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Any issue with Amex blocking large transactions and/or repeat transactions? Not sure what looks worse, paying 5k through DEFT or paying 500x10 through DEFT, etc

Two questions 1. How did you get approved for so many cards 2. How do you have so much money to spend for the SUBs

If you can get the Venture SavorOne or w/e it is called now, you could go to Coles worth and buy Gift Cards when they are on sale to get 3% back on most things, e.g. JB, groceries, flight centre, Google/Apple gift cards to pay for subscriptions, etc, as well as if you are willing to wait for the...

I'm unfortunately not too familiar with that. Is it safe to ignore or should I deal with it? Only one Amex aspire approved mid January received a few days ago. Edit looked into it a bit more, there is no way that I have hit a SUB or even earned any points so this is a 1099 for $0 or it is...

Just received another Amex letter at US address, any idea what it could be? Has a US First Class Mail American Express logo where the stamp should be. Reading through the scan, it has either the Amex fraud number or is a robot all number depending on who you ask

DP if anyone is interested: Amex appears to get some L3 data from Some Australian merchants (Virgin AU) and HSBC appears to get some L3 data from QF. In transaction history the amount for each charge, (seat selection, credit card surcharge) destination, departure, time, etc show up in one form...

Amex Aspire arrived. Booked a one-way vanilla flight on Virgin Australia. Codes as "other - miscellaneous" (somehow???). Can I still expect 7x points?

If you really want to "farm" titanium status you could (assuming no changes) 1. Get Bonvoy Brilliant - 25 nights 2. Get Business Bonvoy card - 15 nights 3. Sign up for double elite night offers and/or similar, (there is one active right now IIRC) and go spend 18 nights at a moxy or something...

I think the common wisdom for Marriott/Hilton is - in USA - 0 upgrades - not in USA - reasonable chance of upgrade - Upgrade to suites - 1 night stays, off-peak, etc all help Individual hotels may have different policies. For example, Conrad Bangkok (Hilton) is known for never upgrading to...

My experience having just had a card sent was that Amex doesn't seem to care. Once they verified my ID they were happy to send to whatever address. When you got your first replacement card, do you recall how long until / if you received a confirmation/etc email?

All done with Amex. They said they would send two confirmation emails about replacement card, but hasn't come through. Not in a rush, just wondering - is this a cause for concern that no confirmation email was received?

Just tried the link, it works for me.

Dawn. Long wait time for meeting. Calendar to make an appointment doesn't show availability so I'm just clicking on every date LOL. Might need to sit in queue for a few hundred hours. Edit: waited only like 20 minutes. TBH a scary process (I'm not cut out for this) but a helpful notary and I...

Called number, they said I needed to do a Notary Cam to get card sent to Australia. Wouldn't accept ITIN or AU passport, needed SSN and US ID. Gave them US phone number not enough. Any experience with this? Any experience with calling to get a replacement card, not actually getting one, and...

Well well well https://www.pymnts.com/news/banking/2025/hsbc-reportedly-weighing-sale-of-australian-retail-banking-unit/ I wonder how the post HSBC world will work for address confirmation.

I thought we just agreed a few posts ago that the table was right, the calculator was wronf and DFW-west coast was still 100SC

I think it was Edi-lhr 40 Lhr-mad 60 Mad-pmi 40 =140 X2 for return =280 for 280gbp or approx 560AUD If you need only 5k SC you could fly 18 round trips for 5040SC. Since you only need 5000 You can skiplag the last LHR-EDI flight. Honestly 30kAUD for lifetime OWS again is cheaper than any...

I think the this must be related to what someone posted a few pages back, EDI-LHR-MAD(?)-PMI return for $2AUD per SC. If you have 278 days spare next year, you can literally get Lifetime Platinum by flying back and forth between EDI and PMI for $150,000 AUD. Cheapest lifetime OWE by a massive...

My understanding is that NH and BA are not nearly as flexible as QF. On BA, your routing has to be "sensible" or "the most direct route", up to the discretion of the agent. On NH, you actually need to go around the world (no backtracking) with semi-sensible routing and a lower number of segments...

Qantas OWA awards are honestly good value at the moment, on paper, if you can get the maximum value (which can be impossible). On paper, 318k points for 16x segments in J is a better deal than any other airline in the world is able to offer. SQ no longer offers their Star Alliance RTW-equivalent...