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Does this just involve regular spend and time ?

What reform is this ?

Perhaps that was it. I was gifted a $500 limit (!) to start with. After 5 months of diligently using close to $500/month, they auto-upgraded me to $2k. I’m hoping they will continue to auto increase my limit if I continue to use the card Interestingly the letter notifying me of the increase...

What sort (amounts/location) of spending are you guys doing to get your cards restricted ?

My US HSBC account came with a debit card that was couriered to my Aus address around 12 months ago, where it has sat in my safe unused. Today I got a notification from HSBC re ~$25 of Amazon Prime transactions that were correctly flagged as fraud How on earth does this occur ? Surely if the...

It’s been discussed upthread, but if you say you are a resident, the next step would previously force you to fill out a W9 form: "Here is the W-9 form that we generated based on your responses Under the penalties of perjury, I certify that: ... 3. I am a US citizen or other US person and ..."

What is this ? Interestingly the C1 checking account application now specifically stops you from proceeding once you select ‘non resident’

https://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/community/threads/strategy-to-obtain-us-amex.91605/post-2753032 I pay stupid amounts in Tolls too, but couldn’t justify the Amex tax at Linkt

So the RAT will be deployed if you manually cut the fuel but everything else is working normally ?

I booked EK one way for SYD CHC. Paid with Amex to trigger their insurance coverage I used 100k AC points for return with VA for ZQN SYD. Aeroplan are good - covered all fees etc via points

Yep, it’s 50k airline points + $600, or 100k points alone Flight is $1600 cash I was considering using the 100k points, as I’m also background worried about points devaluation if I don’t use them…

50k airline points + $600 vs $1600 outright…

Bugger just realised I dumped most of my overseas MR points in another airline scheme a month ago anticipating a different trip which didn't eventuate... and the Aus MR to EK conversion is quite cough (3:1) So current calculation is 100k airline points to save $1600 - as you say line ball

200k of airline points, so a bit more in MR (messy conversions as I have overseas Amex too) Thanks all for the sanity check, I’ll go ahead (assuming seats are still there !!)

Just after a sanity check here... I'm looking at flying the family (4 all adult fares) to NZ. Short flight so I don't need J Paying cash for my dates is $4230 return (EK then VA) Using MR I can send points to the respective programs (and already have some ready to go) So I can use ~200k...

No - patience grasshopper The first thing you will receive is the return of your certified documents. A few weeks after that you will get the ITIN letter

How on earth would Qantas be in a position to investigate another airline's hardware/maintenance records etc etc ??!

@Scarlett is this offered automatically, or do you need to ring up ? There's an itinerary with Ethiopian to ADD, then Etihad from ADD onwards. There is an 18h overnight layover in ADD, but the whole thing would be booked through Ethiopian...

One of the many convoluted options I've found has a 7.5hr overnight layover in ADD prior to the JRO-ADD flight. Would I be correct to assume that ADD is not a pleasant airport to try this in ? Would the business class lounges (if any) there make this an acceptable layover if family are involved ?

I’m looking at trying to get to Nairobi or JRO in late December, return early Jan, ex SYD I know it’s peak season Are there any tricks for cheap J flights ? I looked at starting in KUL/CGK/MNL/BKK but it wasn’t hugely different to just starting in Sydney after accounting for the extra flight…