Strategy to obtain US Amex

Need advice re. first Amex via GT and what US address to use (I have an old, inactive one).

I have
  • Amex Velocity in AU (1 year renewal in 10 days, so need to do GT before that), and
  • Capital 1 banking account with an address in California (my sister’s old address)
Now, as my sister has left the US and moved back to AU, I can’t access any mail there.

Should I
  1. Do Global Transfer and specify my old US address (which is on my Cap1 bank statements) and when the US AMEX card can’t delivered, ask them to redeliver to AU, or
  2. Purchase a GlobalMail account for a new US adress, update on my Cap1 account, and use this new address for GT in 10 days?
Any help would be appreciated, thank you!
 
re HSBC AU - while I don't know if it's going to happen, I caught up with a mate of mine who is a private banker with HSBC. He reckons the AU operation isn't going to be sold as HSBC has invested in it for the year ahead. It potentially sounds like a BAU strategy to me but just putting it out there given it's been a topic of some speculation in the media and therefore on AFF.
 

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