Rate sale on now5

Enjoy discounted rates across a different currency each week until 2 June:

€EUR

On sale 6 May to 12 May

£GBP

On sale 13 May to 19 May

$USD

On sale 20 May to 26 May

$NZD

On sale 27 May to 2 June

Be sure to load up on your preferred currencies while they are on sale!

The ideal prepaid travel money card

Explore the world with our reloadable, multi-currency prepaid travel money card. Easily swipe or tap in-store, use online and withdraw from ATMs2 at millions of locations worldwide.1,2

Load up to 11 different currencies onto your card including EUR, GBP, USD, NZD, JPY, THB, CAD, HKD, SGD, AED and AUD.

Benefits and features

No conversion fees

$0 currency conversion fees when you load and spend in the same currency. Plus $0 card purchase fee, and fee-free reload options.

Safer than cash

Carry less cash and enjoy 24/7 fraud monitoring, with no link to your bank account, and protection with Mastercard's Zero Liability.4

Budget travel, better

Easily budget with locked in rates3 and on-the-go money management via the app.

Spend anywhere

Tap, swipe or withdraw from ATMs worldwide at millions of locations, overseas and locally.

Get started with our prepaid travel money card

1. Get it

Buy your Australia Post Travel Platinum Mastercard® at a participating Post Office or online.

2. Register / Activate

Register your prepaid travel money card online.

If you purchased your card online, you’ll need to activate it.

3. Load

Load your card anytime online through 'My Account', the Australia Post Travel Platinum Mastercard® app or at any participating Post Office.

Use your card wherever Mastercard is accepted1.

Managing your travel money just got easier

Our Australia Post Travel Platinum Mastercard app makes managing your travel money faster and easier. Check your balance, reload funds, track your spending and switch between currencies while on the go.

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Fees and card limits

For a full list of Fees & Limits, refer to the Product Disclosure Statement (PDF 302kB).

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Support

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Mastercard Prepaid Management Services Australia Pty Ltd (ABN 47 145 452 044, AFSL 386837) arranges for the issue of the Australia Post Travel Platinum Mastercard in conjunction with the issuer, EML Payment Solutions Limited ('EML') ABN 30 131 436 532 , AFSL 404131. Australian Postal Corporation (ABN 28 864 970 579, AR No. 338646), the card distributor, acts as an Authorised Representative of Australia Post Services Pty Ltd (ABN 67 002 599 340, AFSL 457551). You should consider the Australia Post Travel Platinum Mastercard Product Disclosure Statement (PDF 302kB) and Financial Services Guide (PDF 79kB) before deciding to acquire the product. Any advice does not take into account your personal needs, financial circumstances or objectives and you should consider if it is appropriate for you. Mastercard® is a registered trademark, and the circles design is a trademark of Mastercard International Incorporated.

View the Target Market Determination (PDF 88kB) for this product.

If you click on links to Australia Post Travel Platinum Mastercard you will be leaving the Australia Post site and be directed to a third-party site to place your order and complete your purchase. Please see the terms and conditions of the third-party site for further details.

1 The ATMs and POS terminals are not owned or operated by Australia Post, the Issuer or Mastercard Prepaid Management Services and Australia Post, the Issuer and Mastercard Prepaid Management Services

2 Some ATM operators may charge their own fees and set their own limits.

3 Lock in your exchange rates means the exchange rate is locked in for the initial load only. The exchange rates for subsequent reloads will be set at the prevailing exchange rate at the time of the transaction.

4 Further information relating to Zero Liability card protection can be found at the Mastercard website.

5 Mates Rates Sale promotion will run from 9am AEST on 6th May 2025 until 11.59pm AEST on 2nd June 2025 (“Promotion Period”) during which one currency will be on sale each week as follows: EUR from 9am 6th May until 11.59pm 12th May, GBP from 9am 13th May until 11.59pm 19th May, USD from 9am 20th May until 11.59pm 26th May and NZD from 9am 27th May until 11.59pm 2nd June (each a "Promotional Rate").  The exchange rates for subsequent reloads of a Promotional Rate will be set at the prevailing exchange rate at the time of the transaction.  You must load directly into EUR, GBP, USD or NZD to take advantage of the Promotional Rates.  Currency transfers between purses and card-to-card transfers are excluded from the Promotion. Due to constant market and currency fluctuations, the Promotional Rates may be adjusted daily during the Promotional Period while they're on sale but will always be preferential to the standard rates which would have been offered for each respective day during the Promotional Period. The rates during the Promotional Period cannot be compared to another day’s rates. We may, in our sole discretion, cancel or vary the promotion at any time and where possible, we will provide prior notice to you. If we cancel or vary the promotion, we are not liable to any person for any costs, loss or damage whatsoever arising out of, or in connection with, such cancellation or variation and are not required to conduct the promotion at any other time.