FYI, On approval of my Amex Hilton Aspire card, my Hilton account was upgraded to Diamond. Card received in US on the Mon after card approved on Fri am...ie quick. Now awaiting card to be forwarded to me in Sydney by relative.
I have bought from them several times before and the physical SIMs work fine...just bought a 30GB for 30 days for China, Hong Kong & Malaysia for later this year for $41.25. This SIM allegedly bypasses the Great (Internet) Wall of China!
I cancelled +1s card yesterday just before the 2nd year's annual fee was due....this will start her 18 month waiting period to apply for another Amex card with bonus offer. I have just applied and been approved for the HSBC *Alliance card and will nominate Air Canada so will get Va lounge access...
So I had to wait til midnight Sydney time to call them (8 am Eastern time)...got through and the agent said he couldn't see an issue with the application but he needed the Global Transfer team to push it through but they only opened an hour later...called back at 1am Sydney time and whilst I...
Help with Tello e Sim activation...installled it on phone (Samsung) but how do I activate it? I have sent a SMS to it from another phone but it has not been received. Do I have to turn international roaming on? Im in Australia atm
Thanks for any advice
Happy with it. Fx fee free. 1 Qf pt per $ for1st $5000 per month spent on it, then 0.5 pt per $....also have a very hight credit limit in case I need to buy / pay for somethimg expensive in foreign currency (eg J tickets).
Main negative: $270 annual fee.
I avoid fying Y on overnight flights. On daytime flights, I "half recline" if flight more than 2 hours unless the person in front of me fully reclines, then I will fully recline to "regain" my space.
I didn't get offered a waiver despite being nearly a 20 year customer....emailed and rang up to ask but denied so cancelled the card (was a backup to my BW World MC)
Hilton KL automatically tried to charge me in AUD when I settled the bill....I refused to sign, asked them to cancel the transaction, and recharge me in Ringgit...I gave them a polite lecture why I had done so...the staff member had no idea about the increaaed cost of DCC, and clearly must have...
I have flown 4 flights in J on Egypt Air...Ist-Cai x2, Cai-Kgl x1 and Cai-Amm x1....3 hot meal options offered in J, average TV entertainment screen (and no WiFi) and wait for it, it is a DRY airline. ;). The longest flight was a 5 hr 40 min flight on a 737 from Cairo to Kigali (arr 0320!!) and...
https://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/community/threads/is-transitting-at-cairo-egypt-air-to-egypt-air-straight-forward.106900/
I did it on the same ticket on Egypt Air to Egypt Air whch arrived and departed in T3 and the process was easy as described above. Dont need a visa if on same...