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    LATAM award availability

    I have noticed that they have really dried up the other way. SCL to SYD/MEL. I am getting alerts on Seats Aero but can't see them.
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    Africa: Suggestions for a safari experience on a Budget?

    From my recent experience in Victoria Falls there are a number of tour operators who are all well organized for cruises on the Zambezi etc. However I did find the place very expensive and a real tourist trap. Eg entry into the park to see the Falls was US$30 ( x 4 in my case). If you want to...
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    ATO (tax office) payments by credit card

    Cove is correct when referring to top marginal rate in 2011/12. If your income is above the $180,000 threshold and therefore your marginal tax rate is 45% + 1.5% Medicare them you are also paying the 1% flood levy making the top marginal rate 47.5%.
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    ATO (tax office) payments by credit card

    Just paid my $27,500 PAYG on the NAB Amex for 1.5 points per dollar uncapped. Surcharge of $343.75 which is tax deductible therefore costs me $183.91 after tax. Get to leave the $27,500 in the mortgage offset account for 45 days saving $27,500 x 6.97%/3365x45 = $236.31 interest. Therefore...
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    Tiger airways simply the worst airline

    I have flown with them approximately 10 - 15 times. Have arrived at ADL at 6:00am for an 8am flight, checked in and then been informed of a 6 hour delay. Have had a mixed bag with other flights but the last one was the final straw for my wife. We flew ADL - MEL for the football. While there we...
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    any special offer on NAB Qantas credit card?

    The NAB Platinum Qantas card has 1.5 points per dollar for Amex unlimited spend and 2points per $3 unlimited spend for visa. Thats what I went for because it was convenient with my other banking.
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    Disneyland and LA/Anaheim

    My wife and 2 kids ( now 9 & 7) stayed at Howard Johnson Anaheim in April 2007. Close to Mimi's , McDonalds and less than 10 mins walk to the Disneyland maingate. Last time we hired a car and drove to Universal Studios, Legoland, Seaworld (the Shamu show was my personal favourite and one of the...
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    Gamble Taken and Lost

    I booked a return Adelaide to LA on V Australia on 5th July, 2009 for my wife and I and our 2 children for a total fare of $5,330 and obviously paid at the time. 1 AU$ was US$0.98 and it was a really cheap fare so I thought I had deal of the century. ( the Qantas equivalent at the time on the...
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    problem booking with Best flights

    Last year when I was ripped off by an agent I approached AFTA and they just ignored me. They did not respond to my snail mail, email or phone calls however they discussed my complaint with the agent in question as the agent told me when they took delight in pointing out to me that it is no...
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    25% Bonus on Transfers to Hilton Hhonors

    I tried to take advantage of the 25% bonus points on transfer from Membership rewards to Hilton Honors which is available from 1st October, 2008 to 31st December, 2008. It says on the Amex website that the bonus points would be posted to your Hilton Hhonors account 2 weeks after the transfer...
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    Tiger Airways 1st BDAY SALE!!!

    Looks like that is the problem. It was a NAB Gold Rewards card. I checked and this time last year when I booked none of these charges were applied.
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    Tiger Airways 1st BDAY SALE!!!

    I purchased a couple of ADL - MEL returns to go to the football in Melbourne and received charges on my credit card for foreign currency translation. I have booked half a dozen flights at least on TT and never had this happen before.
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    any special offer on NAB Qantas credit card?

    Before you click on the link it shows you next to it in the benefits column that a NAB Gold Qantas card is included as a benefit of the choice package. If platinum was included it would show that as a benefit. It refers to a selection of cards but does not state what that selection includes...
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    any special offer on NAB Qantas credit card?

    That must be some relationship! Do you have compromising pictures of the CEO or something? Care to enlighten us on how us mere fee paying choice package mortals can go about getting the Platinum card fee waived.
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    any special offer on NAB Qantas credit card?

    The website says that the choice package includes no annual fee on selected NAB Credit Cards (including Gold Cards). NAB - Home Loan Choice Package The Qantas Platinum Card is not one of the selected NAB Credit Cards (and it is not Gold). The key word is "selected" and as your quote above...
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    any special offer on NAB Qantas credit card?

    All references to a credit card included in the choice package refer to Gold Cards only. (as this was until recently the best card they had available.) They do not say all cards are free. I only spoke to my "banker" who looks after my business loan and personal banking. I did not make the...
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    any special offer on NAB Qantas credit card?

    I have a choice package which includes a free Gold Rewards Visa (worth $145.50). I have enquired as to whether a Platinum Card would be included and after investigating for a couple of days they said no. Even after I pointed out that I had spent $95,000 on Amex in the last 12 months ( on an...
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    GSM Sim card for USA & Canada

    We purchased the AT & T US simcard as we were only on the West Coast USA. We used the option that if you made a call you paid a $1 for the day and all calls were then $0.10 a minute. Calls between my wife's mobile and mine were then unlimited free for the day. As you pay for the calls you...
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    GSM Sim card for USA & Canada

    My wife and I used one of these each last year on the West Coast and will get another couple for the East Coast next year and it worked perfectly. ekit phonecard and mobile homepage Next day delivery here in Australia is possible.
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