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    Strategy to obtain US Amex

    You might still get declines and/or a fraud lock, but they're easy to clear over the phone — they just want to know you're the one making the purchases.
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    Strategy to obtain US Amex

    Close to zero chance you'll be able to get an order shipped directly to a buying group from Dell. You can try ordering via chat and shipping to a jigged address, but cancellation rates are still very, very high.
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    SQ Tips, Trips and Tales

    Whether it's expensive or not really depends on your points accumulation. For someone only able to churn a few credit cards a year (or even none at all) and with minimal card spend, 288K points is a lot for a single flight, even if in First. For someone who accumulates that number of points in...
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    Classic plus to the US - cheaper to start flight in Auckland than Sydney.

    As bill said, you will be denied check-in/boarding at Sydney because you won't have a valid ticket. Also, remember Classic Plus rewards are tied to the cash fare. So keep an eye out for cash fare sales. You'll get a reduced Classic Plus price then.
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    Oneworld Classic Flight Reward Discussion - The Definitive Thread

    You can't upgrade award flights with miles on AA.
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    Strategy to obtain US Amex

    Clear is not Global Entry. Clear is a private company running private security lanes at airports, football stadiums, etc.
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    Strategy to obtain US Amex

    People have used this offer on every card that has a Clear rebate. You do need a separate Uber account for each voucher. As with everything in the US, you try and see what happens — there's no loss if everything is clawed back. But there's a reason this offer has been very popular in its...
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    Strategy to obtain US Amex

    They don't claw back the Uber credit.
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    How to Get My ATO Credit Refunded (Paid by Coles Gift Card)

    Plenty of people have been caught by this. Check the pay ATO by credit card thread on this forum.
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    QANTAS International Red Tail sale

    You have to do it in the opposite direction.
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    Strategy to obtain US Amex

    Try a different browser. The EC offer pages come up blank for me in Chrome, but work in Firefox. You can receive and activate these offers by phone — just ask if there are any employee card offers on your business cards when you call.
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    Strategy to obtain US Amex

    Correct. You get targeted for a period of time then it goes away. You might also be targeted for a lesser offer. Add yourself as an employee (I've done it thousands of times), never confirm the card & do the spend within 60 days before they are auto deactivated.
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    Strategy to obtain US Amex

    Do not pay $95. The bonus applies to the $0 option.
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    Strategy to obtain US Amex

    If you are spend constrained, you should always be going for a new card SUB. If you have unlimited spend, especially in the right categories, they are attractive. 15K points for $7K spend plus another 28K points if you hit that 7K spend in a 4x Biz Gold category. Do it 5 times and you've...
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    Strategy to obtain US Amex

    Employee card offers are available with the $0 employee card option. Don't need to spend $95 per employee card.
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    Strategy to obtain US Amex

    Amex has no problem with repeat transactions, especially on business cards. Large transactions might be more likely to hit a fraud flag.
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    Strategy to obtain US Amex

    In case it helps anyone, I recently applied for an ABP and an ABG. Both requested I link a bank account before processing the application. My main bank wasn't available from the drop down list, so I chose another bank account that had a tiny amount of money in it (low four digits) and they still...
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    QANTAS International Red Tail sale

    My guess is the DSC will coincide with (or be very close to) the half yearly results, which it has done for the last couple of years. That's 27 February.
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    Strategy to obtain US Amex

    Something else then. US banks send a lot of letters. Make sure you have selected online delivery for all letters in your Amex profile. That will reduce, but not eliminate, them.
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    Strategy to obtain US Amex

    1099s from referrals/bank bonuses are being sent out atm.
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