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It might be worth noting somewhere that seats.aero now supports Singapore Airlines (cached only at this stage) https://seats.aero/singapore & has its own great circle mapper https://circle.seats.aero/

Yes. No. If you're playing any sort of games with a bank, the fewer eyes on your account, the better.

Sept 2024: Open ABG; AF charged Feb 2025: Upgrade to ABP; ABG AF prorated rebate; ABP AF prorated charge Sept 2025: ABP AF full charge Feb 2026: Downgrade to ABG via chat; ABP AF prorated refund; close ABG

It's dodgier than that. But now it has been marked by Amex, I wouldn't take the time trying to figure it out.

Whenever you take any sort of card offer from Amex (SUB, upgrade, retention), you have to keep the card open for another 365 days. You can cancel 366 days after the last offer was accepted (ie 366 days after the opening date, upgrade date, retention acceptance date) without clawback.

The full article is woefully bad. The evidence that there are fewer men in business class is an anecdote from a friend of the author, the statistic that there are more women in executive positions these days, and the fact that there's some division within Flight Centre 'tasked with catering to...

It's not. You can upgrade at any time. You will have to keep the upgraded card for 12 months to avoid clawback of the upgrade, though.

From the last time I read the stats on travel patterns a few months ago, my understanding is that business travel has not recovered to its pre-pandemic levels, but premium cabins are fuller than they've ever been. That's the driving force behind the changing demographic — fewer business...

Small DP. Was looking to book an AA flight. AA wanted 50K for J. AS wanted 25K for J. Created Hawaiian account. Linked Amex to Hawaiian. Transferred MR points to Hawaiian. Transferred Hawaiian miles to Alaska. Purchased seat. All done in about 15 minutes. Only annoyance is you pay a small...

It might be worth calling VS and explaining what happened. Airlines do have the power to reverse transfers, but they rarely, rarely permit it.

If it's anything like the rest of BOQ's IT, the website will be updated sometime in the next decade or so.

2 free guests for PP lounges. Have to be traveling with you. None for Centurion lounges.

If your MSR is $15K in 3 months and the total spend on that card (after refunds) in that 3 month period drops below $15K, they'll claw back the SUB. Doesn't matter if the refund (and thus drop below $15K) happens 10 months later. That's why people recommend spending more than the MSR and not...

Don't do it. If you go underneath the minimum spend requirement with Amex, they will claw back the sign-up bonus. Almost 100% certainty with that one — that claw back mechanism operates well. The fact that you bought a refundable airfare has nothing to do with your contract with Amex the bank...

It's perhaps also worth mentioning that all these policies (both the IRROPs one & the checked baggage one) require an agent willing to read and follow it. I've had agents at the Qantas First check-in in MEL refuse to through-check baggage in accordance with QF's own policy. Asking them to have...

A near universal experience with banks these days is that they're fine until you get caught up in their fraud/risk crosshairs. Then they become a nightmare to deal with. Search for any bank name and 'account closure' on Google, and you'll find tales of woe and misery from people who have...

Yes, just junk mail.

I'm not an expert on EK redemptions (it's cheaper to buy cash fares with US credit card points, ironically), but my understanding is that EK's surcharges are only lower on some fifth freedom routes. Anything going to/from Dubai is going to be expensive.

1-3 weeks.

Promotion is over. Can get a Clear credit once per calendar year on applicable Amex cards. You'll need a new Clear account to get the Uber voucher when this promo comes around again.