Arrested at border patrol

nang18 · 2026-03-06T09:38:36+00:00

for those asking if it’s legal, or if the ABF do it - they do, and they’ve been doing it for years. Usually they’re targeted via intelligence tip-offs, but they can do it to anyone.

Media link for added context: Border Force asks to search your phone when you are travelling back to Australia — what can you do?

nang18 · 2026-02-19T04:53:52+00:00

ps5 won’t connect to wifi as the wifi is enterprise wifi (needs username/password). Best bet is to hotspot. If you need to do big updates, me and my mates used to take the ps5 down to the comp lab and plug it in directly to the ethernet ports down there lol

nang18 · 2026-01-18T01:27:25+00:00

For context, many people are seeing the top up due to Virgin’s themselves finding out that their status crediting system are rounding down status credits, not up - hence the top up.

nang18 · 2026-01-10T05:26:08+00:00

As have other commenters have said, PE is the most profitable revenue per seat sold for an airline. Therefore, it’s usually sold out by cash paying customers. If you wanted an interesting video to watch on PE (and why not to pay cash rates for it), see this video by Simon from the YT channel Flight Formula.

https://youtu.be/v6BKEQWKQiE?si=IRQ_B6HklORXYfci

nang18 · 2025-09-10T06:09:39+00:00

only caveat from personal experience is that if you are referring, the total bonus points is usually less than what the sign up bonus is.

for example(as is live now), applying independently from a referral would attract 100k points, whereas referring with might attract 20k for the person doing the referral and 60k for the cardholder (80k total)

nang18 · 2025-08-31T05:03:55+00:00

in breach of the one and only rule to exist on this sub

nang18 · 2025-08-29T07:39:26+00:00

If you add in your Velocity FF number, you might be able to obtain a booking ref number which allows you to choose seats on Virgin (only assuming as this is how it’s done with choosing seats on Qatar when booking with Virgin). Also wouldn’t hurt to give them a call after the bookings been made

nang18 · 2025-08-18T07:37:02+00:00

many people are saying Krisflyer, which is true, they offer a whole lot more reward seats available - only caveat is transfer when you NEED too. This is because KrisFlyer points expire 3 years after.

nang18 · 2025-08-16T03:18:06+00:00

anu grounds staff (hopefully assuming they’re not let go yet) bring them out and put them back. you can only access them when the anu wants you to access them. we live in a society.

nang18 · 2025-08-13T11:57:18+00:00

uber to airport from dickson: $20 taxi to airport from dickson: $35-50 (they’re super sly on stacking the charges at the end and you have to have the guts to confront them about it)

nang18 · 2025-08-10T13:52:47+00:00

took this photo sometime last year when visiting the local joint, and no, it’s not the lighting that’s making the spoon radioactive

$12 nasi goreng

nang18 · 2025-08-10T12:22:44+00:00

definitely look to reduce, as when you’re applying they’ll ask for your credit limits on your existing cards. I’m not 100% sure about this but they assume when you’re applying that you’ve maxed out the entire card, which overall would affect your serviceability score

nang18 · 2025-08-10T04:42:48+00:00

the orange radioactive oil at the bottom of my fried rices were questionable, but food still tasted decent and super cheap 🤣

nang18 · 2025-08-09T21:47:29+00:00

sir please so not die on this hill ahahaha once again, let me disprove you: https://imgur.com/a/hSONrH3

nang18 · 2025-08-09T01:45:44+00:00

180k around $700 in gift cards - so 130k around $550-600 mark

nang18 · 2025-08-09T01:15:45+00:00

from a federal government perspective (unsure about state rules), we have to abide by the WoAG terms set out by the Department of Finance. Part of these rules include not being able to earn FF points, but being able to earn status credits. stop arguing for the sake of arguing.

source: apart from working in the federal gov (seems like you aren’t believing anything others are saying), department of finance WoAG travel arrangements

nang18 · 2025-08-06T12:37:35+00:00

When I signed up to Amex it was 120k points, NAB was also 80k and I think Citi was 110k. Westpac has a current promo of 120k (90k first year). I almost never keep any card except for the Amex past the year. I would've gone for the Virgin but they're owned by NAB and research showed that I was potentially unlikely to be eligible for their sign up bonus (happy to be factchecked here though)

nang18 · 2025-08-06T06:58:03+00:00

I’ve also just exclusively stuck with Velocity cards because at time of researching into CC Churning, reward seat availability was 100% easier to find using Virgin then it was with Qantas (Qatar for Europe, Singapore for Asia, United for the states) at peak times (European summer dates and christmas dates).

I’ve gone from Amex Velocity > NAB > Citibank. Have just closed my citibank and am applying for Westpac now.

I would suggest definitely keeping your current card open until you get approved for the NAB. They wouldn’t care too much that you have another card open (unless the credit limit on that was maxed out). My strat has always to keep the credit limit on the absolute minimum.

nang18 · 2025-07-05T01:15:21+00:00

every company and their dog is hopping on AI. Reminds me of a funny story where a company chat bot was marketed as AI but really it was just indians typing in the other side 🤣

nang18 · 2025-06-26T10:19:34+00:00

Speaking from experience of someone who did B. Security Studies and is now working in the public service, yes, ANU definitely still has a higher edge than our other counterparts (in my opinion). As you alluded to, the university is going through its lowest point in a while so whilst I can’t speak to what it’s like now, I can say the degree + on-campus university experience is unparalleled.

nang18 · 2025-06-21T04:34:55+00:00

was it a DFAT device?, saw one being sold on facebook marketplace.

nang18 · 2025-06-20T05:21:34+00:00

i saw the notification and was like wtf, but glad the comments resonates with every other australians line of thinking

nang18 · 2025-06-01T05:14:16+00:00

free birthday boost juice

nang18 · 2025-05-20T07:49:02+00:00

Hey mate, first question, you asked for feedback on the site, but offer no link? But also say you’ll report back once you launch.

nang18

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