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True, thought those 75k points would've come in handy for a business one way to LA. Guess I'll just have to settle for economy. Talk about first world problems.

Awesome. Just got my card, time to stock up on giftcards for fuel.

Does anyone know if purchasing the eGift cards via the Cashrewards link will earn 3 points per dollar on Plat Edge Amex?

Sigh, I was a little too hopeful and didn't quite make the $7500 spend. Was about $2000 short by my 3rd statement. Luckily first year annual fee was free. Time to cancel.

Has anyone come across flights that you just don't seem to pop up on any flight search engine? I've been looking at internal flights within South America, specifically, MAO - LIM, but just couldn't find the flight my travel agent suggested on my quote. I know not all local/budget airlines appear...

Has anyone had issues booking business seats on Etihad with VA? I'm trying to book over the phone with my points and I've done the whole song and dance of looking online on the Etihad website and found dates with BusinessGuest seats available on 2nd Sept 2016, and they're telling me that those...

Hmm, this is pretty tempting. I'm heading there in July 2016. Just waiting on my travel agent to price up an LATAM airpass to see if it makes the flights around South America any cheaper. Some of the one way flights are just killer.

Thanks for clearing that up. The website is a little misleading and unclear when you go to apply for a supplementary card. It basically lets you apply for any of the cards, but I suspected as much as you'd said. Was worth a shot though. I might see if Amex will downgrade my Platinum Velocity to...

Could someone confirm if I could apply for a Platinum Edge card as a supplementary card to a Platinum Velocity? Or would I have to apply for the Platinum Edge as a separate card? I'm looking to maximise my points and after getting the Platinum Velocity for the 110k points, I'd really like to...

Ah dang, it was worth a shot.

Does anyone know if the cheque to self offers Citibank offers up every now and then attract reward points? Just applied for the ANZ Black offer to put some dental work on, and transfer the cheque over for potentially double point earn!

I just got the same. I'm hoping it's not because I just applied for an Amex last month. And I'm safely over the 75k income requirement. I'm about to get some major dental done, so there's the 7.5k spend easily done. *curse dentists :evil:* *Update: Checked my email this morning and I'm happy...

Re: ING $75 for signing up :) Damn! I just saw this while trawling through old threads. I freaking JUST signed up for an ING account last night. But I haven't finalised it yet. I still have to go into Aus Post to verify my ID. Wonder if I can just reapply or add it to my current application?

I'm doing the same as you and planning a trip to South America, but I'll be heading over in July/August for the games and backpacking. My plan of attack is to fly in via USA. I'm doing PER-AUH-JFK on EY, then flying into UIO. I'm using my Velocity points and found that the Virgin website won't...

I did Hawaii in Dec 2014, only there for about 5 days. If you haven't booked accommodation, I recommend looking on AirBnB. We stayed on the east side of Oahu, in Waimānalo. Saved over $1000 by not staying on Waikiki, plus we didn't have to pay for a valet when we rented a car, parked right...

I'm excited to join this convo! I finally managed to secure tickets to the Opening Ceremony. My friends and I have been planning to do these Olympics since we were teens, we all turn 30 next year, so it was a fitting way to celebrate leaving our 20s and 15+ years of friendship. We were a little...

I'm pretty stoked to finally qualify to post on this thread! I got my card by using kamchatsky's link back in May (thanks!) and now here's mine :) Referral link HERE!

I got one! But thanks for the suggestion. Regrettably, I wasted tons of my reward points on my old Citi platinum card on a bunch of lousy JB hifi gift cards before I realised I could've transferred them over to VA. And of course, now I'm short of the 20k min to transfer my leftover points...

Thanks for the link, that'll be handy as I'm planning on doing Easter Island too. I spoke to a LANTAM rep at one of those travel expos (which was largely useless!) and she said if I booked a flight into SA with a LANTAM codeshare, I could get an "airpass" or whatever they're called now...

Hi, so I'm planning to go to South America/US next year and flying home from JFK. I'll be doing JFK - PER, and hoping to use my points for a J or F seat. I'll be flying in Sept 2016, so obviously seats aren't out yet, but I wanted to confirm a few things so I'm ready to jump on a seat as soon as...