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PER flights to/from the east coast used to include dessert wine and port in business class. Are those gone too, or just spirits?

Good Australian card options? There are none. They all disappeared when the RBA interfered in interchange pricing. The US credit card market is vastly more competitive than ours and there are zero Australian card options that can be called good compared to the US options. Have a look at...

I've experienced some of that too. In one case, I only knew of the business at all because they were on Amex's small business map, yet they initially tried to refuse to accept it. When I pushed back they grudgingly allowed me to use it. (There was a "no Amex" label printed on the EFTPOS machine...

Lower processing charges? That's why CreditRewards, etc, don't accept overseas cards. Seriously? Flagged with whom? Just Domino's? And all my US cards, from multiple providers? The big give-away that this is rubbish is that the card that had been stored on my online profile for ages was erased...

The "AplPay" is a bit of a hint that you processed it through that. (In store?) I'm talking about ordering and paying online. I doubt the card reader at the shop itself has changed. I'm guessing they are blocking all non-Australian cards, not specifically US ones, but I have no way to test...

I've noticed that a number of major national chains (e.g Domino's) have stopped accepting US credit cards in the past few months. If this trend continues, it could make US cards less useful, or at least more painful to use. They probably think they can get away with it during the pandemic. Once...

Sounds promising. I'll see how it goes. I never bother with travel insurance for domestic trips and I doubt anyone would cover Amex travel credits anyhow. (The flight was $1 less than my travel credit, so there is no cash component.) Result: Because it's Virgin, I get a travel credit and wait...

The flight is not cancelled. It's within WA, which I can't enter in the first place. And it was paid with my travel credit, which would have originally expired by now, but would be extended to March if I'd not booking anything with it.

I used my travel credit to book a flight that it will now be impossible to take. Does anyone have any experience with whether they are waiving any of the refund fees and such?

One of my favourite A380 experiences was also on Etihad F. I think the number of passengers outnumbered the staff in the F cabin by one. Food and service was excellent, along with lounges and chauffeur drive from AUH to Dubai. Still the best thing of all was being able to wander up and have a...

Wouldn't be a great idea in Vic. RACV says wholesale price is 100.85 today and the retail price trend is upwards. My BP was 101.9. Retail prices seldom go much below wholesale.

I received that too. And unlike the last one, it had a link to register for the offer. I dropped by BP and put a few litres in and the bonus was included in the pts earned total on the receipt!

Mine's 10k points for $70 a week for 4 weeks. Might be worth it, but I wish it was only $50.

Also, it will depend a lot on the hotel management. I'm sure we've all seen how some hotels treat Priceline/Hotwire/etc guests differently to those who book direct, while others care about their reputation and give the same treatment to everyone.

2000 bonus points for spending $90. That's the worst offer I've ever had and I'm not sure I've ever spent $90 there at one time. Likewise. Though the number of points without bonuses is tiny, so it just depends what's on special.

I used my Amex travel credit to book a VA flight for later this year. Any idea what happens if VA folds or cancels the route?

I received that too. However, the fine print said it was necessary to activate the offer. There was no activation link in the email or on the web site.

Brilliant. Their own T&Cs says nothing obvious about that, just "2.2.1 How do I join BP Rewards? There are 3 ways that you can register for BP Rewards:" Of those three options, the Qantas page makes itself look like the fastest, easiest way to create an account, without mentioning that it's a...

I received an email when I signed up saying "You’ve earned 100 Qantas Points". However, when I log in, the site says " 26/3/20 Join bonus 0 pts" What a mess.

This is a great option, given that the new Qantas page itself doesn't work for me at all. (After putting in first city, it just shows dots forever on second city. It could be relevant that my ad-blocker is blocking 25% of the page's URLs, which is also a good reason not to use the page anyhow.)...