My family member has some Qantas Frequent Flyer miles that are about to expire (18 months since last earn). My own account is not expiring, and I'm planning to use its miles for future family travel.
Qantas offers a free Family Transfer program that they could use to transfer the points to me, but unfortunately they're just under the minimum threshold of 5,000 points required.
Is there any way to rescue the miles?
Yes, there is: since transfers are free, unlimited and can be any number over 5,000 miles, you can transfer some miles to them, and transfer the combined sum back! Here's how it works:
That's it! And if you have multiple people in the same situation (say, kids/spouse who flew together on the same flight), you can reduce the overhead a bit by chaining the transfers: A->B->C->A.
One more way to keep your points active is by regularly adding more qantas points to your account.
Qantas offers a free travel card which can be used in Australia as well (I'm assuming you are in Aus) https://www.qantasmoney.com/travel-money-card You just need to load up money in it and use it as a debit card and you get points for spending.
I use this often and it helps get some points, but ya the points per spend is very low. But helps keep your points active.
Yes! All you need to do is earn a single point in an 18 month period to have them not expire.
I track ways on my site to earn points without flying, and easy ways to earn Qantas Points should help.
At the very simplest, the Qantas Wellbeing app tracks your steps, which gets you a few free points every day, even without an insurance policy.
