Recent content by brettd

First time I've seen it, not much point chasing SC's right now with the extensions but hopefully it counts to lifetime gold.

Also agree, the economic cost of the current shutdowns well outweighs the hit to tourism. If people genuinely need to travel for business or family reasons (the only international travel I see happening this year) they will have a 2 week quarantine on return to Aus. As for Virgin, the govt has...

They have a no annual fee promotion until the 31st of March ($50 reward fee for QFF or Velocity though): https://www.westpac.com.au/personal-banking/credit-cards/xl-dm/altitude-black/

From memory, the previous Caltex deal required a credit check? Does signing up to this also incur a credit check?

Points transferred a few days ago (on the 5th), conditionally approved mid July and received card late July so took a while...

Also had this experience, not unusual for Citi. Also had the same experience, I think it's relatively standard for Citi.

I tried it with Google Pay, got asked for a PIN number (which I didn't have) so ended up using another card. Might depend on the EFTPOS machine too.

From my experience with this card (and reading others), it does look like it.

Out of curiosity how does a hard pull get it's data? Would it be more up to date than the typical free reports on card closure dates?

Has anyone been successful with this card with a EQ score below 700? I'm on the limit of very good (727, 726 is cut off) and am not sure whether to apply or wait another month?

Same here, made spend on first statement and waiting.

ZMan, you should be able to give the hotel a story about forgetting to bring that card (I've honestly done that in the past). Very unlikely they will cancel a paying customers booking because of incorrect card (what if it was lost/stolen), also can you modify your booking details onlune/via...

I would call, I applied Sunday the 10th a week prior and called today, told I was approved last Wednesday the 13th. Texted status on Thursday and got this: "Hi there, approval for your application is progressing and we'll get back to you if we need anything else." Online banking showed...

Looks like it has been extended to 10th of April.

For VARA (and Qantaslink to a smaller extent), not all the F100's could be replaced by A320's, there are a few runways around (i.e. PBO and quite a few of the charter sites) that can only take a F100 and not an A320.