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Amex or Commbank to QR. The latter is a horrible earn rate though. You can also purchase them during promos or take out an Avios subscription, either via BA, IB, AY or QR (technically also EI, doable but slightly more complicated).

Had a chat with the people at the Flounge in MEL, confirmed that QF, AA & BA elites can now access lounges based on status, as the original sponsor airlines (no mention of CX, may have been an oversight) in advance of FJ joining OW, so that confirms what others have said (DP was from last week)...

I wasn't asked for anything 🤷‍♂️

Likely to exit the AU market? What makes you say that? 1739026759 Mine worked last month but has failed every time I've tried this month 🤷‍♂️

Wifi calling should work, otherwise you need to have $5 worth of credit in your account to enable international roaming (it doesn't take the credit, you just need to have it there for some reason).

Which countries other than Expat? I've got UK & US (as well as US), conversely, UK was easy in my case, as a dual citizen I have lived there and have a credit history there. I haven't bothered with Expat, since it's basically the same as the UK card, but without online application (temporarily...

Agree, I had a look through a few and they had a caveat of "have a good reason for needing the account", which could be anything. It's also somewhat variable in terms of credit cards, on the surface "get you set up with a credit card in your new country", yet you need to be a resident for a lot...

No worries - sorry to hear re MY, I was having a look through the options and it's very variable re requirements. I was looking at Bermuda (having recently been it renewed my thoughts about potential tax efficiencies long term), but it was a fleeting thought and too hard anyway. I think I was...

FWIW, I opened a HSBC HK Premier account, there was a lot of back and forth trying to verify why I needed it and proving my time in HK (I'd entered HK 11 times in 24 months, so that was easy enough to prove), they have since had no issues sending everything to Australia. I also have HSBC...

This drives me absolutely INSANE! I'm naturally a late sleep/late riser, so often I'll be asleep at 10am/11am and get a knock on the door. Fiji are particularly bad for this, they tend to call the room too, just to really p155 me off (unplugging the phone worked). My most recent and somewhat...

Ahh, I think as DJchuckes did, I've used the US App Store, which explains it - it's on my work phone, which I change the App Store login on to suit whatever I need, so that makes sense.

Seems a lot of effort - I bought the GC on the website, used the app from the Aussie App Store, added the GC to the app, credit reflected on the Gold a few days later. But the main thing is it worked! Another thing, Amex don't use address verification, so it doesn't matter what billing address...

I had to do Notary Cam the first time I got a card sent to Australia, it was very straightforward. Haven't had to do it since. The most inconvenient part will be the call being aligned with US time zones, but that's not the end of the world.

It's long gone, it worked for a few months after disappearing from the Amex App, but no longer.

If I could have some surety of the new product, I'd book it in a heartbeat, if only to try it. I have done it on the old 2-2-2, it's fine but nothing special, so I'd be keen to do it. Is there any pattern to it, that you're aware of? 1736748354 I flew from MEL-AKL just to fly AKL-ADL-DOH in...

Unlikely in the short-mid term, in my opinion, since they've just destroyed their program on the earning side, the redemption side /might/ be safe for a while, but who knows. There's also AY/QR (and IB, but that's a horrible program to try and use) that you go move the Avios to and book - QR...

Strange, when did you trigger it? I donated to the Great Barrier Reef thing, on 30/12, I have until 30/4/2025 to select (I assume it only went green yesterday or today, so you get the month plus three, it seems). 1735807232 Never mind, I saw the first post and not this one!

I agree with this entirely. Although the AUD value is eroding the profits, making annual fees more exxy, etc., it is what it is; let's see if the economy sorts itself out, blah blah housing market etc., topics for elsewhere, in the next year. Nothing we can control directly. Domestically the...

Congrats! Green is a good keeper, imo. As for MyUS vs PX, others have reported success with MyUS, I was not successful - PX you agree to 1583 on signup, but for them to actually do anything with your mail (I finally found out recently) you have to fill out the form and have it notarised...

I would def be up for joining a Discord/Whatsapp/Telegram for AU people, I've been in a few for the UK market too and the interest is huge, even considering their market, so I think you'd be on to something (the UK ones generally stipulate that referrals are for the admin/owner of the group, so...