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But, having signed up for one month for 30% off, does it not make sense to stay for 4 months to get the extra 5000 points?

Having my welcome drink before strolling over. Glad to have found an Ibis that allows me to order spirits as the welcome drink! Guess which activity I’ve chosen for tomorrow?

Believe it or not, for the 75% of "loyal VA flyers" who don't live in Sydney these changes are positive. Even for those in Sydney it's arguable that these changes are neutral at worst, given the location of the new scanners and the increased hours of the priority screening lanes. As an aside...

As a Melburnian, this is all upside.

I'm getting the message "You don't have enough rewards points."

Good to know. And are you a brand new customer or have you subscribed to Signature before? I've subscribed in the past and it didn't work for me when I tried it a few days ago.

In my mind, Citi cards have always been great cards to churn but not great cards to keep. Last year I took out a Citi Premier card for the 220,000 point sign up bonus (which I converted to KrisFlyer). The two free airport meals were a nice touch but once I'd used them both and received the bonus...

I did receive it for my Platinum charge card ... but it has now expired. Apologies -- it might have actually expired when I originally posted, without me realising.

From your situation my initial feeling is that you should keep your points where they are. You'll still be able to transfer to Velocity after November 16 and, unlike KrisFlyer, Velocity points don't expire. You should do your own research re the availability of flights to Doha. Last time I...

Have you received the AmEx offer of 3 bonus MR points per dollar spent on foreign transactions? Depending on what you do with your MR points afterwards, this may make it worthwhile even given the 3% foreign transaction fee. On my Platinum card, for example, this offer means that I'm earning...

It does happen — almost always meteorites rather than human-made debris. Here’s an example, captured on camera. Simply not worth worrying about, though.

Everyone's different, but those extra 3 MR points per dollar make it worth it for me under some circumstances. A spend of $100 plus 3% foreign transaction fee on the Platinum card earns 540 MR points with this offer. For those FF programmes that give you 1 FF point per 2 MR points, that means...

Clearly, obviously, the answer is Broome International Airport (BME). In no other airport in the world is it possible to drink Matso's in the outdoor bar area while waiting for your flight.

And I thought I was the only teacher on AFF in a sea of high-flying corporate types whose employers pay for their flights, and retired people using their superannuation! (not that there's anything wrong with that, of course....! 😁) I'm a secondary teacher at a private school. I totally...

Of course. AmEx is just one part of the strategy which includes FlyBuys and Everyday Rewards, credit card sign-up bonuses (Mastercard and Visa) and churning, electricity and gas sign-up bonuses, AmEx referrals, etc etc. It's all part of playing the game and, as I wrote, flexibility and agility...

I've been receiving these surveys for years with all of my AmEx cards. I just completed a survey about my Platinum Edge card earlier today; the last one was probably a year or two ago. These surveys are semi-regular and, from experience, are not harbingers of certain doom.

Well, speaking as an "average salaried middle class employee" (a schoolteacher), I beg to differ. Some random thoughts: Flying with points (especially internationally in premium cabins) has always been a niche, long-game activity. I've been doing it for some years now and just about every year...

Welcome to AFF! It just looks like a glitch loading the graphic. When you reload the page, or look on another browser or on the app, is it still showing? You've got plenty of time before your flight. I wouldn't worry about it unless it doesn't fix itself over the next few days.

If you haven't come across it already, you might be interested in this article on Point Hacks... https://www.pointhacks.com.au/qantas/unlocking-every-qantas-tier-2025/

Well, this article is an eye-opener for those of us (including me) who had been hoping that VA would see the error of its ways and make it a bit easier to earn SCs. Maybe VA has been right all along. (Speaking as a MEL-SYD commuter). Having said that, I still wish -- perhaps futilely -- that...