NM

But the whole reason for Amex starting this promo was to try to get people to change the way they used their card. So noting a change in card usage before, during and even after the promo should be expected and should confirm to Amex that their promo was in fact successful .

And for the record, my spending habits did change during this promo. However, I only managed about one seventh of windfall noted by the OP. I wish I had thought of the beer world tour aspect .

garethmorgan

So what did you mean when you wrote "you gave AMEX very good proof that you have indeed acquired your points fradulently"

lovetravellingoz

While I do not have unamed little birdies for information sources, I do have a recent letter individually addressed to me that was written to me by a senior Amex Executive (Director XXXX XXXXX XXXXXX ANZ) acknowledging that they after careful review of my submission to them and of their own records, that they they would pay in full all bonus points earnt by me in this promotion to my account.

True to their word Amex subsequently posted the bonii owed to my MR account just prior to the OP being written.

_kab_

A thoroughly enjoyable read lovetravellingoz!
I wish it were me but since it isn't I hope you enjoy your (four? five?) European holiday! Well earned. Let's face it, anyone who says otherwise is just jealous!

Firewind

Right. Back to regular programming...

1) Brilliant story and read. In particular, loved the wit -- especially re the socks and the cashier getting in the groove after a few training runs. Also, what I think I perceived in the beer review...

2) Mrp Alert, you might refer lovetravellingoz to Inside Flyer.

3) I have one question of lovetravellingoz: Why didn't your wife participate in the earning? Since the constraint for you was time, and she'll likely participate in the fruits. Seems that if she just used the card for her normal things, you'd have a lot more fruits (and, admittedly, probably a lot of other things).

Anyway, bravo!

lovetravellingoz

She did.

However my wife generally speaking wanted to make "considered" purchases...whereas I was more focused on max tx per hour and by and large would know what I would buy before I entered the store.

So I quickly learnt to rather stand there pulling out my hair and risking both baldness and divorce, to instead have my wife take her time to "identify" what she wanted while I whizzed about a number of other stores for rapid tx and then would return to pay for her selections. To optimise this my wife might go into several stores and find what she wanted putting it aside for payment when I returned.

Result happy hubby with max tx....and happy wife with her considered purchases.....and a happy wife is a happy life

Firewind

^

I hope you'll treat us to a Book II - the utilization - pursued with similar relish, plotting, skill and wit.

lovetravellingoz

Well travel has long been one of my passions...or as a photo-journalist neighbour once said "Travel is food for the soul".

Once in my early twenties when on a 4WD trip out into the Simpson Desert a wizened old-bushman said to me as we shared a campfire at Dalhousie Springs (http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/par...a/natural.html ), which is a long long way from anywhere, under a night sky with a Millky Way so bright that it took your breath away:

"You know son, you are a long time-dead"

So Carpe Diem.


Such moments are why I travel...and LOL are why I do Point Runs to ensure that such moments are in fullsome supply.....and so yes I fully intend to use the points from this Point rum for more travel...more food for the soul.

kamchatsky

lovetravellingoz is definitely one of the more dedicated person on this promo.

A lot of people in Australia (including me) have benefited from this "most generous promotion ever". So I think whoever going to do the interview, need to read the AFF thread on this promotion. It has more than 5000 posts (which is easily a record for AFF forum) and you can have all the stories of initial excitment, then the sadness, then the anger, the persistence and finally victory for all these people. In fact, it almost sounds like a movie to me .....

Imagine Amex did this in USA, even Obama would not be able to save Amex ....... Oh well you guys already have a lot of regular generous offers from many credit card companies anyway

NOTE: I have already started to use these points .... 2 * J tix on NZ SYD-AKL-PPT on 70K Amex points (1:1 to SQ)

Firewind

What/where is the AFF forum? Thanks.

flashware

Available here: http://www.frequentflyer.com.au/comm...per-14628.html

futaris

AFF = Australian Frequent Flyer Forum

lovetravellingoz

Here you go Firewind..I had put the link up on Page 2 of this thread for both the AFF and Flyertalk Threads on this Promo.

You can go direct to the AFF thread via

http://www.frequentflyer.com.au/comm...per-14628.html

It is still going strong.

Firewind

Thank you. I was about 15 pages up the Amex forum when I noticed your replies.

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Mercy. 5200 posts, 520 pages. Makes a piker of the Continental => ... => ... => Southwest alchemy fiasco, and the more recent Delta fiascos.

See @ #411 here for a little comic relief...

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/delta...-budget-2.html

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What's FOS? It's probably way up the FAA thread, but maybe someone here can short cut it. Thanks.

lovetravellingoz

The Financial Ombudsman Service

http://www.fos.org.au/centric/home_page.jsp

If you have a problem with a financial product or service, the best place to start is to talk to your financial services provider. If you are unable to resolve the problem with your provider, the Financial Ombudsman Service provides accessible, fair and independent dispute resolution services as an alternative to taking your dispute to court. The service is free to consumers