By — Australian cashback experts based in Melbourne, VIC.

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Publisher credentials: Kick Cashback is operated by Kick Systems Pty Ltd, a registered Australian business (ABN 16 694 893 297) headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria. Our team has direct, professional experience in the Australian cashback and partner marketing industry. Kick Systems Pty Ltd is a registered ASIC company, holds an Australian Business Number, and works with 650+ partner retailers serving Australian shoppers.

Compliance: Kick Cashback operates in line with the Australian Privacy Principles (APP) under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), the Australian Consumer Law (Schedule 2 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010), the Spam Act 2003, and applicable Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing obligations. Connections to the platform use industry-standard TLS encryption.

Industry expertise: Our team has hands-on professional experience operating partner-marketing technology, integrating with licensed third-party partner networks and identity-verification providers, and applying industry-standard fraud prevention practices aligned with ISO 27001 and SOC 2 vendor selection principles.

Travel Cashback — Australian Stores

Earn cashback on travel and holiday bookings. Shop through your free Kick Cashback portal at kickpay.co and earn cashback at participating Australian retailers in this category.

Travel cashback in Australia — what to expect

Travel is consistently one of Kick Cashback's highest-paying categories. Hotels.com, Expedia, Booking.com and Agoda regularly offer 4-8% cashback on accommodation, with promotional uplifts pushing that to 10%+ during peak periods. Tour operators, attraction tickets, car hire and travel insurance also pay cashback through partner programs. Direct airline bookings rarely offer cashback because airlines pay very low referral commissions — booking flights through an OTA (Online Travel Agency) like Expedia or Lastminute typically returns more.

How to maximise travel cashback

For accommodation, compare cashback rates between Hotels.com, Expedia, Booking.com and Agoda before booking — the same hotel often appears across all four platforms at similar prices but with materially different cashback rates. Booking refundable rates costs a few dollars more but lets you re-book if cashback rates rise before your stay (or if a price drop appears). Avoid using OTA-generated promo codes from third-party coupon sites — they often invalidate the cashback tracking and you'll earn no cashback. Travel insurance, airport parking, car hire and attraction tickets are easy add-ons that compound the cashback on a single trip.

Cashback timing on travel orders

Travel cashback stays in Pending until after the stay or flight is completed — typically 30-120 days from booking depending on the trip date. This matches the merchant's cancellation window. Hotels.com and Expedia confirm cashback 30-60 days after the check-out date. Tour operators sometimes wait until 7 days after the tour completes. Once cashback moves to Available, claim any amount to your Australian bank account in 1-3 business days.

What's typically excluded

Travel cashback is paid on the room rate, tour cost or insurance premium — not on taxes, resort fees, government charges, optional extras booked at check-in, or in-room consumption. Gift cards, points-based redemptions and group bookings (typically 9+ rooms) are usually excluded. Cashback is reversed on cancelled bookings.

How to Earn Cashback in This Category

Log in to your free Kick Cashback account, browse the stores in this category, click through to the retailer, and shop as normal. Cashback is tracked as Earned and moves to Available to claim quickly — within minutes. Cashback rates vary by retailer.

About Kick Cashback

Kick Cashback is Australia's smarter cashback platform, helping shoppers earn cashback at 650+ partner stores. Kick Cashback is 100% free for shoppers — no membership fees, no subscription costs, no hidden charges. Owned and operated by Kick Systems Pty Ltd (ABN 16 694 893 297) in Melbourne, Australia.

Top brands in this category include Booking.com Australia, Expedia AU and Hotels.com AU — and 44+ more.

Stores in the Travel Cashback category

Our Experience

We are a first-party cashback platform — we work directly with retailers rather than reselling another company's network. Our team negotiates cashback rates, manages partner relationships, and processes payments in-house. According to industry data published by IAB Australia, partner and cashback marketing represented over $1 billion in tracked Australian retail sales in 2024 (source: IAB Australia Online Advertising Expenditure Report). Kick Cashback is part of this growing sector and is committed to passing the majority of retailer commissions back to shoppers as cashback.

Our editorial team draws on direct experience working with major Australian retailers and global partner networks. We publish detailed cashback information, retailer terms, and shopping guides based on first-hand knowledge of how cashback tracking, attribution, and payments work. Where industry standards or regulatory guidance applies — such as the Australian Consumer Law administered by the ACCC, or the Privacy Act 1988 administered by the OAIC — we cite the relevant source so readers can verify our claims.

Trust & Transparency

  • Australian-owned: Kick Systems Pty Ltd, ABN 16 694 893 297, headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria.
  • Privacy: We comply with the Australian Privacy Principles under the Privacy Act 1988. Read our Privacy Policy.
  • Terms: Full Terms & Conditions published and updated regularly.
  • Cookies: See our Cookie Policy for details on tracking and consent.
  • Secure: All connections are encrypted with HTTPS (TLS 1.2+).
  • Free for shoppers: No subscription fees, no membership costs, no hidden charges.
  • Member of the Australian partner marketing industry, working with leading global partner networks.

Contact Kick Cashback

Company: Kick Systems Pty Ltd (trading as Kick Cashback)

ABN: 16 694 893 297

Email: info@kickcashback.com

Address: Melbourne, VIC, Australia

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Customer portal: kickpay.co

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