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    Disappearing Hotel Booking

    I don’t work in IT but I’m struggling to see how a system could create this error. Bizarre. Where they booked very closely together?
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    Buying a cheap ski home in Japan

    The benefit of it being such an insignificant cost is that you aren’t tied down, the same way you might feel you need to make use of it. $15k, in the scheme of multiple trips. Means I am happy to go elsewhere to ski still. I also have the “benefit” of little kids crippling my ability to tour...
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    Buying a cheap ski home in Japan

    They are busier but not really packed on weekends. We looked at houses but they come with a lot of maintenance issues that are available time and cost. Apartments come with fees but these are, to an extent, predictable.
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    Buying a cheap ski home in Japan

    Hi, feel free to PM me. It’s a long process that’s unique to Japan and the individual. Buying in Japan takes patience above all
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    Credit Card Offers Amex Platinum Card Benefits, Offers & Discussion

    You can use your dining credit as it’s calendar year I suspect the travel one would be pushing the friendship.
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    Credit Card Offers Amex Platinum Card Benefits, Offers & Discussion

    Your referral offer tends to change randomly. I’ve had 6 or so people use my link and tell me the amounts at it changes, even on the same day.
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    Flight Centre - need advice please

    Absolutely it’s allowed, as long as the online price did not say that it was the in store price. The agent needs to make some money to eat.
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    What to do about noshows?

    I suspect the sarcastic applause would not encourage them.
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    Family trip to Japan - Tokyo and ski adventure

    You definitely need to get onto a better card for your next overseas trip. Then you just get cash out at any normal atm, like in the millions of 7-11 around Japan etc. would save about 10% going off that machine rate
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    What to do about noshows?

    You just start the round of applause when they show up.
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    SQ Tips, Trips and Tales

    Having things in the PNR won’t make them protected. You want them on the same ticket/booking. And I doubt SQ will be able to do it.
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    PER Dinner/drinks 7 Feb 2025

    I’ll be in Japan; have a great time! Sorry to miss you
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    How does Accor treat you as an Elite guest?

    Coming from Perth it wasn’t as bad as it could have been. The person who arrived after us while we were checking in was livid. The had been travelling 48 hours they said, then walked to the hotel after the auto-hang-up twice. And it was a warm night so they were dripping in sweat. Might email...
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    HSBC increasing credit card annual fees on 11/3/25

    I’ve held many dozens of cards and I’ve never had a special mail out for this reason. I can’t see why this would be different
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    HSBC increasing credit card annual fees on 11/3/25

    If it does, it will usually start being printed on statements upcoming. I don’t understand why everyone is hand wringing over “not being informed” as if this isn’t how pretty much every card operates. Once the first few statements this year come out I’m sure we’ll know if there’s something in them.
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    How does Accor treat you as an Elite guest?

    Stayed at the Novotel Mel Airport on Saturday night. No status I think. Free night with Accor plus. So I guess I must be at least silver. Perfectly fine for a short stay, just needed a dark room with a bed and it was all that. My main gripe was getting there- they say to call a number for the...
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    Amex Platinum $200 "Dining credit" towards a list of Global Restaurants

    A few cubes of ice normally fixes it
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    Amex Platinum $200 "Dining credit" towards a list of Global Restaurants

    I tried Hearth again, first time in a while (basically since opening), and the degustation was excellent! Really great use of flavours and a decent experience.
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    What cheeses me off

    You’ve be surprised, when some people demand answers they tend to get more than the short shrift given to the public.
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    What cheeses me off

    I feel that one is worthy of a computer to your MP or an FOI or something, if you have the time and heart to do it. That’s disgusting
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