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IMHO influencers only make money by "inflencees" following them and clicking on their social media account. Unfortunately, corporations are now rewarding influencers (by paying them directly or indirectly) with large number of "influencees" to flog their products / services!

He told me you are going back Fri morning but he is going back in the evening so we will try and catchup for an early dinner near Central before his train

A little birdie told me you are making an overnight train trip to Sydney to take advantage of this ;)

Public Service announcement: "Travel will be free for passengers on all rail services statewide including Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink, Airport Link and Metro from Thursday 31 July to Friday 1 August inclusive. From 12.01am Thursday 31 July to 11.59pm on Friday 1 August 2025, travel will be...

Even better that the NSW government pays for my gate fee to use Mascot station! Last night cost me $2.31 from Domestic to Mascot station, then $1.76 train home...so all up $4.07 (off peak) :)

Feel very sorry for the new wife ;)

Now the offer has been increased to 110,000 points!! https://americanexpress.com/en-au/referral/explorer?ref=kEVINCp8Pw&XL=MNMNS

This afternoon' offerings....I ordered both but the braised beef noodle soup was outstanding and the Dan Dan Vegetarian noodle soup less so....so left the Dan Dan noodle alone and ordered another beef noodles :)

Currently in the EK Akl lounge....wow it is big and pretty empty when I entered...couldn't figure out where to sit! Food (lunch) is good without being outstanding.[

Thinking about this more....referral bonuses eg cash / points will be reduced significantly for new credit card applicatios, and if there are much reduced SUBs, there will be less new credit card applications....blogs incl AFf, PHs, IFF etc which rely on credit card referrals are going to take a...

Another train to Mascot station, then bus to Sydney Domestic. Tapped on Opal card reader on bus @ Mascot bus station but no response. Asked bus driver who advised it wasn't working :) ;) All up cost me $3.76 (peak travel) to get to Sydney domestic airport. If I had taken the train all the way...

Well deserved!

At not insignificant inconvenience, I almost always take the train to / from Mascot train station, then I bus it to / from Sydney Domestic. I refuse to pay this extortionate gate fee of which a signficant chunk goes to the greedy NSW government!

Yes

I tend to go for a walk* every 2 o 3 hours so have never worn such stockings. * alright go to the toilet ;)

Behind a paywall unfortunately, and the 12 ft ladder is broken :( https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/credit-card-airline-points-could-be-wound-back-due-to-surcharge-ban-20250716-p5mfcg.html

https://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/community/threads/card-payment-sucharges-banned-in-australia-from-2026.115658/page-3#post-2883360

Whilst I have benefitted from SUBs myself, I'm not surprised they will get less. I would personally prefer no surcharges at the expense of large SUBs!

Did someone call? PS my drop with Velocity is complete...Platinum > Gold > Silver > Red ;)

I no longer fly Y overnight so not relevant for me ;)