Recent content by symkx

Considering I'm retaining silver till Feb 2021 and lifetime status is too far away for me for now, I think I'll just go with ANA in this case. Thanks everyone!

Hi everyone, This might be asked before, so sorry about double up! I'm currently a silver member with 420 points. My anniversary is end of Feb and I'm planning a return trip to Tokyo in Jan. This will give me additional 120 SC (I'm getting discount premium economy), but sadly not enough to get...

Very very generous. Thank you. I put my hat in the ring as well.

Yes, we're travelling together and both have J for the second sector. Well I guess ideally we want both of us to get upgraded for the first sector, but wouldn't say no if it get offered only to one of us either. (Have fun, wife!) Thanks for the clarification about how EK consider upgrades, so...

Hi everyone, I know very well complimentary business upgrade happens rarely, but just want to check if my situation will add anything to the odds or not. My wife and I are travelling from Sydney to Milan in 2 weeks. Flights are booked as Qantas classic reward, but operated by Emirates...

This is a serisouly good offer, All I'm worried about is AMEX acceptance rate which is shifting me toward twin cards options...

I think I'm sold. The only question is, should I go with AMEX Edge or AMEX Qantas Premium? The Edge looks like a better card in general, but the massive bonus on Qantas card is very tempting.. It looks like I can get flights to middle-east with Qantas points since they're partner with Emirates...

Thank you for the input. I have read a lot since yesterday and looks like I should be able to put 80% plus of my spend on AMEX too.. I'm getting really tempted to get an direct AMEX card. ApplePay is a plus for me too.

Thanks! I haven't made a business booking using points yet, but few times I have upgraded flights to business, it was ALWAYS available! :)

This might sound stupid, but since I have just joined, What does "in J" mean? Generally speaking the availability is ok, they have a fairly limited seat for skyward saver rate, then there's more available for skyward flex which is about 40% more expensive. As example, In Late septmeber I made a...

True, The new earn rate for Citi Emirates card is what driving me away from it... Till now it was the perfect card for me. I just have to justify the additional $420 annual fee. Is there a working method to get the annual fee waived?

I actually had a look, most of them are either AMEX or QFF related which unfortunately doesn't really fit me. Not sure why, but somehow Qantas requires double amount of points comparing to Emirates (for the same route on same day) and considering usually 2 CC points are equal 1 QFF, it sounds...

Thank you! :) Citi Prestige is 2 points per dollar, but then conversion rate to Skywards is 2:1, means its 1 points per dollar in the end which is not any better than my current card, but more expensive annual fee. Is there anything else with better ratio? or at least something with same ratio...

Thank you! I posted my question here: Suggestion for New Credit Card

Hi Guys, I'm a Citi Emirates MasterCard holder for past 2 years and now that Citi is changing their pointing system from mid March, I think it's time for me to move on to something different that has a better points per dollar value. Right now I'm getting 1 Emirates Skywards point per dollar...