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    Strategy to obtain US Amex

    Interesting! I had no issues adding my US Amex to the PayPal AU account, but the Chase card just refused to work. I followed PayPal's advice here and created a US account, which solved it for me. There's a minor side benefit to all of this - PayPal US seems to push out more offers than AU; so...
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    Credit Card Offers Citi Prestige Bonus Point Offers & Discussion

    As a data point, I met the minimum spend on 31 May (transaction settled a few days later) and saw the points come in around 20 June in the form of 300K Citi points. To date, I haven't received an email asking for my VFF number - and I'm not fussed about that, as I'm currently contemplating...
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    Strategy to obtain US Amex

    If the problem is not being able to add a US billing address, the solution is to create a brand new PayPal US account using a different email address - I've come to learn that PayPal accounts are country specific!
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    Who else still holds the Citibank Free For Life Premier Card?

    Hey Happy Dude, would you be able to paste the T&Cs for this offer? I'm not subscribed to marketing emails so don't have the details, but keen to give it a try anyway. Thanks!
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    Credit Card Offers Refreshed Amex Velocity Platinum Card Benefits & Offers

    This link (found during the flight booking process on the VA website) offers 130K bonus points. Offer expires 30 April 2025:
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    Taken 2x General QF Passes - Expiry 25 May 2025

    Wow that was quick! One to @Flyinfish and the other to @Rich in that case! I'll DM you both.
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    Taken 2x General QF Passes - Expiry 25 May 2025

    Two passes up for grabs! Priority will be given to someone who: has given away something on this forum (please provide a link) has made an active/meaningful contribution in the past few months (e.g. not just asking for freebies) has international travel plans (gotta extract the value out of QF...
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    Citibank Priority Pass renewal

    You can't set it up for the supp card (at least a few years ago, the registration would sometimes go through, but would then get cancelled at a later stage), but what you can do is set up a priority pass account in another person's name but attach your primary card to that account - the two...
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    Strategy to obtain US Amex

    I don't have MR points in Australia and my spend is not consistent high, so my priority has been a little different to most others in this thread. I went with Hilton Surpass back when it had a $95 annual fee as I thought the instant gold and 10 visit priority pass effectively made it a cost...
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    Strategy to obtain US Amex

    Yes I did, but I'm pretty sure you can change your physical address shortly before the phone call and it'll be fine, and you can change back immediately afterwards if you need to
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    Strategy to obtain US Amex

    Yep my experience is you nominate the bank, they'll put you on hold and call the bank themselves (no idea what number they use), and when you're next taken off hold, they'll have an agent from the other bank on the phone all briefed up and ready to take your account number/verify your identity.
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    Credit Card Offers Citi Prestige Bonus Point Offers & Discussion

    Does anyone know if you'll get the bonus points in the second year if you don't turn on points autosweep? I'm considering doing this to (1) keep options open until I need the points, and (2) potentially wait for a transfer bonus to maximise the actual points earn. Would've been better if this...
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    Strategy to obtain US Amex

    Having 3gb of data connectivity for when you're in the US is a pretty big upside for me, and whilst it may only be a $5 per month saving, the plan being free makes it far more of a "no brainer, no loss giving it a shot" option I think. Also, it may just be sampling bias, but I'm not seeing...
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    Strategy to obtain US Amex

    Ah yes that's true! Though I wonder if that carries some side benefits? I was of the impression that Tello etc can't be used for certain SMS verifications because it's considered to be a prepaid/unverified phone number - so if this is considered to be postpaid, it may be easier to use with Chase...
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    Strategy to obtain US Amex

    The good folks at ozbargain seem to have discovered a free plan - phone number, data, VoWiFi: Free USA eSIM Including 3GB Free Data Per Month, 100 Min Calls, 300 Text & US Number @ Helium Mobile Better than Tello in every way, the only question is the longevity of such a provider.
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    Qantas' Impending Change to Tokyo Flight Schedule

    Didn't ask and couldn't tell from the accent this time, but I am NB so it most likely was one of the pleb contact centres. Yep these are U award seats and the ticket is wholly unused. Definitely no more U availability that day across any of the flights, but revenue inventory is available on...
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    Qantas' Impending Change to Tokyo Flight Schedule

    Currently booked to fly HND-SYD-MEL on QF26 (the early morning departure) and with the slight time adjustment, the connection time in Sydney is down to 2 hours - a bit tight for my liking with customs and immigration plus a terminal transfer to contend with, and I didn't fancy the thought of...
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    Qantas' Impending Change to Tokyo Flight Schedule

    Conversely, maybe that's why they're not zeroing out flights - they could be worried that zeroing out flights for new customers but not addressing customers on existing bookings at the exact same time (or shortly afterwards) may result in opening up yet another front with the ACCC? Might open up...
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    Strategy to obtain US Amex

    I used an Amex velocity card for GT about 2 years back and it went through just fine - I think there's a difference between those cards and the DJ cobranded amex, which doesn't work (not that the card is around anymore). It was the C1 VX pre-approval application - you'll get the score if you...
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