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Were the merchants trying to scam you with DCC?

My dad left a nearly new phone in either GMP or ICN and they found it, but they said the only way to retrieve it was to go back in person.

They think the RBA is stupid, which they were for creating this mess in the first place.

Not PNR exactly, but when you cancel certain BA tickets, they sometimes change the first segment to a flight from Røst, Norway to Urgun, Afghanistan.

lol. This is completely useless to me as my year ends on 30 Sep and I've not credited anything to QF this year - as all my flying this year has been on redemptions or oneworld flights that earn almost nothing in QF. Even though it's only 40 SCs, if they were credited to my next year, that would...

I wouldn't be buying at this price unless there was a specific redemption in mind.

Well some of the merchants I am talking about don't really serve tourists and if they are selling a product for delivery they may only accept an Aus address. They may use address matching for "fraud protection" and as my UK cards are registered to my UK address they will fail. If a merchant has...

This happened in the UK too - before I boycotted Amazon, I bought something from them in the UK, priced in GBP, using a UK card , and got stung 3% because the transaction was processed in Luxembourg. That was nearly 20 years ago, but I think it may still happen today on cards from various...

Had a problem with an offer 3 weeks ago. Day 1: I asked Mandy for human. Typed my problem. No response all day Day 2 morning: Sorry. Our wait times are a little longer than expected at the moment. Day 2 afternoon: Do you still need help? Day 3 morning: Sorry. Our wait times are a little...

That's not the reason. You just described how it works under the old system. A check out on 31 Dec 2023 will always post in 2024, but the night will count to 2023. Under the old system you got lounge access for the rest of the year in which you selected it, and the next year. Under the current...

Reward nights are counted towards milestone bonuses. Points&cash does not exist with IHG. When you book what IHG calls "points&cash", you merely purchase the points then instantly redeem them for a full reward night that is indistinguishable from any other reward night. Lounge passes do not...

Yeah, but this is specifically called a "free visa" and it has an application fee.

How is it free if there is an application fee?

With IHG, points&cash rates are not related to the cash rates but only to the points rates. When you book a points&cash rate, you immediately purchase the excess points needed, at a rate of around 0.6 US cents each, then make a normal award booking. You can't refund the points that you...

What is their reasoning for not wanting to ban surcharges online? You can't use cash or eftpos online. Does NZ still do POLI and want to encourage insecure payments?

Was the hotel fully occupied? I've had presidential suites a few times but only because every other room was full and I had the highest status including some internal metric out of everyone staying that night.

Assuming this refers to Aus, if merchants are paying 0.8% on average, why are hotels and restaurants charging us 2%?

Interchange is the fee that the merchant's bank pays to the customer's bank. It is not the fee that merchants pay to accept cards. In the UK interchange on credit cards is limited to 0.3%, but merchants can still be paying transaction fees of 1-2%, just like in Australia. In the UK Amex can be...

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QF has to treat all other OW members the same and can only give additional benefits to QF elites - which is, after all, what QR is doing