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is this the e-visa?

i have experienced this once before. Was OK the next day.

Give me Asia any day!

I was contemplating a driving holiday in Hokkaido sometime in the near future. After reading this, I don't think I will. It just sounds too scary if something were to go wrong.

OMG what a nightmare!

I read somewhere.... Uber includes the toll, but Didi excludes the toll.

Bought 4x100 Giftcards. Only got 4000 bonus points instead of 8000 Was aware of this at checkout but proceeded anyway. checkout person couldn't do anything. Rang the rewards centre, and the extra points posted within a few hours.

I am quite OK even on Scoot between SYD and SIN. And not even ScootPlus. I do pick the daytime flights though. Don't deny business or first class is nice, but by no means necessary.

I just wish Australia would be "friendlier" to other nations. Just went through China, have to waste time applying for a temporary stay permit/visa, whereas numerous European countries are now visa- exempt. Same thing with Vietnam. We have to get a visa, but UK/Europeans do not need to. Even our...

haha... i think that is definitely not early for this place. They open at 6am or something like that. Maybe you guys got in after the main breakfast crowd, and before the lunch crowd.

7 Eleven ATMs ( SevenBank) in Japan do not charge ATM fee for foreign Mastercard (eg Macquarie), but they DO charge a fee for VISA ( eg uBank). I was very surprised by this difference, but eventually figured it out. I thought they did not charge all foreign cards.

After a week of travelling (maybe to do with staying in dry AC room), mine is now flat. But I imagine it will revert back

you missed the biggest hawker centre of them all, Chinatown complex (Smith Street) ;)

Never bought before. 85% bonus

yeah, quite unpredictable. just today, i booked a TG (intra-Asia) trip. the same flights were not showing on United or aeroplan, so i was fully expecting the redemption to fail. but it went through.

likely phantom availability. you can check using other airlines, eg United, to confirm.

No problems Their app is a bit strange though. Data routed through Hong Kong

Only used them for thailand. 3gb 15 days for USD2.

Anyone has any recent experience with setting up wechat/ alipay? (as a foreign visitor to China) I was able to set up Alipay, and linking an Aust credit card to it. But I did not have to verify my passport. Just wondering if there is a step missing, cos someone mentioned needing to verify passport.

please report back if it works!