My PP shows 07/10 exp. So I can continue to use it without fears of sudden charges showing up.
It is actually quite useful when traveling China domestic (we are on vacation in North-East China at the moment), when the international KA lounges are out of reach...
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Originally Posted by christep
Since the CX Amex is also free (for reasonable levels of spend or CX MPC Silver or above, or probably just by asking if other HK credit cards are anything to go by) then I don't see the point of cancelling the Amex.
I can think of a good reason to cancel it. Amex has offered me such a high credit limit on this card one day it is going to be the reason for another cc company to deny my application! I guess a viable alternative would be to ask for a lower credit limit...
If you have a long track record of always paying off the balance then I doubt that it will make much difference.
I'm glad I have the PP card, although I've only used it twice so far - once in ANC and once in DUR. I have never seen a case when I would pay the US$27 fee for a guest - it seems that the lounges have pay-in rates which are far lower (for example DUR you could pay in for ZAR90, about US$12, although it wasn't worth even that).
This is OT, but still good info. Dah Sing Bank has issued a Platinum Visa card for Hong Kong residents. Details can be found in this thread in the BA forum:
I think the card has a good conversion ratio to BAEC, and the 8,888 introductory miles doesn't sound bad. The good thing is that this card offers 10% off all bookings on BA (done on a special link which goes to BA's website).
First three years annual fee is waived. I guess you could get this card, use it to get the 10% discounts, and then eventually earn the miles on Asia Miles instead of BAEC?
This is OT, but still good info. Dah Sing Bank has issued a Platinum Visa card for Hong Kong residents. Details can be found in this thread in the BA forum:
I think the card has a good conversion ratio to BAEC, and the 8,888 introductory miles doesn't sound bad. The good thing is that this card offers 10% off all bookings on BA (done on a special link which goes to BA's website).
First three years annual fee is waived. I guess you could get this card, use it to get the 10% discounts, and then eventually earn the miles on Asia Miles instead of BAEC?
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