Westpac Altitude Business Platinum Credit Card
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CardIQ
Fair
Overall score, out of 100 · How this works
- 55 days interest-free45
- Business50
- Frequent flyer40
- Rewards42
- Travel50
- Velocity Points40
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Pros & cons
What's good
- Complimentary international travel insurance, transit accident insurance, purchase protection and extended warranty.
- Complimentary concierge service.
- Earns 2 points per $1 on overseas spend.
- Points transfer to 5 rewards programs, including Air New Zealand Airpoints, Cathay (Asia Miles) and Everyday Rewards.
- Earns 0.5 points per $1 on ATO and government payments, where many rewards cards earn nothing.
Worth noting
- The $200 annual fee is toward the top of the market (the median is $72).
- The 20.24% p.a. purchase rate sits above the 19.24% p.a. median if you carry a balance.
- 3% foreign transaction fee on overseas spending.
- No balance transfer or introductory purchase offer.
Card details
The basics
- Additional cardholder fee
- $0 p.a.
- Card tier
- Platinum
- Card type
- Visa
- Card use
- Business
- Credit limit
- $5,000 – $150,000
- Credit rating
- Good
- Rewards program
- Westpac Altitude Rewards
Eligibility
- Instant approval
- Yes (response in ~60 seconds)
- Joint application
- No
- Minimum age
- 18 years old
- Minimum income
- $30,000 p.a.
- Residency
- Australian citizen or permanent resident
- Temporary residents
- Not eligible
Rates & fees
Ongoing interest rates
- Cash advances
- 20.74% p.a.
- Purchases
- 20.24% p.a.
Fees
- Additional cardholder fee
- $0
- Annual fee
- $200 p.a.
- Cash advance fee
- 3% of the amount
- Foreign transaction fee
- 3%
- Late payment fee
- $0
Repayments
- Interest-free period
- Up to 55 days on purchases
- Minimum repayment
- 3% of the closing balance or $10, whichever is greater
Balance transfers
This card has no promotional balance transfer offer. To move existing debt to a lower rate, compare balance transfer cards.
Introductory purchase offer
This card has no introductory purchase rate offer. If you're carrying a balance or planning a big spend, compare 0% purchase cards.
Rewards
Earn rate
- Everyday spend
- 1.5 pts per $1
- Bonus categories
- None
- Other purchases
- None
- Overseas spend
- 2 pts per $1 on overseas spend
- ATO/government
- 0.5 pts per $1 on ATO and government payments
- Reduced rate above monthly cap
- None
- Points cap
- Uncapped
- Points expiry
- Points don't expire while your account is open and in order.
Sign-up bonus
- Bonus spend required
- —
- Sign-up bonus
- —
Transfer partners
- Air New Zealand Airpoints
- 180 pts → 1 pt (≈ 1 pt per $120)
- Cathay (Asia Miles)
- 3 pts → 1 pt (≈ 0.5 pts per $1)
- Everyday Rewards
- 3 pts → 2 pts (≈ 1 pt per $1)
- Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer
- 3 pts → 1 pt (≈ 0.5 pts per $1)
- Velocity Frequent Flyer
- 3 pts → 1 pt (≈ 0.5 pts per $1)
Where these points could take you
- Auckland
- Flying Virgin Australia non-stop, using transferred Velocity points. Economy 17,900 pts.
Flights you could book with the sign-up bonus plus a year of spending $3,000 a month on this card. One-way from Sydney or Melbourne, one adult, before taxes and carrier charges. Award prices and seat availability change.
Complimentary insurance
Cover has conditions and exclusions, which are set out in the issuer's policy terms. A missing row means we haven't captured that figure, not that the cover is absent.
Overseas travel
- Activation
- Varies by card, often paying for the trip with it
- Activation spend
- $500
- Age limit
- 80 years
- Cover limit
- Unlimited
- Excess
- $300
- Maximum trip length
- 180 days
- Not covered
- Pre-existing conditions, unless the insurer agrees in writing
- Underwriter
- Allianz Australia Insurance Limited
Transit accident
- Activation
- Pay the fare with the card
- Cover limit
- $250,000
- Excess
- No excess
- What it pays
- Death or defined serious injury only
Purchase protection
- Activation
- Pay for the item with the card
- Annual limit
- $125,000
- Cover period
- 120 days
- Excess
- $300
- Not covered
- Cash, consumables and animals
- Voids cover
- Leaving the item unattended in a public place
- What it pays
- Theft, loss and accidental damage
Extended warranty
- Activation
- Pay with the card for an item under manufacturer's warranty
- Annual limit
- $10,000
- Excess
- $300
- Not covered
- Anything the manufacturer's warranty already excluded
- What it pays
- Mechanical failure once that warranty ends
Where this card sits vs similar cards
Compared with every other business credit card we list that has the feature. The further right the dot, the better this card does.
Data as at November 2026. Rates change often, so check the issuer's terms. Factual information, not a recommendation.
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- Issuer
- Westpac
- Program
- Altitude Rewards (Westpac)
