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Old Jan 1, 2026 | 5:16 pm
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wgtn1992
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Originally Posted by ukflyer1
A difference between the discontinued Kiwibank card and the "replacement" Westpac Airpoints World Mastercard. The Westpac card does NOT earn SP with tax payments (see point 1) whereas with the Kiwibank card did. A minor frustration as paying tax via credit card (inc cash surcharge) was a good way to topup SP if required.
Using the AMEX via RewardPay can be good for this.

For me I’ve chosen to not get the westpac card and just stick with the ANZ card and AMEX due to this and other exceptions on the Westpac card.
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