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110% agree. Pay extra money to have another way to pay money? No thanks. I have a number of fee free and fee-free for life cards which get me international travel insurance (and other insurances), a couple of free lounge visits (with reasonable co-pays if needed thereafter), Hilton Gold status...

For the same reason the previous Qantas restaurants program was terminated? Qantas charging way too much for the frequent flyer points granted thus eating into the restauranteur/Dimmi's margins, without driving any noticeable increase in restaurant traffic?

More likely... "Dimmi finally tried to get a reduction in the exorbitant rates we were charging them for QFF points, so we're giving them the flick and focusing on other suppliers who are happy to pay through the nose to offer QFF points to their customers."

I am not surprised because: - 20 or 30 years ago, a 2-3% merchant fee covered the cost of providing a "cashless" payment for the merchant, when cash was almost exclusively used for payment (or cheque). But nowadays, the 0.8% RBA cap - out of which banks can still pay for some amount of reward...

Unfortunately re-starting doesn't have much effect. You have to go to Settings in the app to re-authorise fingerprint login. However, mine keeps throwing me out every two days or so, after three weeks of that I've just given up and tap in my password as normal. I take it more evidence why the...

Thanks - I tried again after your post and it has now accepted it

Tried to add the card to my Uber account. Entering the card number saw the system recognise it as a Diners as the logo came up, however when I submitted the full card number, it told me that it is not available...

I don't like paying annual credit card fees and have the fee-free for life Signature, so Diners Club is fine for slightly more points where accepted. But you have to wonder where Diners Club is heading. Sure, they invented the credit card, but: - acceptance is shrinking. Outside of major...

Whilst disappointing, I hope that this change is accompanied by the following: - on every flight that radio or CDs are no longer available on, every seat has a charging socket for your device. I have caught some flights recently where this was not the case. - when the plane lands, to further...

27 Dec Y->J points upgrade confirmed at the gate for SYD-SCL!!! However LATAM has managed to screw up the rest of the trip: - sending my luggage to a different airport in South America to the one I flew to and taking 3 days to reunite me with it - currently stranding 200+ passengers at AKL on...

Good. One less annoying announcement interrupting the inflight entertainment on every international flight.

I don't believe you have to connect any accounts to earn the 300 frequent flyer points. I definitely haven't and when they post, the app will be deleted. If nothing posts, it will be deleted eventually as well. However it's probably not targeting savvy frequent flyers, no doubt this email...

After the recent run-up in the Qantas share price, QF management must be running around looking for revenue boosters to help justify the valuation.

Re: Posting of points Maybe VA are running short of cash and using this as one way of conserving cash: - now that Velocity is a separate company with a minority shareholder, it's bank account is separate from Virgin's - Virgin has to pay Velocity for the points - by delaying posting, Virgin...

Fully aware of big data, I work in big data. It's not about staying off the grid, for me it's about minimising the amount of data QF have about me to drive dynamic pricing of the fares I book with them. They can work out how much I spend on other credit cards but not on what, or how much I spend...

In summary, a collection of features and earn rate which you can broadly replicate for a lower annual fee with a fee-free Amex Discovery card and a companion MC/Visa that has travel insurance for places that don't accept Amex, but you pay a higher annual fee to provide QF with all the details of...

A real surprise would be an annual retention bonus. The sign-up bonuses the banks offer just encourage credit card churn.

I highly doubt that. QF loves charging their additional fees for the privilege of earning those 'valuable' QFF points. After all, on many bank issued credit cards, you're charged an annual 'opt-in' fee to convert from the regular rewards program to a direct QFF sweep.

I'm looking at a trip to Europe later in the year and want to look at CX pricing. However the online booking sites rarely show CX and then at extortionate prices, going directly to the CX website yields prices in Economy of between $12,000 and $15,000 for every day to a range of destinations...

I'm sure they're running a fairly tight ship in advance of the launch. Probably busy coming up with marketing spin for the launch... "A simpler and fairer way to spend..." "Enhance your earn..."