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    Strategy to obtain US Amex

    Do they ask about you being overseas ? There are a few threads on Reddit where people have been told the answer was to fly back to the US and activate the card there !!!
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    Strategy to obtain US Amex

    Has anyone added a Cap1 card to Apple Pay ? When I try from iOS Wallet, it adds, but then verification options are the Cap1 App and a phone number. The phone number just has a recorded message saying "follow instructions on the app" (!) The App fails to verify, saying "We cannot activate your...
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    Strategy to obtain US Amex

    Tello doesn’t require you to upload your ID
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    Strategy to obtain US Amex

    I tried referring P2 for her first GT using my personal link and it didn’t work - had to use the generic offers
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    Strategy to obtain US Amex

    Has anyone opened a checking account with a non-Amex non-community bank, online with ITIN only ?
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    Air Canada Aeroplan reinstates Family sharing

    It was paused a while ago due to issues with fraud; if you had an existing pool it continued to work, you just couldn't create a new one Now you can create a new pool, but there is currently no way to add a minor who doesn't have a US or Canadian passport Unless you happen to live in Paris...
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    Air Canada Aeroplan reinstates Family sharing

    How are non-US minors supposed to get their accounts verified if you don’t live near one of the 3 airports listed ??!
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    Strategy to obtain US Amex

    Do they then make TU and Experian scores available for you online going forward ? Or is it a one off thing ?
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    Strategy to obtain US Amex

    How does this work in practice? HSBC when called doesn’t flag that the account was opened with Australian addresses a few weeks ago and then changed to US addresses ?
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    Strategy to obtain US Amex

    Now that old mate(s) have gutted the IRS and abandoned all governance, I wonder if concern re complying with W9/W7/W8 stipulations are no longer warranted ?!
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    Strategy to obtain US Amex

    Yes but that's 2.25 only right ? We don't get 3x, 4x like some of the US cards ?
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    Strategy to obtain US Amex

    Does a > 2.25x multiplier for Amex exist in Australia ??
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    Strategy to obtain US Amex

    With the AUD so coughpy, is anyone still putting spend on US cards just for multipliers (eg 3x for travel) after the SUB has already been attained ?
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    Strategy to obtain US Amex

    What did you put down as your answers ?
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    Strategy to obtain US Amex

    Hmm As part of setting up the C1 checking account, it asks "Have you been notified by the IRS that you're subject to backup withholding" (No) "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...
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    Strategy to obtain US Amex

    For those who have opened checking accounts with cash offers, how have you successfully done the 2 required deposits ? C1 emailed me an offer, but it specifically says “Wire transfers, ACH credits, and funds transfers initiated using Capital One’s website or mobile app are not considered a...
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    Strategy to obtain US Amex

    I had uploaded the interim (7d) statement and waited a week before calling…
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    Strategy to obtain US Amex

    Yes a few of us have got that letter. I think we’ve all ignored it, and so far so good
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    Strategy to obtain US Amex

    No choice at this point; question is do I wait until this application expires and start afresh, or tack it onto the end of the current application
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    Strategy to obtain US Amex

    Interesting how random the address verification requirement is for a GT... With my GT last year, they initially asked for it, then with HUCA, just verified my Aus card number and approved it. With my wife's first GT they haven't budged with repeated HUCA I uploaded an interim banking...
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