Strategy to obtain US Amex

[cathalm8]

Pretty sure you need any AMEX AU card and wait 3 months to develop a relationship with AU AMEX before applying via GT. If your aim is MR points you're best to apply for an AU card with a decent MR bonus so you can transfer them to US AMEX

Thanks for this tip. Is this good practice to transfer AMEX Au points to AMEX US? What is the benefit?

 

[blacksultan]

Thanks for this tip. Is this good practice to transfer AMEX Au points to AMEX US? What is the benefit?

Better eventual transfer out rate and more transfer partners .

 

[sudoer]

Thanks for this tip. Is this good practice to transfer AMEX Au points to AMEX US? What is the benefit?

Strategy to obtain US Amex

Kinda gobsmacked, but I put a few thousand worth of spend on the card later that evening, transaction has posted and I'm now OUT of pop-up jail and successfully approved for my 3rd GT! I think that might be the cause of my pop up jail issue - my spending on my Green card has tailed off the last...

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

 

[mattr00]

maybe they have updated their system not letting 2nd GT

About 31days after denial I tried again through NOVA using my Australian Credit report. Got a wait 14 days message.

Called up their new applications line just then and approved on the phone.

For the Green Card btw

 

[BTS_FAN]

About 31days after denial I tried again through NOVA using my Australian Credit report. Got a wait 14 days message.

Called up their new applications line just then and approved on the phone.

For the Green Card btw

Congrats!

 

[Tiki]

I need some TK miles (desired flights much cheaper on Miles and Smiles than other *A) and the only way to get them is via Cap 1, Citi or Bonvoy cards. Chase is off limits until mid 2024 as I am 6/24.

Cap 1 Venture looked good but I saw this on FT which worries me.

Capital One "security" changes makes international account access difficult - FlyerTalk Forums

Capital One | Rewards Miles - Capital One "security" changes makes international account access difficult - Originally Posted by Boraxo (Post # 74) I prefer to use cough1 when traveling overseas as it never gets declined and I prefer not to use one of my everyday cards due to the higher risk of...

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If the card can't be used overseas, I can't make the minimum spend. Everything I would be charging is in AUD.

There may be delays on getting the physical card because of my friend having health problems. But he can take a photo of the card and send that to me so I can use it online. Hopefully the website has that feature to turn the card off and on so it is unuseable unless I turn it on.

Ideally I would report it lost and try to get Cap 1 to send me a replacement in Australia.

Does anyone else have experience with Cap 1 Venture?

My back up plan is Citi Premier but they only offer 60k and Cap 1 is offering 75k.

Or maybe Amex Bonvoy Bevy but the annual fee is $250 and I don't use Bonvoy hotels, I have enough from IHG and Hilton.

 

[georgie23]

Thank you to everyone who has given time to get this up and running
Spent nearly 3 days to read all
Have everything ready to apply just setting up TextNow - did you change you app store to USA to be able to do it - says not available in Australia - I assume change - set up app and then return to Australia?

 

[ETW]

Thank you to everyone who has given time to get this up and running
Spent nearly 3 days to read all
Have everything ready to apply just setting up TextNow - did you change you app store to USA to be able to do it - says not available in Australia - I assume change - set up app and then return to Australia?

Try Talkatone

 

[georgie23]

Will look into it
Thanks

 

[desafinado74]

Thank you to everyone who has given time to get this up and running
Spent nearly 3 days to read all
Have everything ready to apply just setting up TextNow - did you change you app store to USA to be able to do it - says not available in Australia - I assume change - set up app and then return to Australia?

Tello or one of those T Mobile prepaid $3 a month sim card that you can buy from Ebay seem to work well too.

 

[thedamon]

Anyone else get this error when trying to apply with international/global transfer? Obviously I'm born before 2019

 

[georgie23]

as fate would have it went to apply with GT and site seems down
can select business cards but personal not working - will try a bit later -
Edit - down for several hours still this morning

 

[georgie23]

Does anyone know if the link to the personal cards is important - do you need to click via that link or can you just enter the personal cards section?

 

[JFi]

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Anyone else get this error when trying to apply with international/global transfer? Obviously I'm born before 2019

Got this as well...tried all sorts of combinations and no luck. Guess it's time to wait for them to fix it...

 

[JFi]

Anyone else get this error when trying to apply with international/global transfer? Obviously I'm born before 2019

They might have just fixed the issue or try a different browser. Got error on Firefox but Chrome just worked.

 

[georgie23]

Applied and seemed to go through just needed to verification of address. Need to contact them to verify. Hopefuly just as simple as others have had.

 

[Finale]

I need some TK miles (desired flights much cheaper on Miles and Smiles than other *A) and the only way to get them is via Cap 1, Citi or Bonvoy cards. Chase is off limits until mid 2024 as I am 6/24.

Cap 1 Venture looked good but I saw this on FT which worries me.

Capital One "security" changes makes international account access difficult - FlyerTalk Forums

Capital One | Rewards Miles - Capital One "security" changes makes international account access difficult - Originally Posted by Boraxo (Post # 74) I prefer to use cough1 when traveling overseas as it never gets declined and I prefer not to use one of my everyday cards due to the higher risk of...

www.flyertalk.com

If the card can't be used overseas, I can't make the minimum spend. Everything I would be charging is in AUD.

There may be delays on getting the physical card because of my friend having health problems. But he can take a photo of the card and send that to me so I can use it online. Hopefully the website has that feature to turn the card off and on so it is unuseable unless I turn it on.

Ideally I would report it lost and try to get Cap 1 to send me a replacement in Australia.

Does anyone else have experience with Cap 1 Venture?

My back up plan is Citi Premier but they only offer 60k and Cap 1 is offering 75k.

Or maybe Amex Bonvoy Bevy but the annual fee is $250 and I don't use Bonvoy hotels, I have enough from IHG and Hilton.

Looks like they just talked about accessing an online account while overseas. There won't be any issue if you can receive text. Cards can be used overseas just fine. You can also lock/unlock cards on both website and app. I have heard people having some issue getting Cap1 to send cards overseas.

 

[Tiki]

Thank you to everyone who has given time to get this up and running
Spent nearly 3 days to read all
Have everything ready to apply just setting up TextNow - did you change you app store to USA to be able to do it - says not available in Australia - I assume change - set up app and then return to Australia?

I set up TextNow on my phone with Aussie Itunes store last year with no problem and I continue to use it on my phone. Has something changed?

 

[glasszon]

I set up TextNow on my phone with Aussie Itunes store last year with no problem and I continue to use it on my phone. Has something changed?

Something has definitely changed. I tried to top up TextNow earlier this year and they no longer accepts Google Play Store payments in AU.

 

[georgie23]

I couldn't set it up yesterday in Aust itunes store - set up Talkatone but to keep a number is $5.50 a month - will use till receive Amex card (hopefully) and then look at better solution later