Strategy to obtain US Amex

[_TheTraveller_]

What US pay platform do you all use? e.g like the using Yakpay in Australia
Does sending money to settle a private debt raise flags with the card provider, specifically Chas and Amex?
What about using Paypal?

Would you not still use Yakpay with a US credit card?

I'm not sure what you mean about using Wise to fund a personal account. Do you mean having WISE debit from a US credit card to pay a personal account in AU?

 

[prozac]

Would you not still use Yakpay with a US credit card?

Because they do not operate in US and MsP (applicant) lives in US. In any event for Yakpay you need an ABN which she does not have.

I'm not sure what you mean about using Wise to fund a personal account. Do you mean having WISE debit from a US credit card to pay a personal account in AU?

Yes, exactly. I am just reading terms now to see if "cash-like" payments (like paying a debt back to her father) do not qualify for MSR. They may not.

 

[Grrr]

C1 won't even allow you to activate without the app and verification.

I was only able to activate my C1 via their IVR.
The app verification failed when it detected a VPN, and when it detected an Aus IP

 

[blacksultan]

What US pay platform do you all use? e.g like the using Yakpay in Australia
Does sending money to settle a private debt raise flags with the card provider, specifically Chas and Amex?
What about using Paypal?
Does anyone use WISE to transfer funds from US internationally to a personal account in order to meet the MSR?

would be considered a cash advance and ineligible for this purpose if I’m not wrong.

 

[_TheTraveller_]

I was only able to activate my C1 via their IVR.
The app verification failed when it detected a VPN, and when it detected an Aus IP

Where did you get the phone number? Does the IVR ask you for an ITIN?

 

[Grrr]

Where did you get the phone number? Does the IVR ask you for an ITIN?

Pretty sure it was listed on the letter that the card was attached to
Can’t remember what it asked

 

[prozac]

would be considered a cash advance and ineligible for this purpose if I’m not wrong.

Thanks for confirmation @blacksultan

Another option could be to add me to the account, an "authorised user" so that I can make up any spend shortfall say on something like council rates.