2023 Travel Credit Card & Debit Card Awards

Australia’s largest comparison site, Canstar, releases its
2023 Travel Credit and Debit Card Star Ratings and Awards.

Released: 6 September, 2023

About this year’s awards

To determine the winners, credit and debit card products are assessed using Canstar’s sophisticated methodology which is unique to Canstar. The Travel Credit and Debit Card Outstanding Value Awards are given to the card products that Canstar Researchers rated to be top-performing cards available in Australia.

Canstar understands that not everyone has the same travelling needs, so our Researchers have rated travel credit cards based on two types of overseas travellers:

• Occasional overseas traveller: reflecting consumers looking for a low-cost credit card to take on an overseas trip, perhaps as a once-off or once-a-year trip
• Regular overseas traveller: reflecting consumers looking for a fully featured credit card to use overseas on a regular basis or at least a few times per year

For this year’s Award methodology, Canstar Ratings Manager Joshua Sale said ‘COVID Cover’ will continue to be a consideration as part of the Travel Insurance component of our card assessments.

“Even though it has been over three years, COVID is still a concern for many travellers, particularly since international travel has significantly picked up in the last year,” Mr Sale said.

Congratulations to the Award winners

(Winners are listed alphabetically)

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About Canstar

Canstar also has insights and information about financial products and services generally. You can find out about topics such as: interest rates, buy now pay later (BNPL), business products and tax. You may also be interested in discovering more about calculators and resources, such as our rate checker and free credit score tool, to help you with your financial decision-making.

About: Josh Sale, Ratings Manager

Bachelor of Commerce, Economics/Finance dual major, Griffith University. Master of Data Science, Strategy and Leadership, RMIT (ongoing studies)

Joshua Sale is responsible for developing the methodology and delivering Canstar’s flagship Star Ratings, as part of Canstar’s Research team. With tertiary qualifications in economics and finance, he enjoys helping Australians find more suitable financial products by transforming complex calculations into a consumer-friendly Star Rating that explains the values and benefits of different financial products.

As one of Canstar’s company spokespeople, Joshua has participated in print, radio and broadcast interviews with the likes of the Australian Financial Review, news.com.au and Money magazine, along with other leading media outlets, discussing topics such as home loan equity, banking incentive schemes, digital wallets and wider finance trends.

Joshua is known for his ability to simplify complex products and technical information, crunching the data into meaningful insights for consumers about finance. He has analysed several consumer markets across banking, insurance and wealth, and is keenly interested in various topics, ranging from how Australians interact with their superannuation funds, to the dynamic nature of the health insurance market, and collecting and redeeming credit card reward points.

Joshua believes that knowledge is the first step towards empowerment. Even while studying, he facilitated peer-assisted study sessions for economics, and represented his University’s Business School in an academic committee.

You can follow Josh on LinkedIn, and Canstar on Twitter and Facebook.