Fly Buys (Australia) - Collecting Points

Collecting Points

flybuys points collection is directed largely at regular consumer purchases, and most points are issued by the major Wesfarmers brands – food (Coles Supermarkets, fuel (Coles Express), discount department stores (Kmart and Target), liquor (Liquorland and 1st Choice) and car servicing (Kmart Tyre & Auto Service). Coles also offers points for members who take up car or home insurance.

Additional points can be collected from transactions on the Coles MasterCard (issued by GE Australia) or selected NAB credit cards or if they have been “linked” to a flybuys membership. This allows in some circumstances for points to be gained from two sources for the one transaction. E.g. if a member pays for grocery purchases at Coles Supermarkets with a NAB credit card, each of Coles and NAB would issue points for the one transaction.

Other non-Coles brands which participate include AGL, Telstra, Webjet, Best Western, Budget Rent a Car, Jetset and Travelworld.

In most cases points accrue at the rate of 1 for every $1 spent. The participating retailers also issue additional bonus points on a promotional basis. Points do not expire provided the card is used (or points redeemed) at least once per year.

Former participants in flybuys include Myer, (which withdrew in 2007 after being sold by Coles Group in June 2006), EziBuy (which purchased a former Coles Myer brand, Myer Direct), Michael Hill Jeweller, Elders Real Estate and Curves. Others such as Red Rooster and Katies were businesses divested by then Coles Myer. Traveland, Megamart, Newmart, Pulse Energy and Solar Shop are now-defunct businesses which were once flybuys participants, while Sports Direct, Primary Layers, South Cape and Gifts To Go were short-lived Coles Group brands long discontinued. Officeworks and Harris Technology withdrew in 2009.