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The duty free allowance SIN to SYD in terms of tobacco is a single cigarette… The duty free shop at SIN advised me of this just prior to me attempting to buy on the way out. No idea about alcohol.

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Blair Waldorf Salad wrote:

“snaky style bits” – what are these? My abiding memory of Admirals Clubs is blowhards crowding the bar discussing their retirement plans and cinnamon rolls that look like someone unwrapped them from plastic

I meant snack..snacky things…

Currently in the IAH terminal D lounge as a BA First passenger for maybe the 4th time. it makes for a lousy business lounge at best.

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The domestic AA lounges.. spend maybe 30 mins in..no more…

Free fountain come etc and snaky style bits… Deffo not worth a long visit.

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tiberius wrote:

Hi all, I am buying my first home and my mortgage broker tells me HSBC has the cheapest product for the term / deposit I am looking for. I understand they are very anti-Curve but the product would entitle me to apply for HSBC Premier. Could I pay my mortgage on HSBC Premier via Direct Debit and earn HSBC points? Sorry completely new to the world of HSBC Premier!

Nope. They only accept back transfers..no card payments.

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strickers wrote:

Just pulled the trigger on 300k IHG points, if both rebates work it will be .36p per point. That’s 1% on Curve and 2.5% at T C B dot com, not sure who recommended it but thanks for the heads up, quick question is how do you cash out? With a trip to Sydney and Bali next year I’ll easily be able to use them.

Twas me! They cash out via PayPal…

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Nope…

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Not sure but I was under the impression that IB redemptions weren’t cancellable…

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Yes…any kind of amex in anyone’s name will do the job.

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Thank you! Any referral link? Cheers!

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Just to second this… I pay my United utilities water on receipt of bill and octopus for gas/elec all by card; council tax by PayPal or pay point at co-op.. no charges..

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Please note that the AI they use to read your photo of the receipt is clever enough to see gift cards. Already tried!!

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I used it…it ‘seems’ like a good idea… But you have to remember to activate the offer before going in-store… And I just couldn’t remember this. So I just deleted it.

I’m a TCB/Quid++/Avios collector but just couldn’t do it. YMMV

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AndrewT wrote:

With GBP up to $1.33, the 1% cashback via Curve and yet another IHG 100% bonus (almost becoming like the DFS sale) buying IHG points currently comes in at 0.371p.

Because it goes thro points.com….

You might consider topc@$hback.COM. That’s COM

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Just another update whilst I’m still in the USA for 3 weeks.

So having got the black upgrade (not metal) from the blue for a fiver a month for 3 months, I’m paying £1k to HMRC a month (my SA bill is £2.8k total), will draw £500 cash from a UK ATM a month when I’m home (Barclays Avios card behind it) and with zero FX I’m earning avios (max £2k/month spend) 1% cash back on top (posting 1-3 days after each spend as curve cash) as well as an extra 1% on Aldi shopping as 1 of my 6 cash back merchants (worth a drive for the savings Vs Kroger stores and the like).

I can see me doing this for maybe 3 months every year when travelling to do all of the above again…

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I’m now in the US as of 3 days ago.

I signed up for metal at half off for 3 months (£4.99/MTH) to pay Self Assessment at £1k a month fronted.

Used it here in the USA with Barclaycard Avios behind it. I seem to be earning 1% cashback everywhere except Uber… Fine by me!!

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Won’t work… The underlying card won’t see the true vendor.. no double dipping this way!

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Ok…so the cash back has showed as due today 7 Sept, 2 days after being instore…. 6 x £25 rebate.

Just to summarize…

Did 6 separate self-service transactions on 5 Sept. Each with a £250 Airbnb gift card..the tills have now been set up that you type in your own value to a maximum of £250. No need to place anything on the weighing device.

7 Sept the cashback is showing as pending in my VS card App cashback statement.

Morrisons sells their own gift cards (can’t now been used in fuel stations since they have been sold off). They also sell John Lewis, Amazon and my favourite Airbnb (because I book for a friend and I, this works out at 20% discount off my half of the stay.. my finders fee).

YMMV… Cheers! Dan 🙂

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Just did my 6 x £250 Airbnb purchases this eve at Morrison’s. Will confirm cash back when it hits in a handful of days and before he offer ends… Confident it will credit as 6 x £25 rebate..used a self serve machine FYI.

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10% Morrison’s cashback in-store doing the rounds again (on my VS card) for gift card fans 🙂

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Never an issue for me… Morrisons self check out or till, card factory… All good.

I just topped up £1.5k AirBnB via Morrisons and Natwest and got my £150 back.. even better as even though it’s 10% cash back..I book for my mate and I so it works out at 20% off my half of the stay (my service fee for the hours of research I put it!) .. Cher-ching!

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Dry airline.
Politics of the Country.
Can’t comment on quality of J.

Each to their own.

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On Lloyd’s banking group..10% card factory… They sell gift cards..largely by the side of the till, sometimes dispersed about the shop, not sure which ones. I’ve just done the 10% Amex and NatWest 10% cash back at Morrsions and topped up 1.5k AirBnB gift card..it may well be back.

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I do wonder if despite the dedicated link, it would trigger via TCB –) Expedia route.

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Note Royal Brunei is a dry airline.. just an FYI

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Agreed… I topped up my AirBnB with £1k with a nice £100 rebate courtesy of NatWest a week ago.