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Wow - personal contact ?! I wonder which part of the wording the 'legal assessment' would look to use to get out of the claim Makes me think I should just get 3rd party insurance to be safe... does anyone have any suggestions for this ? I haven't used a specific 3rd party travel insurance...

I got 175k after 8k spend... The $895 AF seems hard to justify when we can barely use any of it in Aus...

I think it's not practical for merchants to decide this at the endpoint. What I do (as a merchant here) is just pass on a blanket 1.2% surcharge to all card payments, and provide the option of surcharge-free methods (BPay, direct transfer). When I looked at the spread of interchange fees here...

Interestingly I had a different question re eligibility that I emailed Amex about last year. The Chubb/Amex response was that summary above, but they said it is still subject to the full T&Cs, for which they attached the same March 2022 document which is on their website currently, and states...

Thanks. I was sceptical, but it worked very well !

Unfortunately no I have an overseas Amex that does 3x MR for travel (and no forex fee), but the merchant's 3.9% fee makes it hard to swallow... At this point I think I'll have to just resort to transfer via Wise, as their exchange rates and fees are still the lowest that I've found

Resurrecting this thread... has anyone found any clever ways to get Amex points when paying for an overseas travel agent ? As far as I can tell, Sniip etc are local businesses only...

A question re using points to book flights and the Platinum insurance cover… I recently booked flights ex Aus using airline (Avios) points, and paid for the not insignificant fees and taxes using the Plat. The return flights are also via points, but I used a different card there to pay the...

Thank you for all the suggestions ! It's been suggested to me by someone at work that I should definitely hire a car and stay elsewhere as the airport is easy to get to from anywhere... same guy said to visit 'The Hills', Glenelg and Swan river Although a quick google seems to imply that Swan...

Ah that makes more sense. FedEx etc are like the Cable Guy however. They will likely sit on it in Sydney for a week, ship it to Brisbane, then down to Hobart, then back to Brisbane, no one will be home when they deliver it, so they will take it to a warehouse in Melbourne for you to pick up…

You would drive from SYD to BNE to pick up a credit card ??

Traveling with two whingy teenagers, so my interests are somewhat secondary :) The wife and one of the kids will enjoy the markets if they are on a Sunday I was hoping to avoid hiring a car and just seeing what we could do on foot or via public transport in town

Unfortunately arriving in ADL 3pm; flight out next day is 930pm

So ended up getting ADL-DOH-Europe Have decided to arrive in Adelaide the day before just to have zero stress. Never been to before Adelaide before; any suggestions for what to do / where to stay for just under 24h ?

So ended up getting ADL-DOH-Europe Have decided to arrive in Adelaide the day before just to have zero stress. Never been to before Adelaide before; any suggestions for what to do / where to stay for just under 24h ?

But you’re not earning universal rewards that can be transferred (as with Chase/C1/Amex), you’re earning Alaska points that may or may not have flights you can redeem with a partner airline ??

Mine disappeared from my Aus account 4 days ago, but have not appeared in my US account yet When my wife did this earlier in the year, the whole process was 4-5 days

Aus to US points transfer is frustratingly slow at the moment - must be a very manual process 8 days now; by the time the carrier pigeons deposit the points in the US, there’s a very real chance the award seats I’m looking at will be gone☹️

Only for a select few US citizens. All of us playing this game would constitute 'aliens' and would definitely be rounded up on technicalities alone

Hmm that would be a keeper then. How have you found Citi approvals compared to Chase ?