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With the temporary suspension of the NZ travel bubble, my flights to New Zealand were cancelled and I was automatically rebooked. I want to change those to flights on future dates which would work, but when I click "Change", an Error message comes up with: The system is temporarily unable to...

Sadly it appears so. The "it's not a race" mantra means Australia is dead last amongst the OECD. The number of people who tell me they will wait to get it because they don't feel there's any hurry drives me up the wall. Compelling all workers involved in the quarantine system to be vaccinated...

All aged care workers were supposed to be vaccinated in the first six weeks after the vaccine rollout started in February. Now we are almost in July and two thirds of workers remain unvaccinated, and now the goal is September. To refer to those running this as a clown car show disrespects the...

I - and many I know - have given up on booking domestic vacations until something gives in this regard. Things would change if those vaccinated are exempted from the border schizophrenia. Even better, if you are eligible for a vaccination, you are only allowed on a flight if you've had at...

This needs to be known much more widely. Vaccine hesitancy should reduce when these facts become more widely known

I'm sure some of this pressure is coming from business. Anyone who has overseas operations has been unable to be on the ground for over a year now.

At the moment, trying to recruit anyone in a field which traditionally relied on expats to fill roles - engineering, technology, accounting, finance, marketing etc - is crazy. I know of consulting firms turning around offer letters the day after a first interview in the hope they lock in a...

By the end of the year if this speculation from an investment website holds: "Federal Government is in no rush to open the borders as it gives a fake perception that the job market is solid. The government also has in an ideological war with universities and lack of overseas students are way...

My upcoming trip to NZ tomorrow is now being rebooked because the bubble is suspended. Should the fact that I am fully vaccinated not count for anything in these travel bubble suspensions?

Yep, the 2% HSBC cashback applies to all tap, Apple Pay and Google Pay of $100 or less. You spend up to $2,500 a month to reach the $50 per month limit. This Amex doesn't really compare unless you need the credit facility attached to your Binge subscription...

And what will happen to the "fee free for life" Signature? Likely whoever picks it up might only give a year or two grace?

I wonder if this is the final nail in the coffin for Diners Club in Australia: - Unlike American Express they aren't heavily championed globally by their US parent - Citi has let their acceptance drop to the point that only "most" major retailers accept them - Other than offering the...

The whole Citi portfolio will be sold to someone else who would likely rebrand everything. I can't imagine Citi would license their name out.

Whether it is too slow or too fast, I am at a loss to understand why those working in the Covid ward of a major hospital dealing with positive cases amongst returning travellers have not yet been vaccinated and thus now result in another community transmission outbreak. Go as slow as the...

So do I - flying from Qantas domestic terminal 3 in SYD in July last year was like having your own massive private jet terminal. The photo @Seat0B posted of the CBR concourse was what the QF lounge was like! I asked the lady at the counter what the strangest thing she'd seen during Covid was...

This does not surprise me about Westpac - and length of customer relationship is sadly irrelevant. I have had a margin loan for almost 20 years, 15 years of those with a Westpac subsidiary when they acquired that portfolio. Apart from no longer accepting new customers to the product, they have...

It is part of a possible broader rationalisation of Citi's international consumer divisions announced a few days ago, which could also see them rationalise in South Korea, Thailand and Philippines, as well as possibly Mexico - having already sold off consumer divisions in Brazil, Argentina and...

Does that mean I can delete the app now? Not sure why they need a separate one from the main VA app...

I'm assuming the chances of that are like a unicorn? Are there any reports of this ever actually happening?

The Citi website no longer lists the Premier card as one which is available for new applicants. Anyone have any insight on how long Citi supports card types it no longer offers? It does smell like it might be fee free for the life of the card program, not the life of the holder.