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    Card Promotions Business and personal card

    there was a rare occasion earlier this year that existing personal holders were allowed to apply for a business amex as part of professional associations (so not everyone was offered this deal) for an extra 400k points. however you can always ask amex directly or if you have a business rep you...
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    AMEX Minimum Income

    i dont think the checks are as strict compared to the traditional banks
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    Best use of Amex points

    long haul business class tickets seems to be a general sweet spot
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    ATO (tax office) payments by credit card

    pm please @Phil87 just tagging the last requestor
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    Virgin Lounge Food

    cairns, brisbane and sydney lounges are the same offerings during the daytime, only that the soup of the day is always different.
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    SQ devaluation coming Jan 24 2019

    bad news but better to have banked out before the deadline a few days than now.
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    Devalued transfers Velocity / KrisFlyer from 1.35 to 1.55

    banked all in VA to SQ as well. 3 years to figure things out...
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    Earning strategy: flights + credit card

    definitely stick with one and status match when gold
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    Are you in the 1%?

    2%, just hit gold last week
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    Strategy to obtain US Amex

    just obtained a wyoming LLC. I'm heading to the US in Jan anyway, so will open a bank account and see how it goes. thanks for this idea
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    Virgin Lounge Food

    In the lounge, yes. I've done the 5:30am entry a few weeks ago and the baristas and chef were fired up and already making everyone happy. Menu items are limited to literally eggs or something ( i didnt order) . There is toast and other heated items from the buffet.
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    Priority boarding my cough

    i had this issue when there was only one person scanning in Cairns. I waited at the front of PB line until 5 people were scanned before i was scanned. To be honest i'm not usually fussed on a normal day but I just had a super bad day at work, and coming to the airport I just wanted to feel the...
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    15% bonus Velocity points on transfers (November 2018)

    cleared it out yesterday, and will also transfer to KF before years end. only just got reminded of the devaluation today!
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    AMEX Platinum Edge 50k MR points for $195 / $200 Travel credit (link)

    nice find, better than the personal referral point links now that the double points offers have expired.
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