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    Alipay/WeChat Pay in China

    Forgive the ignorance ….. I haven’t been to China since about 2018. My recollection is that I paid for the hotel by tapping my iPhone on the hotel terminal (ie using Apple Pay) I can’t recall other transactions But are you saying that in the present era (post the Trump/Xi squabble) that we...
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    Strategy to obtain US Amex

    I agree. I got the Aspire but if I had my time over again I’d go for the Bonvoy Brilliant. Spend far more time at Bonvoy hotels than I do Hilton. The Lounge access was the appeal but the Brilliant offers that too. But it was $450 when I applied and the Bonvoy wasn’t in its current form. I’ve...
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    Qantas Premier Titanium card

    Ahhh, that’s excellent. I didn’t know that. Really useful info’. Thanks. May I ask where you send the email with the screen shot? To paraphrase the Mastercard advertisement, that’s priceless
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    Qantas Premier Titanium card

    Tried using the Amex Plat concierge about 10yrs ago for a restaurant booking; gave them a second chance with some concert tickets. Utterly useless. They offered nothing more than I could have done myself. Never bothered since As for the Titanium, one is obliged to use the Concierge for the...
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    Qantas Premier Titanium card

    Actually never tried. It wasn’t the reason I got the card ( although with the changes to Amex Platinum, maybe I should reconsider ;)) But you phone the ‘concierge’ for the discount Qantas flight bookings ….. they are offshore and appear to work strictly to a script If what you’re looking for...
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    Qantas Premier Titanium card

    Thanks. Yes, that’s all I could find. Ahh well ….
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    Qantas Premier Titanium card

    The T&Cs for the Qantas suite of cards indicate that points will not be earned on Government or Government-like transactions. Does anyone know if there is a location where I can see whether points have been allocated against an individual transaction, so that I can determine whether QF Money...
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    Strategy to obtain UK Amex

    Yeah, it’s interesting because the Amex UK website still offers the “moving to a new country” facility and the FAQ still says it’s acceptable to retain your existing (UK) card 🤷‍♂️ I do wonder what’s brought this on; if it were a purely business decision, you would imagine that where a...
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    Strategy to obtain UK Amex

    Thanks for the information. I was a little worried that this was a precursor to the random, unexplained account closures one hears about. No, I never carry a balance and was struggling to think of a reason that I may have given them to change it Yes, my BA Premium is registered to a UK address...
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    Strategy to obtain UK Amex

    Anybody have any experience of, or info about, this? I have a UK BA Premium Amex. I've had it for a few years and before that a Platinum. I have a £10k+ credit limit, have never spent more than about £6k on it in a month and always pay the full balance at the end of each month. My financial...
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    Strategy to obtain US Amex

    Interesting. I was looking at additional cards for my US Amex Gold and it said that if an SSN was not provided for the additional card holder within 6mths (I think, could have been three), they'd auto cancel the card. So you're saying that they will accept a passport? Does it need to be notarised?
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    Strategy to obtain US Amex

    Contrary to what others have said ..... I have the US Platinum Amex It has a separate ATM PIN issued by Amex that is not the 4 digits on the front of the card. If you go into your account and select Card Management there will be selections for 'ATM PIN' and 'Change ATM PIN'. You will need to...
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    BA ViewTag Electronic Bag Tag

    I have a couple of BA ViewTag electronic bag tags that were introduced in 2019 I was just looking at how to clear the data from a broken tag before I throw it out and it seems that the Company that makes the tag no longer exists (at least their website doesn't) and BA appears to have purged all...
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    Strategy to obtain US Amex

    Without wishing to be a smart a**** I would recommend starting at the very beginning. The OP gives a good summation of what is trying to be achieved and the basics of how one does it. When I started there was only about 170 pages and, over a few days, I read through the lot. If for no other...
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    BA Changes Tier point Collection date from April 2025

    Whatever 🙄. It was a typo. “…… not disadvantaged” But how is a short changeover year going to disadvantage you (and me)? BA are going to adjust your tier point earn for the shorter year. I just think we are always looking for something to complain amount when sometimes there is nothing there...
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    BA Changes Tier point Collection date from April 2025

    Interesting, ..... By coincidence, I just joined the AA programme today to consolidate my OW access (having elected to move away from SQ due to the Australian devaluation and the already poor UK redemption rates). Maybe it is part of some grander move towards aligning the OW partner airline...
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    BA Changes Tier point Collection date from April 2025

    Yes, apologies, as a proud pedant I should have been more careful ;) 😁
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    BA Changes Tier point Collection date from April 2025

    As previously stated, it matches the UK FY. I'm not sure that BA would factor in 'Status Runs' in their decision making They are not shortening the year. It will be a full UK FY - 1 Apr to 31 Mar. Sure, in the changeover year, it may be shortened for some (me included), but my email stated...
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    Amex travel credit, offshore of travel team and statement dates being in MST timezone

    Agreed. But, whilst it’s a global company the technology development appears more localised. i have the US, UK & Australian Apps on my phone and they’re all different (same basics, but different). The mere fact that you can’t get the US & UK apps (and vv) from the Australian App Store speaks...
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