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Oh yes, good point. I'd forgotten about the US system of doing it. I think they're the only country (that I know of) that doesn't do outbound immigration checks.

ADL and CBR have that as well. I'd be curious to know what airports overseas are doing the co-mingling of domestic and international passengers. I don't think I've ever seen it.

So everything seems to have updated and applied to my account correctly, but I have noticed a quirk. My membership number seems to have changed. I've noticed this happen with going up and down status levels in the past as well and it's a bit confusing. Hasn't caused me any issues just yet but it...

One of the problems the RBA pointed to in the initial consultation paper was the Payment Service Providers were bundling in other services (supposedly for free) into the cost of their services, things like inventory management software etc. Effectively masking the cost of these services into the...

I think this is partly also because the surcharges are the bit the consumer sees and the bit that will impact them. Most consumers wouldn't even know what an interchange fee is.

Just got a reminder email from Cashrewards to go in and withdraw any money I've got waiting in there. I'm sad to see them go and I think they're handling this shutdown a hell of a lot better than most businesses that have to abruptly close down. I guess that's the benefit of deciding to...

Just got a success email for VA569 SYD-PER tonight. Bid was just $140 (this flight is usually fairly lightly loaded), so for a five hour flight I'm pretty happy with that.

For the curious, the responses to the latest round of consultation on the proposed reforms have now been published on the RBA's website. There's obviously quite a few that are just restating their position from previous consultations, but also quite a few submissions from interested individuals...

From my read of it, you'd need to make it a 51¢ transaction so that it gets rounded up. A 1¢ would get rounded down to zero, and a $4.25 transaction would be rounded down to $4.

I've still got a few to be approved, but I'm guessing their database servers are going to be spending the whole day (and probably some of the night) churning through these transactions moving them into Approved, so I'm not worried, still plenty of time, I'll check back in on it tomorrow afternoon.

I've noticed one other small, but positive change. A few years ago AmEx changed how the points were calculated, They use to round the cents of a transaction the nearest dollar, then calculated the points. They switched to removing the cents, then calculating the points. So $4.75 would be...

Just got the email now. It also notes that the Amazon Prime rebate is ending this year. That's a bit disappointing, I found that quite useful as it had been something I was paying for already and now I was getting it rebated. I hope they replace it with something else, but who knows.

Would also eliminate the need to ask the hotel to spread the payment over two or three cards, to get the offer on each.

Having done a bit of searching on them I think they're pretty new (like only three months or so) and perhaps I'm being a little harsh pointing out everything that's missing when they're just getting up and running. I wish them well, more competition is always great and drives others to do better...

That one is missing a whole raft of travel providers that are on the other platforms, like Accor, Virgin, Singapore Airlines, Expedia, Air New Zealand, Agoda, Booking.com. Hell, even large department store providers like Myer and Amazon are missing.

For those that have a card other than Platinum (such as Explorer or Edge) the addition of Everyday Rewards will give them a route to transfer points to QFF.

I haven't got it yet either, I'm guessing they're getting sent out in waves.

I think if they were going to do that they would have announced it at the same time, to soften the blow.

Interview with minister about the proposed "minimum set of standard" for aviation. There's some discussion about a proper pay-on-delay scheme but the minister argues against it claiming that it would push up ticket prices. (Ignore the displayed headline, the interview is in the ABC's News Live...

I'm pretty sure there's always been some warning in the past of these sort of changes. For example, when Krisflyer and Emirates transfers were devalued, there was three months advance notice. Obvious caveat though, past performance not an indicator of future returns, so to speak.