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There's been multiple waves of Amex and Chase shut downs in the past couple of weeks. I know quite a few people who have been shut down. Lots of different possible reasons for the shut downs, but almost everyone who got shut down knew they were doing activities that put them at risk of shut...

People in the US avoid getting useless personal credit cards because they add to their 5/24 status (which locks them out of Chase cards). Far easier to transfer the millions of points they will have from Amex/Citi/CapitalOne to Qantas and redeem that way. I've already seen an uptick in the...

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The change now makes close to no sense. US credit card churners will just transfer to QF to redeem for EK F now. A non-elite now has more access to EK award seats through a non-EK program than through EK's own award program.

US credit card points have a floor value of USD 1c/pt (AUD 1.55c/pt) because they can generally be cashed out for at least that amount. If the value of an airline's points drop below that amount, all transfers cease — you just cash out instead. That's different from Australia where there is no...

If the goal is to stop US credit card churners from scooping up all the EK F awards, EK has to ban QF as well because QF is a transfer partner of Amex, Capital One, Citi, etc. Qantas were already extremely hard to use for trips to Europe. This will make it even harder.

Not sure what you mean. US card sign-up bonuses work the same as Australian card sign-up bonuses. You need to make purchases to meet the spend criteria for the bonus.

Therefore, my earlier question to you about numbers is absolutely relevant. If we never get the other side of the story for the reasons you mentioned, at what point do you start to think the stories might be accurate? Same question for you.

Did you see the other side of the story? 'A Department of Homeland Security media representative replied that the department “cannot answer questions on something we cannot verify the veracity of”. “Just like I cannot confirm the existence of big foot.”'

When would you be willing to change your mind and be open to the possibility that they are reporting actual events? After 50 stories? 100? 1000? Never?

The fact that you doubted the story on the basis of incorrect information makes me suspect that you read this article with a preconceived notion that it was 'rage bait' and are grasping to find anything that supports your preconception.

Why is the reference to 'transit' even remotely suspect? The official is referring to what is on the US Customs and Border Protection's own website: 'Yes. Eligible nationals or citizens of countries that participate in the VWP require either an ESTA or a visa to transit the United States. If a...

I don't think that's the right question. Being selected for secondary questioning and deportation could happen to anyone (except, for perhaps, a diplomat or someone with broadly equivalent status). It is a question of likelihood. The chance of receiving this treatment still appears to be low...

While my plans for US travel remain unaffected, it is important to be aware of what might happen if you get selected for removal in the US. This is an eye-opening read: Australian with working visa detained and deported on returning to US from sister’s memorial

Not all that surprising. A 5X increase in spend on a card less than 6 months old screams bust-out risk.

If it is not a saver level award seat, it will not be available to partners.

Yes looked like it changed at the start of 2024.

I'm sure we would. The removal of it from the T&Cs wouldn't fill me with confidence about its longevity, though apparently the language has been removed for at least a year.

I remember that being the case, but it is interesting that they've removed all mention of this access as an explicit benefit in the T&Cs. Now it merely says: '10.6 Entry to Partner Lounges is subject to the individual lounge operator's entry conditions and space availability. The restriction...

Interesting, I wasn't aware of that. I thought you always had to be on a QF/JQ flight number. Is that an official or unofficial exception?