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My preferred solution was a giant custard cannon that would take a picture of the offender after it had coated them in custard. That would then be automatically projected onto a digital billboard over the M2 with a banner reading, "Shame! Shame! Shame!". I suppose this will have to do instead.

I agree, I can't think of any other situation where you're told one price then charged a higher one and it's OK. The worst is the Lightspeed terminals, they're completely silent about the surcharge, not displaying a warning or the adjusted price at any time. The only way you'd know it happened...

What really kicked it up into high gear was when the payment service providers starting building the surcharge system into the payment terminal software. Before that it was a hassle to add it on and far fewer places did it. But once it was in the software it became much easier and the providers...

In Phnom Penh today and Roamless is connected to Metfone with the internet breakout in Singapore. Everything is working quite well and I like how the Flex credit is just gradually chipped away at, but if I don't use it all it just sits there for next time. Previously I've often been buying eSIMs...

As long as it's small enough to fit under the seat in front of you. https://www.easyjet.com/en/help/baggage/cabin-bags

Thinking about this a bit more, I think I like these changes, assuming that as it plays out there's a lot of encouragement around the one-up-one-down rule. All the enforcement lately has focussed on weight, which is really not the problem. Even if every bag coming on to the aircraft only weighed...

Sure, but the point of these rule changes is to reduce the amount of cabin baggage and if it really was just people taking two handbags plus personal item there would have been no problem either.

I've got to admit, up until today I had no idea the "two small pieces plus personal item" option even existed! I don't know how much difference it's going to make as I can't really think of a situation where I've seen people trying to get two rollaboards plus a personal item onboard, so this...

Im giving Roamless a try in Singapore today. I've had some discount codes for it sitting around for a while. I'm using the Flex option where there's a rate for each country and it just gradually uses up your dollar credits. All seems to be working really well, the internet breakout is in...

So are a lot of unpleasant things like overflowing garbage bins, rats on the streets and pretty crime, but we take measures to reduce and eliminate those. This is no different.

Hmm, another quirk I've just noticed, my ALL Signature used to appear in the app as well under Paid Cards, but now doesn't seem to. Anyone else with both Plus and Signature noticed this?

Yep, I'm finding this a bit frustrating. Previously you just opened up the app and there was your card to show. Now there's two cards in the app (one right at the front and one buried further within) with different numbers and you show different cards depending on the circumstance. I suspect...

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...