 days
3.99% p.a. for 6 months2
55 Day MasterCard & Visa Card
$303
(waived 1st year)
Purchases: 0% for the first 5 months from when your account is opened (special promotion for a limited period)5. After the 5 month period, 19.49%.
Cash Advances 21.09%
Up to 55 days
3.99% p.a. for 6 months2
55 Day Gold Card
$904
(waived 1st year)
Purchases: 19.49%.
Cash Advances 21.09%
Up to 55 days
3.99% p.a. for 6 months2
No Annual Fee MasterCard
$0
Purchases: 18.24% Cash Advances: 20.74%
Nil
3.99% p.a. for 6 months2
GM Holden Card
$55
(waived 1st year)
19.95%
Up to 45 days
3.99% p.a. for 6 months2
Student Visa Card
$30
(waived 1st year)
18.95%
Up to 55 days
N/A

Credit Cards available from time to time
Card
Annual fee
Annual interest rate (p.a.)
Interest free days1
Altitude Qantas card
$100
Purchases:
19.99%
Cash Advances:20.74%
Up to 45 days
Altitude Qantas Gold card
$150
Purchases:
19.99%
Cash Advances:20.74%
Up to 45 days
Altitude Qantas Platinum card
$295
Purchases:
19.99%
Cash Advances:20.74%
Up to 45 days



Details on other fees and charges.

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. The annual fee is charged to the credit card account on the first use of the card and in subsequent years on or after the anniversary of the first use of the card or, where you have opted into Altitude Qantas from an Altitude, Altitude Gold or Altitude Platinum card, the annual fee is charged to the credit card account on or after each anniversary of the date your relevant Altitude card annual fee was first charged.
4. Annual fee will be waived in subsequent years if you spend $15,000 or more on credit purchases during the year.
5. The introductory rate of 0% p.a. on purchases for the first 5 months is only applicable on credit purchases made using your 55 Day MasterCard card (or 55 Day Visa card) within 5 months from the date your account is opened. After that 5 month period, the introductory purchase interest rate of 0% p.a. will switch to the standard purchase interest rate, (currently 19.49% p.a. and subject to change) then applicable to your product. The introductory rate is applicable to credit purchases only and excludes cash advances and balance transfers. This special promotion is subject to change and is not available to customers who obtain a 55 Day MasterCard card or 55 Day Visa card as part of a Westpac package; or who switch from an existing Westpac card. The introductory rate on purchases is not available in conjunction with any promotion other than a special balance transfer promotion available at card application.
6. $75 annual fee and 17.99% on purchases for all cards applied for on or after 1 July 2008. $49 annual fee and 15.74% on purchases for all cards applied for prior to 1 July 2008.
7. $125 annual fee for all cards applied for on or after 1 July 2008. $79 annual fee for all cards applied for prior to 1 July 2008.
8. The annual card fee is charged to the credit card account on the first use of the card and in subsequent years on or after the anniversary of the first charge. Earth Platinum card applications approved by 31 March 2009 will receive a 50% discount on their annual card fee.
Fees and charges are payable. Terms and conditions available on request. These may be varied, or new terms and conditions introduced in the future. Annual card fees are subject to change. Credit card approval is subject to Westpac's normal lending criteria.




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Interest rates, and charges quoted on this page are current as at 18 March 2008.

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