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    Passport Renewal / Application - Time Taken?

    Child passport renewal timeframe: Submitted 14th Feb Ready to ship 23rd Feb Delivered 26th Feb
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    Passport Renewal / Application - Time Taken?

    Has anyone renewed a child's passport lately? How long did it take? Thanks!
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    St George Rewards Signature KrisFlyer Devaluation

    Anyone still having issues, you can call 1300489586. Abit of a wait on the line, but I have managed to transfer my points out.
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    St George Rewards Signature KrisFlyer Devaluation

    Ditto me too. Not just airline points though, all airline rewards are not showing
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    Cancelling award tix with AA

    In case anyone needs to cancel award tics booked with AA miles, you need to call them to manually do it. Otherwise you may not get your miles back into your account. I went online and cancelled my award booking as that was available on the website but didn't see the miles returned to my...
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    Insufficient points for family points transfer

    A child's QFF account has just under the 5K minimum to do a family transfer and the child's FF points are at risk of expiring due to the 18mth inactivity. Can I transfer 5K to the child's account so their FF points balance will exceed 5K, and then transfer their entire balance back to an...
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    Passport Renewal / Application - Time Taken?

    Passport issued and arrived via reg posted @ 5.5wk. Lodged at a Sydney PO, posted to Sydney address. Got an SMS on 7/7 (or 5 wks after lodgement) saying passport done and arriving via reg post. Passport arrived on 11/7. The online portal status changed to 'Passport Issued' on 7/7 after I got...
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    Passport Renewal / Application - Time Taken?

    Contributing to a data point - Adult passport renewal, lodged at post office for standard service on Fri 3rd June. When I lodged, PO staff told me processing time is 8 wks. I have been checking the online portal periodically to see if 'status' has changed. On Mon 6th June, status changed to...
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    Frequent flying as a consultant

    I think whether you will enjoy the travelling also depends on what stage of your life you're at. If you dont have kids or family responsibilities it can be alot of fun! I didnt have kids and no elderly parents to take care of back when I worked for one of the big 4s and then for a mutlinational...
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    What's your company travel policy?

    Concur....actually....is much better...than what we had before... *shudder* Work for a large multi-national company with HQ in Europe. Took yrs for HQ to put out a global travel policy as each country was doing their own thing. When the official global policy finally came out it allowed...
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    Redeeming AA miles for QF First seat issues

    On the AA site when i search for a specific date/route, on both the calendar screen and the following individual day/flight options screen it shows the F seat is available. But then when I've selected the F seat and then click next to confirm/pay, it always says that the seat is no longer...
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    The Master SQ Guide (Krisflyer, Waitlists & Waitlists Clearing)

    I am planning to do something similar but wanted to know how long does it take for the miles to get credited back to the account on a cancelled redemption tic? Reason I ask is I only have enough points to redeem one set of flights so I am relying on the points being returned to my account...
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    Bangkok (BKK) Stopover Tips

    Many have commented about the horrendous peak hour traffic. Does this apply if arriving on Sun evening, or is it peak hour everyday? TIA
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    ATO (tax office) payments by credit card

    Keen to hear if it works out for you. The platform sounds great in theory.
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    ATO (tax office) payments by credit card

    Oic, found the thread, you must have a SMSF. I was thinking of retail/industry funds and was wondering how Amex could differentiate between your super vs your employee's super
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    ATO (tax office) payments by credit card

    Why do you avoid paying for your own super with Amex/RwdPay? Is it different to employee super?
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    Best points earning card for international spend

    Have you been able to determine the FX rate on transactions? Replies on this thread later on suggests BW has poor FX rates so CBA could be similarly poor? Keen to know if its worthwhile applying for this card.
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    ATO (tax office) payments by credit card

    It always takes a few business days to clear in my experience. I always assumed this was a system thing. Fingers crossed for you
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    10,000 Bonus QFF Points for opening an IG Share trading account

    Ah good point. I did direct transfer, not via PayPal. That maybe why.
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