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Yes I was processing a six figure amount and normally ring up security as they have put a stop on the card before and I put other work transactions on it. I didn't want to cause a fuss and wanted to fly low on the radar but the Citi girl basically said the ATO payments dont earn the points. I...

Warning: Citibank Security called today and indicated that ATO payments may not earn points anymore (at least on Citibank Select Cards):!::!::!:. I have a rather large firm BAS tomorrow to pay which I normally try to clear with security in the first place. I asked them for information on where...

Hi Guys.... just lurking here again.... This thread is so valuable to me I have to check back every week or so to see what new games people are playing... I have said it before here but I query if this can all last... I am racking up so many points from business expenses and cashing them in...

I am someone in a similar position... having spent > 12 odd years studying training, scrounging etc, I am now somewhat suddenly in higher income bracket which means I get wacked. The tax system doesn't seem to cater for this, encouraging instead slow continuous earning. I originally contributed...

Re: Amex: Turn your recurring bills into ongoing rewards..1K bonus points per partner Yes, although off topic this is one of the core things that grate on me at the moment... They love the politics of envy sound bite to say "oh those wealthy dudes can afford it etc etc" but never seem to...

Now those figures are impressive.... and I thought I was blowing their systems... Last time they said they thought I might be money laundering.... I said "Common guys, who is going to money launder with the ATO". It is time I pushed our accounts department for payment of other ATO taxes so I...

Hi Cove & others, Thanks to this list, I set up Citi Select about 6 months ago and have had great returns from the ATO BAS. The drop in ATO fees is just a sweet bonus. However, when it comes time to pay our firms BAS it normally blows the Citibank systems. Last time they put a pseudo stop on...

Thanks Cove for the idea of $50K per day. It is a real pain when the card is stopped & it is being used to run up other business expenses... Kind of throws a real dangerous spanner in the works.... I try to keep things running smoothly below the radar here. I assume the telephone betty @ the...

Thanks Cove for the great 0.48% news update, this make it an even more attractive carrot.... looks like another mega tax payment time.... The last one caused Citi to suspend my preloaded card (they thought I was money laundering with the tax office!:lol:). Citi call center is definitely worse...

I have also been getting this message for the last week or so & there internet rewards system has been totally shut down. When I called I was able to claim a reward over the phone, however not being able to do this on line is a pain. I have taken on board Cove's previous comments not to expect...

I would like to second (or third?) Cove's comments. As a newbie lurker on the site I have learnt so much about my introduction to the world of frequent flyer points. I also wanted to particularly thank Cove and others for their educational inputs to newbie's discovering the frequent flyer...

I don't think this is right. The merchant CC company picks up the fee for use of their CC facilities. The customer CC company hands out the points. Interestingly the tax office merchant fee is about 0.65c in the dollar, but citibank's customer points appear to be 1.2c per $ so there is a...

Thanks Cove for your thoughts. I am still suspicious though. Say you can millions of points per year, the transactions flowing regularly through your account has got to get someones attention, especially when I start clocking significant redemptions. @1c min that is $10K of value per $mil, &...

Cove, being new to this points game and just having my initial experience at firing up mega Citi Select points, I have been contemplating how the CC company makes a dollar out of it? I can obviously see how the money is made on the merchant side, but on the customer side I am confused. I crank...

Hi Guys, Activated my Citi Select card today and made first of my daily $10K points. Thanks to you all (especially Cove) for the helpful info on this site. Just need to move onto Tax payments next. :D Also thanks for the pointers on paying/pre-loading the Citi Card. Shall try the BPAY option as...

No, the big source is another AU Govt institution that doesn't accept Amex. but who we pay >$10K a day to (ie MC/Visa), but who don't surcharge. Hence I am stuck with uncapped Citi Select or need to investigate Westpac Kris Visa (i thought they only gave 2/3 per point?). I am also keen to ease...

Thanks Cove for the update. I am very interested in how to most efficiently preload the Citi Select card for ATO payments. (as per your Re: ATO (tax office) payments by credit card thread which I am monitoring with interest). If a solution cant be found than shall start a westpac amex...

So I assume you are saying you cant preload your Citibank Select card? Thats going to cause some difficulties with the big payments....

Thanks Cove for the great info (and your other great contributions to the site which I have been digesting recently). Have applied for an initial Citi Select card for the Visa payments. Interested in your attempts to easily preload this card. This site also has alerted me to ATO Amex and my...

Thanks for the prompt reply. So you are suggesting Citibank Select (?) is the best card to sign up for (with the $750 fee)? I am keen to set up the whole transaction so it is done by the firm with daily matching payments. I assume this will even itself out over time. I just want to extract the...