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Haha indeed, good way to reset the clock for both of us!

Approx two months ago I was finally approved again for QF Ultimate. Can’t remember the gap unfortunately sorry, but I did enter a US Amex number on the application, not sure if that helped. Prior to that both P2 and I had been out of the Amex AU ecosystem for about 3.5 years, with a year and a...

You're right, I didn't realise that, but have just taken P2's total earned this year and it's exactly 10k short of the PC total. No secret either, it's clearly on the website, I just didn't read it haha. They do have a redeemable value of course, I'd ballpark that at $150-$200 at the low-mid...

No worries - so the MVNOs have different rules, that's good to know. Looks like some quick roaming data might be the way forward! Also agree having more than two active lines, although making things complicated, would make life easier haha. Having a work phone provides an extra "slot" at least...

Must admit I had to do the sums this year, I do P2's whenever and mine close to year end, so I can use the 50SC in the next year. I've never come close to needing the 50SC, but lifetime is helpful; P2's are always 10k QF points. Each year, for OH, I get closer to not bothering - $50 for the...

Definitely read up on the expiry policy - it could be 3/6/12 months, and it'll be easy to avoid, but you don't want to suddenly find out it's been shutdown through lack of use. I have an EE SIM I've had for probably 15 years, I send a SMS once every six months to make sure it remains active...

Even more clever move when you consider the fact that the points won't turn up anyway = zero cost /s

However, wrt this, I used to hold an Amex Platinum ICC card denominated in USD - these are a ballache to pay if you don't have a USD account - they're administered from the UK, but available to (or were, they're not any more) residents of many countries as long as it's not EU, US or Singapore...

I had a UK one, it did not have US local details; however, P2 had one, and it did have US local account details. I questioned this as she'd never even held USD, let alone made use of local account details, got the usual stonewall nonsense response. Both were opened around the same time...

No worries, good data point for future transfers HSBC-SQ, thanks.

HSBC Australia still uses the old HSBC website for some reason, so it may be slightly different, and my AU card is QF direct earn, so I can't check, but in the US and UK sites there's a points "statement", where you go as if to redeem, then scroll down beyond the bottom of the page. Not sure if...

Sorry I just notice I never replied to this - the Expat accounts I have are GBP and USD, not sure if they support Euros, I presume they do, since I have EUR currency accounts in AU and HK/SG of all places, but I have no need for one.

Very true. Not sure if the USD or EUR prices are any more appealing right now, with the USD specifically taking a bit of a beating recently. Either way, you're spot on, QSuite for 180k return is excellent, where available!

Hahaha that does make more sense! Not sure re 80% bonus, I've never purchased from QR before, but I'd compare with BA's subscription pricing too (only downside being you get them over a year, not all at once). Around 2cpp is about ok I think, you can certainly get more value than that in...

0.238cpp is an amazing price, I'd take that all day long, is that definitely correct?! $0.00238 per Avios? That's $238 for 100,000 Avios, I've never heard of them being anywhere near that cheap.

That's great, glad it worked well! That's better than my past experiences, so hopefully they've listened and improved (at least in one way).

No worries - yeah it was a lengthy back and forth, luckily I had more so didn't miss any redemptions, but that could have screwed things up. I've been very wary of transfers since then, I try and make them from BAEC as much as possible, unless there's a benefit to doing so via other airlines'...

Sorry I meant as in something's amiss with BA's system if it's not letting you book for someone else - if you were in a HHA, then the person you're booking for has to be on a list, if you're not in a HHA then you /should/ be able to book for anyone. I feel the pain re BA's systems, going back...

Resurrecting an old thread, but something's up here, as BAEC do indeed let you book for others - in fact it's only if you're in a HHA that you can only book for people on your household list, outside of that you can book for anyone. Even HHAs have F&F and Travel Companion lists (makes it a bit...

Yeah, nah - I'd screen that out and take the 15 points, that's too intrusive.