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So I have somewhere to receive mail/bills/somewhere to stay when I am present. Heaps of people own overseas property... 1726747359 They'll send you a cash advance PIN (or you can view online, I think), but you don't need it - US cards are still signature remember.

I was asked this to open the account (HSBC Premier US) - I just said I frequently visit the US and my main purpose for needing the account was to pay bills I have in the US. The trigger for asking was because I gave them a US phone number. They then said they needed more time to assess, and I...

No it isn't, they're all credit cards (I've got Surpass and Aspire, both credit, the base one and business card are too).

Yes you can.

Was sure I clicked post on that last night. Anyway, two green leaves posted in the last 9 hours, I'm impressed! So for OH's account this year I've donated at the reduced rate, offset a $25 Woolies (WISH) GC for $1, and done the saveful thing. I guess offsetting the house and a flight are the...

Ergh...guess they realised there was a lot of climate conscious Tassie residents. Donation at the reduced amount, just jumped on that for OH, every little helps! Typically that's the only one I have outstanding on my account, and I want the SCs to fall into next year, which is six months...

Wow and I thought I'd been shafted paying $30 a few months ago. I'm certain it was $10 last year...

No I established that (and knew there was a subscription involved), but once the ITIN is issued, that's it surely? They can't take it away, as the IRS issue them, not Maza?

I've read upthread and am looking at Maza, but it seems to good to be true, ITIN for $5 - am I missing something?

I opened a US Premier account using Aussie Premier as the starting point - weirdly using my US address they said no, applying using my Aussie address, as a cross-border applicant, no issues. Debit card arrived via DHL this week, accepts payment by ACH, Wire, all the other US cough, so it's a real...

Yep, not to mention it opens up QF to non-Plat cardholders too. My last international transfer was around 200k UK MR points-US; I'd been hoarding them in case I needed BAEC Avios or SQ - well UK dropped SQ from 1:1 to 3:2 (whereas US and ICC still have it as 1:1), and Avios wise may as well go...

I've converted UK-US and AU, conversion rate is the same as the currency rate (i.e. GBP-USD/AUD) at the time - main motivation was just before Amex decimated the transfer rate here, 1:1 SQ (now 3:2 UK and 2:1 AU) with a boost of 1.9 or whatever the exchange rate was (probably 1.75/1.8 back then...

This is a good point, if the points post quickly enough. Not sure if AA have a hotel program, AS do and I used them a few times to keep a balance alive (originated with the 10K that all VX members were given when they were bought out, kept it going until I eventually got it to 30K and J HKG-MEL...

Indeed, it disappeared from being visible in the app about a year ago. Awardwallet still pulls it when I refresh my Amex US account though, so it is still in the account somewhere!

I'm surprised MyUS will do it, they flat out refused to forward any "financial instrument" outside of the US - but at least my card did turn up there. Glad you've had no issues with Planet Express, but yeah even with the tracking number that (supposedly they) had signed for, nothing. The bonus...

Not sure about QR, but I've boosted BAEC Avios transferred from Amex before (obviously not an Aussie Amex, but I'm near as sure the same principle applies).

I've said it before, but I've never once had anything arrive at Planet Express, suite number or not, even when DHL have shipped it and someone's signed for it, they've denied receiving it. To me they're just an address, since they're not listed as a CMRA.

Thanks, good data point. To be honest I'm not sure if it did, I can only assume so because it's got my Aussie address etc., but I did have to link my Aussie account to Global View manually (though that might be normal). I think it must have done, being offshore banking - I know I put reason...

Yep, and although Transferwise, now Wise, has never given me any problems, Revolut has been very trigger happy with blocking funds for weeks/months in some peoples' cases (longest I've been stuck is a few days) and for that reason I don't keep money in there. Revolut was originally used heavily...

Was going to say this. It was 5 points per day or something just for commenting, when I realised it reset my expiry date I was all over it, as I has around 60k dormant at the time, but I've used them now. But the bump is timely, as I have ~3k due to expire in around 2 months, not much but I...