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    Amex "I'm going to cancel my card" - bonus points given thread.

    Annual fee due in just over a month, called to check on any offers. Haven't had any luck past few years getting anything. Account services were adamant there was nothing they could do and told me there was no one else I could talk to. Hung up and called cancellations, they offered 50k pts, which...
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    Amex IAP (International Airline Program) on JAL ex-AU?

    I booked a JAL J fare to Europe about a month ago. The fare was about 10% (PE discount was a little less) lower than anywhere else I could find including directly with JAL. If you are booking more than one sector each way (ie beyond HND), IAP may not be able to match the routings you can get...
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    AMEX Platinum Charge Benefits - Q&A

    I would bet the house that the hotel would find an excuse to alter the exchange rate should it move against them...
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    Terminal 3 Silverkris Business Lounge (not *G lounge)

    I was there on thursday night, it was overflowing with every single seat taken, people standing around and some were actually sitting on the window frames. The F section was also at capacity. Around midnight however, it emptied out significantly. I might be wrong but I suspect premium cabins on...
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    Amex "I'm going to cancel my card" - bonus points given thread.

    In case anyone is wondering if the retention offer improves after you actually cancel... Annual fee due soon on Plat Charge so I called a week ago and inquired about retention incentives, was offered 25k pts (nothing offered last year and my spending dropped 33% this past year). Rang and...
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    Qantas - what will Coronavirus mean in the medium term?

    QF's last update forecasts a possible $100-150m hit to profits in the second half - although I would think most of that loss would be forecast to come from the Asian routes. Given the sharp drop in it's share price since then I would say most investors are betting that figure is somewhat...
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    AMEX - Shop Small November 2019

    To be fair though Ive noticed a lot of retailers are now charging surcharges to use any credit cards (and occassionally debits too), and about a third of the time the charge is higher for Amex. I thought the RBA surcharge reforms were meant to (directly or otherwise) reduce the cost for...
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    Delayed flight - what happens ?

    In my limited experience with QF (low status); 1. Delay of about 20 hrs SYD-LHR in F (using miles), 2 cab charges, room at Pullman (I'm pretty sure cabin class affects which hotel you get) plus meal voucher. Very organised F lounge staff sorted everthing. On arrival in LHR (we landed around...
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    Experience booking hotels through Amex?

    I use Amex for booking hotels half the time; I find their competitiveness depends on the rate type you are booking. If you are after a flexible rate, or are willing to pay a higher rate for more benefits, Amex FHR can offer significantly better value than any other site, even booking direct...
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    Why I am ditching QF F/J longhaul, despite loving it.

    I avoid QF if I can nowadays, at their inflated price point the product/service on offer is, IMHO well below the competition. When I get desperate for status credits to retain some lounge access on one world I will bite the bullet. Ive found cabin crew in F to be excellent, regardless of...
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    What takes people from Qantas ?

    Points plus Pay allows you to burn your points at a ridiculously low rate of 0.65c per mile/point on any available revenue seat - this is at best around 27.5% of the price they charge you to top up your points. At these prices I doubt many people would be using it other than in small chunks to...
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    What takes people from Qantas ?

    QF is an overhyped marketing phenomenon. I only fly for work once a year and company policy is Y, so I have to top up the difference to fly J. For leisure I like to treat myself in F/J. When its your own money, you tend to pay more attention to value for money, and that’s where QF falls short...
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    Upgrade family member

    Pretty sure you can upgrade anyone (friend or relative). If you log into your KF account, and enter her PNR and surname, the booking should come up. If the fare is eligible for upgrades, you should see an option there. Otherwise just call the KF call center and they should be able to sort you out.
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    Qantas Delays/Cancellations

    I was on QF1 on March 2/3, in F. Apparently there were no avail seats on other airlines that night so most if not all pax had to cop it. Accommodation in Sydney was the Pullman Airport (with $50 credit), with two cabcharges. AFAIK all passengers were offered accom, the $50 hotel credit and cab...
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    Qantas flight delay compensation QF2 and QF1

    Thanks fellas. I'm not talking about legislative compensation such as EU261, nor about the meals/hotels etc which they should and do provide in the event of delays; but more about what QF would call "goodwill" gestures. In the past 4 years Ive been on 4 delayed QF long haul flights varying from...
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    Qantas flight delay compensation QF2 and QF1

    Hi all, There was a thread about 4 years ago about QF compensation for delayed flights; with the recent QF2 Dubai-Sydney delay (up to 72 hours for some) over the new year more recently QF1 SYD-LHR on March 2 being delayed by 21 hours, I was wondering if anyone here was on one of those flights...
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    sweet suites

    I redeem about 2 roundtrip flights a year for family (same surname) and the occasional friend (not travelling with me) on SQ. SQ have some restrictions on redemption nominee updates so I would say they are somewhat less susceptible to point brokers. Never had any issues, although it helps if you...
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    Shop Small 16-18 September 2016

    Some merchants have said that they get charged a set fee for each credit card transaction (in addition to the % charge on the spend amount), something in the region of 30-70c (or more), which is why a lot of merchants now have a "min spend" before they will accept ANY CCs.
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    Istanbul advice sought, please

    If its not too late; the Park Hyatt Macka Palas isnt a bad choice for hotels. Big rooms, plush furnishing. Nice upmarket area up on a hill (walking distance to , and the rates seem to be very good (around 190 euros incl tax) for June. I stayed there 3 years ago and rates were double that.
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    London City to London Heathrow - AA Award

    Ive done the LCY - LHR transfer in a car service (with a 4 hr window). It is the easiest way given there's no need to drag your luggage everywhere. However the journey took almost 2 hours, although that was because I had an absolute muppet of a driver that took me on a circumnavigation of London...
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