Recent content by dxwell

Yes, use Cashrewards and Shopback for lots of purchases. Last year, Expedia had 14% cashback on accommodation - I ended up getting about $1500 cashback from one trip. However, I don't often use them for clicking through to Virgin site as we book through the Virgin Business Portal.

Got that one too. It is a yes for me.

Oh dear, something terrible happened to me. Every year, I make the max concessional contribution for both my wife and I (self employed). I was with Super provider A. I switched to Super provider B. I did not submit the concessional contribution form while with provider A. Provider A cannot...

Here was the site that we used for our various sitters who all turned out very fab: https://www.aussiehousesitters.com.au/

Yep, I signed up at the last minute. Am Hilton Diamond and have been Accor Gold, but the fundamentals of the free night are worth it.

Shall we make that a rule? If you live in Brisbane you must fly out and then back in again to fit in.

Related data point: Pre COVID we had house sitters in our Brisbane home looking after 2 dogs and 2 cats while we were OS. Different people each time but it worked out very well for us.

Gold for me

I ducked into Coles at 5:30 tonight dressed in my sports gear after a swim session. Grabbed $65 worth of goods and headed to the self serve checkout. Put through the first $55 and scanned the flybuys card to meet my first week of 4x50 spend. Plus got 1200 for $30 spend as a bonus. l left one...

I only see this one Coles Rewards MasterCard: Bonus 60,000 Flybuys Points with $3000 Spend in 90 Days, $99 Annual Fee @ Coles

(Sorry for my lazy a$$) what offers are available for the Coles Mastercard?

Found out about the markdowns at my local BWS in Carindale shopping centre QLD. Turns out they are shutting the shop as they only make profit during December. I went in to collect the 2 x Balvenie for $78 and left with: Grandfather Port for $64 Tenjaku Whisky for $61 Glenfiddich 15 for $98...

Ah, shop specific clearance items. I'm shopping Carindale in QLD.

Gee some cracking prices on Single Malts at BWS at the moment. Plus 22% Shopback. The Balvenie 12 $78 Aberlour 12 $77 Glenlivet 15 $113 Lagavulin 16 $133 I did notice in Liquourland last week that a number of Single Malts were at significant discount. Are we seeing the end of the crazy whisky...

That is Longitude Zero, Latitude Zero. Also called Null Island. Software must have a try catch that sets the coordinates to 0,0 if it can't find the real coordinates.