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No. I got a confirmation email confirming the Presidents Circle status (which mentions 24-72 hours to apply the status) but after about 82 hours I'm still Five Star.

Is the suggestion that they should not book a flight and hope something comes up on the day of? Also, 29 December is not the same as 1-5 January. Late December is still bonenkai season.

Will send you a PM.

The thread I was reading suggested all online bookings in Japan behaved this way. Perhaps Hilton.com isn't capable of processing JPY payments so processing is done by the property, or maybe it's related to Amex transactions routing via JCB in Japan? Anyway, others reported success with Tokyo Bay...

Confirming this worked

I've read (but have no first hand experience) of government payments earning at the usual rate on US Amex cards. I'm just not sure the loss on forex is worth the marginal increase in earn.

For anyone struggling to find a flight back to Australia, SQ offers cheap one-way cash J fares out of most Japanese cities to east coast Aus - usually around $1.6-1.8k. Just need to find D class availability. (possibly an issue around peak periods NYE and cherry blossoms) If crediting to VA...

It's an interesting way to combat a declining population.

I love Locality! My wife and I took @Mattg there when we met in Singapore 😂 Believe it or not, their new digs are much easier to find (and much bigger) than their old hole in the wall with camping chairs lining an arcade! But the beer selection, decent prices (by SG standards), and very...

Bizarre, looks like they have loaded SYD-HND only, nothing for HND-SYD

What dates and how many seats

In which class 😁

Tokyo - per thread title :)

Definitely one guest + 2 kids for Qantas owned/operated lounges. https://www.qantas.com/au/en/qantas-experience/at-the-airport/airport-lounges/access.html#children From the link above: If you are considering flying JQ, do some research about the exact lounge arrangement at those ports. In...

777 scheduled and F awards wide open Oct 2024 - Mar 2025

Presumably partner + 2 kids? If kids are under 18, you could take all 4 people into the Qantas Club (domestic) or Qantas Business Lounge (international) using the Points Club Plus QC benefit when flying QF or JQ (note different terminals in SYD/MEL on JQ though) If you fly Qantas even a couple...

Basically yes, you also need a US phone number to receive verification texts. There's a few providers, some members use TextNow, Tello, T-Mobile, etc. Yes it's very simple, you call Amex AU to initiate the process. It takes one phone call, but the actual transfer takes 1-2 weeks. You can...

What is the Amex NZ MR earn rate per dollar spent, and usual transfer rate to Bonvoy?

One for Aspire holders: I stumbled on a Reddit thread about the Aspire resort credit reshuffle last year, and the challenges of the new credits only being applicable on non-prepaid rates. A few posters reported the $200 credit was still crediting on prepaid resort bookings in Japan - where...

Better off spending on the AU card and transferring to the US. $100k AUD spend on Aus card = 225k Aus MR 225k x 0.65 = 146k US MR (plus any retention bonuses!) vs $100k AUD spend directly on US card = 65k MR The only time it might make sense to spend on the US card is bonus categories like...