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I see Macquarie have both a transaction account and a savings account. As far as I can see, both are fee-free on overseas transactions and overseas ATM cash withdrawals. Main difference seems to be the interest rate. Am I missing something?

If you convert a number of physical cards to digital cards and add them to your wallet, do they remain as individual cards/amounts or do they get combined into one digital card with the combined balance?

I've been waiting for the dreaded email to arrive but so far nothing. I have been using the ex-CitiPlus account regularly since the migration so is it possible that active accounts will be treated differently? Probably wishfull thinking.

I've also used the Assistance Request Form and SQ extended the validity of my points by 12 months so they wouldn't expire. I think it's better to use the form rather than ring so that you get through to someone with the authority to give you the answer you desire.

OK, so looks like it's a cultural thing in S America. Looking back at our Aegean flight, the first half of the flight was nice and smooth; the second half was far rougher than any other flight I've been on. I'm sure our neighbour wasn't the only one using rosary beads.

No, but I've driven in Italy so I understand your comment.

Never been on a flight where the pax have clapped but the lady next to us on an Aegean flight had her rosary beads in hand and blessed herself 5 times when we landed in Rhodes.

While all valid points (pardon the pun), I'll wait until there is a 20x points offer. While YMMV, I don't need QF points that badly for me to take up this offer.

Yes indeed, thank you for pointing that out. So, on a $100 card you get 1,000 WOW points, or $5, after paying a fee of $5.95! Tell 'em they're dreaming! (The $50 cards are even worse.) Of course, you could convert your 1,000 WOW points to 500 QF; they're still dreaming!

I can't see the fee clearly; is it $5.95 on the Vanilla cards?

Bummer

Can we Australians use a IDP issued in Germany? Would be nice if we could.

I've done the withdrawal and re-contribution strategy a couple of times in my self-managed super fund. Assuming you are over 60 (tax-free withdrawals), past your preservation age and stick within the contribution caps, etc... the contribution will go into your accumulation account (best if the...

Perhaps it's time to sit down with a qualified and independent advisor?

Fortunately I have managed to train a couple of local establishments in how to accept them.

To add to the annoyance (and assuming you bought a restaurant gift card that has a value of $100): If your restaurant bill is more than the value of the card you will have to get them to enter $100 into the machine, swipe and enter the PIN, then pay the remainder with another or alternative...

Well, the A220 already appears to be having an impact. From late October there are many days with Classic Rewards available (in both Y and J); certainly far more than was showing a couple of weeks ago when almost everything was Classic Plus. Of course the number of points has also increased...

Especially if your flight from DPS is delayed...

I am/was aware of the 717 & 737 doing SYD-CFS on occasions and thought I had seen the 220 on a couple of occasions as well; but perhaps my memory is not what it used to be. Either way, I'll be pleased to have the choice of J classic awards and the extra capacity should also help with Y awards.

The 220 has made a number of appearances between SYD and CFS over the past couple of years but it's good to see it locked in as Classic awards on the Q400 are becoming scarce, especially close in. Classic Plus in Y on the Q400 starts from around 18,600 and goes as high as 25,800, while a...