Originally Posted by
Worldtravelerr
With advancements in technology, life should be made easier for all classes of travelers. I’ll have to call CS now to secure a certain fare class. Very tedious when you are booking multiple tickets at one time.
Just because there's advancements in technology, it doesn't necessarily mean better outcomes for the customer.
I've just tried skiing in my home state (NSW). I haven't done this since my uni years.
I realised what a fool I was.
I was penalised multiple times for not booking the connection bus the day before online/the ski pass the day before online/ski rentals the day before online. I really thought I was a 来都来了 sucker for the Chinese male prostitute a few months back.
Similarly (those who've been around knows my interest in credit card promos
Credit card Asia Miles earning opportunities (HK) 2022 onwards )
1. I would love for HK banks to allow third party spend tracking so I know when I am approaching a promotion spend cap or not yet reached a promotion spend floor. Would the HK banks' like CCB allow a API? Dream on...
(there was a proposal from 2018
https://www.hkma.gov.hk/eng/key-func...anking-sector/ - but it was just that. It's not mandatory adoption)
2. Lots of banks are trying to limit their promotion outlay by MCC restrictions now.
There was a Visa MCC lookup tool during the pandemic
http://www.visa.com/supplierlocator-...pplier-locator . Most useful thing ever.
Of course it was too good to last and Visa took it away 6 months' after release
https://www.reddit.com/r/CreditCards...ooking_up_mcc/ and
https://www.uscardforum.com/t/topic/51723
For those who bleat "AI is the future/AI will revolutionise everything/AI will change ..." I ask - how are we supposed to get our hands on the info to feed AI? Can AI model information withheld by parties we're forced to work with?