Getaway Cash Travel Credits

Getaway Cash travel credits are our discount "currency". It is how you receive and track your discounts as a member.

Getaway Cash Travel Credits

When you join you receive $750 or more in Getaway Cash (GCash) travel credits. The amount of travel credits in your account represents the maximum amount of discounts you can receive as a member. So when you make a booking or proceed with a travel plan, we apply some of those credits to the package price and you pay the difference.

Getaway Cash (GCash) travel credits go towards the full retail value of your Australian or overseas holiday. Travel credits therefore reduce the amount you pay from full retail down to travel industry wholesale (or lower).

As part of that, GCash travel credits pay for the professional travel services you receive as a member. Normally, if you booked through a traditional travel agency you would pay a 20 to 40% premium for those services.

Terms & Conditions

The following terms and conditions apply to the use of Getaway Cash discount travel credits (also called "GCash") and are subject to change without notice. By purchasing or agreeing to proceed with a travel or accommodation package, making a travel and/or accommodation enquiry or booking with Australian Escapes and/or engaging the services of Australian Escapes in any other way you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions and any reasonable amendments.

PURPOSE OF GCASH

The Getaway Cash (GCash) discount credits system is a method of obtaining and measuring the value of discounts offered by Australian Escapes. GCash credits are also referred to as "travel credits".

REDEMPTION

GCash credits may only be used for the purpose we describe in member information and cannot be redeemed for cash, goods or services except as we specify. You can use your GCash credits towards the following types of travel:

• Domestic and international travel packages. Example packages are advertised on the website.
• Customised international or domestic travel plans. Travel that includes flights and at least 3 nights' accommodation.
• International cruise packages including cruise(s), flights and at least 3 nights' accommodation.
• Accommodation-only bookings (Australia or international).
• Selected domestic cruise-only bookings.

LIMITS

GCash may be used towards travel up to a limit set by us on a case-by-case basis according to the normal retail price of the package. Each time you make a booking we use GCash travel credits from your account towards your holiday. The amount used is based on the amount of retail margin in the package. Getaway Cash cannot be used to get a free holiday.

FULL RETAIL VALUE

"Full retail value" also referred to as "normal retail price" is the price of either (a) a competing travel quote or (b) the retail price we estimate that you would pay for your customised travel plan through another travel company offering the same level of service, or (c) the non-member price of a pre-packaged itinerary. The amount of Getaway Cash that can be used is entirely at our discretion.

INTEREST CREDITS

(Applies to Platinum membership and above.) You must remain a member of Australian Escapes Holiday & Club (Travel Directions Pty Ltd) to accumulate interest credits on the balance of your Getaway Cash account and to be entitled to other benefits offered to members. Interest is paid in the form of Getaway Cash travel credits and is calculated at 10% of the remaining Value Guarantee balance. A maximum of 2,000 interest credits can be earned.