I'm surprised that no ABT subscriber has raised the issue of whether we'll get a prorate refund from CBA when our AMEX cards are cancelled. My annual fee on a CBA Diamond card was around $400 p.a. and will still have a long time to run when it is arbitrarily cancelled in November. Surely we are e...

Thanks Shark Bait but where can I check my Credit Score.? It hasn't been an issue for me in the past and hopefully won't be in the future. Nevertheless, I'd still like to keep an eye on the matter.

Well, following my previous criticism, I have to now be fair and reveal that I was contacted this morning by a very nice and very professional Amex lady who clarified various aspects of my application and then approved me for $15,000 on the spot, far less than I wanted. However the same lady advi...

Well Sharkbait, ultimately I did have another go at lodging a Qantas Ultimate application and this time the website worked ok. It appears that their probably automated systems didn't reject me out of hand even though I had little earned income and only a large superannuation pension. I know this ...

The Qantas Ultimate AMEX card seems to be much ado about completely NOTHING. Firstly I wasted over an hour trying to sign up several times only to find the final "Submit" button wouldn't work. So I called Amex and got transferred with the message that the overseas call cost was at my expense. The...

An 18 hour non stop flight is not so earth shattering. I am old enough to remember the first non stop flights between LAX or YVR to Sydney which were around that duration at the time.

Let's face it... Woolworths have totally lost the plot. How this formerly very switched on and savvy retailer could relinquish their lofty position and suddenly piss off so many loyal customers is quite beyond comprehension. And instead of totally waking up to their mistakes and reversing them, W...

Just yet another arogant Move by One World and it's all about wanting to sell the tickets for your whole itinerary and not just one portion of your itinerary. This relatively quietly (almost secretly) announced change is going to lose them business and that lost business will go to more switched ...

There are so many ways the banks bite you and all one can do is be as smart as possible to minimise the size of their meal. After many years of overseas travel here are my tips to achieve that end. Firstly if you regularly go to a certain currency zone such as US dollars, Euros or Sterling y...