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    28° Mastercard Cash Advances while overseas [No more free cash advances from 1/1/14]

    Don't ask over the phone - mail in the new credit limit request form. I asked over the phone after they gave me the standard $1000 limit and they refused to change it. A few days later I sent in the form requesting a $7500 limit and it was approved a week or so later. I've had no problems...
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    annual fee waived - how?

    I had exactly the opposite experience. Called and told them that I had moved overseas, and that although I'd like to keep the card it wasn't worth the annual fee ($150 or something like that). They offered to waive it without me specifically asking them to, and of course I accepted. From...
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    How long for Taxi charges to appear on Amex?

    I had one appear on my Amex earlier this year, about 2 months after I'd moved to the US. I'm presuming it was a charge from a few months earlier, but queried it to try and confirm. About 6 weeks later Amex advised the charge had been withdrawn... In general I've had them take up to a month...
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    Cheapest way to "spend on Qantas services"

    The Frequent Flyer points "top-up" worked for me - $20 for 500 points and it counted as a Qantas spend, although it did take over a week for it to appear on my Amex statement. Just be aware that you can only "top-up" once per year, so if you're expecting that you might need to do it for real at...
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    Qantas Premium Card - 5 bonus points/dollar at Domayne

    Looking at the points on my new Qantas Premium card a few days ago I noticed that I had been given a bonus 5 points/dollar for a purchase from Domayne. Over the weekend I was buying a new notebook, so rather than getting it from the place I intended I went to Domayne, and sure enough a total of...
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    US credit card for Australians (expats) without credit history/score

    Try going to www.apply123.com and using the code AAATA Apparently it's related to American Australian Association (which also has a direct link to it on the homepage).
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