Did you set it up as a checking account?
When you tried to manually pay, did Amex include your payment in your balance?
How long did it take for failure messages to come through from Amex and Wise?
I’ve just ran my first manual payment so we’ll see how this goes
Called up new accounts Monday night AU time (about 8:30AM ET) and the rep put me on hold while he talked to the GT team. Approved on the phone after about 2 minutes.
It seems pretty unclear to me what they determine as an appropriate proof of address - or if they even looked at the Wise...
They did publish what was available in the T&Cs and there were 560 domestic one ways available (but I think the destination is randomised?). Already booked my leaves for the year so 🙃
Unfortunately what the other half deployed me for only had 40ish items, so it was pretty much game over...
Applied for the Bonvoy Brilliant this morning through GT. Used a MyUS address and a Talkatone number. Got the “Can we speak to you on the phone?” message so will give them a call when the applications team open up.
Fingers crossed they don’t request an address verification 😬
For those with a...
Status: Platinum + STARS Agent
Property: The Ritz-Carlton Melbourne
Date: Sat 5th May - Sun 6th May
Booked: Deluxe Guest Room
Received: Victoria Harbour Guest Room
Pretty impressed overall. Received a 2 cat upgrade (same room type, but second highest guest room floor + nice view). The rooms...
Ok it finally showed up in my explorer. No sign of it on the plat (which has the majority of spend oddly enough).
Chat/Phone CSR couldn’t do anything about it unfortunately.
Thanks all
Update for you all. Emailed [email protected] asking for ORC for eligible sector + SC and attached emails and some dot point calculations. They got back to me in 1 business days and credited everything to my account.
Not bad at all!
Hi all
To take advantage of the DSC promo I’ve booked MEL->SYD->OOL->SYD ->MEL to tick off both the status credit and eligible sector.
Unfortunately, I’ve just received a text saying my flight’s been cancelled to a MEL->OOL for the first leg.
I know people have general success requesting ORC...
I held the Flyer card till about October last year. FWIW I called up the Virgin rep and she confirmed that I would be eligible. I can’t actually personally confirm this though because I got rejected (probably too many Citi cards held)