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If I’ve understood you correctly, you went from a 2hr transit to a ~14h transit ? The 14h transit is close to what I originally had, but that’s now been cut down to likely less than 10h My KUL onwards itinerary is fairly fixed, so I could only really move the Syd -KUL part to...

I saw that too and was wondering whether that might be the cause (shuffling of planes to accommodate new routes)

Hello all I have a mid December itinerary which involves Syd -> Kul (12pm-5pm). The next leg was Kul -> Ist (then beyond) departing 10am the morning. I had figured this was less than the traditionally recommended 24h but still ok… Turkish Airlines (Kul onwards) has just cancelled my 10am...

Linkt charges 2.15% for Amex vs E-Toll at 1.54%... add in 1% spread/cc for US Amex and I'm not sure it's worthwhile...

Out of interest, how do you do this to pay Amex ? On my US Amex statement, I only see an account number (well ending in...), but no routing number or any other method other than a phone number to call or americanexpress.com/pbc With Aus Amex, the statement has options for our local inter-bank...

Am I correct in saying that unlike Aus Amex and all Aus cards, with US Amex there's no way to pay into the Amex account to pay it off ? Instead you have to debit a checking account from the Amex side ?

Is anyone successfully using their US Amex with a multiplier (eg Green so 3x) on Sydney toll roads ? My Aus Plat classified MyEToll deductions as government spend and so did 1x

After tax my processing fee is more like 1.05%, so I guess that pushes it even more in favour of Au Plat Amex

Does anyone pay their ATO/BAS via a US Amex ? Do you come out ahead after paying the spread etc ? Or is Aus Platinum at 2.25x with Sniip etc and their fee, then transferring points to US Amex work out better ?

With regards to getting a GT sent to an Aus address, can you do this for the first one ? I'm almost at 10 days since card creation (due 3 September, but I guess could be messy due to US long weekend), and my US address has already received a 'welcome to membership rewards' letter, but no card...

I did online chat and was told that they could generate an interim statement, but that it would have to be physically mailed out. I said sure, but then a new statement was available the next morning online ! I think this was about 1 week after account opening. Worth a shot anyway

So an Aus IBKR account with primary currency AUD, then purchase USD, and transfer to your US checking account ? And one fee free transfer per month ?

Re IBKR Is anyone using them purely to buy FX then sending the money out ? There was a reply further up thread where someone said there was a risk of account closure if you weren’t trading at all… However they do advertise themselves as an FX platform, so I would have thought purchasing USD...

Did you get in before the annual fee was instituted ?

I just set up my first US Amex account via GT and didn't receive any OTP text on a GV account :( I used the robo call option to receive the OTP instead

They gave me 2 options to verify my name/details (didn't specify address, but I assume it's part of it) 1. Three way phone call with bank (I assume they want a US bank and I couldn't use an Aus bank but say I'm in the process of moving ?) 2. Upload a utility statement or bank statement Looks...

Hoping to use the HSBC checking account as proof of details for an Amex GT. Are statements released on eg 1st day of the month, or does it depend on when the account is opened ?

Did you have to call them after answering their email questions ? I replied to them the same day but haven’t heard back yet ?

So did you say you were planning on living in the US but working remotely for an Aus company ? I have already said I’m not planning on living there

Do they cross check with what info that have on you from your Aus premier accounts ? I couldn’t say consulting if this is the case…