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Yes, I usually pay asap before bill due. The couple of months delay I mention is that is the point at which lost interest on cash in my offset account makes the accrued Amex points borderline worth it

I'm with @Chicken. These particular cards are very useful online where surcharges for Amex apply especially if you have an Edge so I try to buy as mamy as I can use in the next 2 months. The bonus VA points are good and a decent quantity but still cost 1c each as in lieu of FB discount. Wouldnt...

But unlike last time didnt make it to breakfast (forgot 🤔 to charge phone) so only got to say goodbyes online. Reception accommodating about late checkout. It wss a definite success with plans for another one...and possibly an antipodean one in the interim for those of us in the southern hemisphere

I get a bit of kudos for making the trip from down-under (three of us did) but the real plaudits should go to the organiser who is based in NZ. Food was decent enough.. ..and you can usually fill a dance-floor in these sort of events (seems to be easier when youngsters arent around; school...

It wasnt just the rugby boys of course. The girls (I say girls as many of them barely seemed to have aged a bit) were all on good form too. I had sustained a bit of good-natured teasing from the fabulous mrsandye (who had been invited and declined) that I was only attending to see my...

The most common question I was asked was "Have you come for the day again?" as on our last reunion, I did just that (TR below) https://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/community/threads/last-minute-points-trip-to-london.95203/ Second-time round, the pre-reunion nerves were much less. Our...

Went for quick G&T at the nar and good to catch a few familiar faces. Most were already dressed for dinner and some had been staying from the previous night. So back to the room. Had a good iron and board for the shirt Somewhere in my youth, I've managed to be indoctrinated to consider...

The generally accepted definition is a 10% drop from peak. The tariff announcement drop in April reached that.

A smidge irritated as I thought I had beaten the system My memership year ended 31 Oct I already had 100SCs rolling over with PC+ So held off registering until 31 Oct But on 2 Nov credited 20+10 SCs from transactions made on 3 & 10 Oct (which were then wiped as in previous status year)...

Really? There may be one coming but who knows?

After a satnav stuff-up sends me to a dead end (made the mistake of entering the postcode rather than the address) I finally make it to the hotel The Voco Oxford Thames is a good venue (not sure why Oxford as the Med School is in Paddington-presumably better value) Part of IHG and received...

I'm not sure why you would want to (unless wanting to use the paid extra points option I suppose)

All my own fault of course. So now have a major logistical dilemma. I need to get to the reunion (and I'd planned to be there by this time) Most of the central London hire places are either closed or scary expensive (and Id still need to drop off prior to my departure on the Monday)...

My experience of Orthopaedic Surgeons is that they really enjoy operating. If an experienced one says no, there is good evidence for non-surgical management strategies being helpful (and can conserve the cartilage for another day)

So woke up a little later than anticipated. I'd booked my hire car for the trip to Oxford for the reunion via a consolidator 9 months previously and was pretty happy with $220 for a Merc for 2 day. Tried to ring the Enterprise office in Paddington to say I was running late but no answer. Had...

B-i-landye had been out on a boys night. Little did he know that when he returned at 11pm, we were still going to be up for another 5 hours, catching up on each others' lives in different hemispheres (and probably rehashing a lot of the stuff we always say when we get together)

Have another productive day at mumandye's then we both* head up by bus/tube to sisterandye's place in Woodford. Stop off in Oxford Street Moss Bros to hire dinner jacket. Pretty efficient service Pleased to hear can drop off at any branch. Friday night was fish & chips night when we were...

Its not something I'd specifically heard about. Seems to be quite recently described (great acronym) but plausible and similar surgeries are performed for trigeminal neuralgia and tinnitus. Neither are 100% succesful. Any surgery would be next to the brain rather than in it. I'd be keen to ask...

The airport that made me smile this year was LGW Wouldnt fulfil many of the criteria mentioned (except hotel right on airport) but everyone there seemed excited to be going away on holiday, Bucks, Hens whatever. I was returning home after a funeral so probably appreciated the positive vibe

Following evening, make the trip to Shepherd's bush to see mstrandye1. He's been working in London for the last 18 months. Till now he'd been living in a neautiful unit in a Paddington terrace (complete with risque Edwardian paintings of the landlady's mother) but said landlady had asked to get...