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  GG57 on 18/11/2021 - 11:45

  +9

  That is certainly the OzB way. Well done.

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  dstar012 on 18/11/2021 - 11:56

  How was Grossi Florentino? What did you have and would you recommend it?

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    BJReplay on 18/11/2021 - 12:42

    Lovely. We had the three course option for $150 per head. When you combine it with the three appetisers, the palate cleanser, the pre-desert, and the bread, there's an additional six dishes that you get on top of what you order that really add to the overall experience. We asked to share a soufle, and they bring out two mini-soufles - it is obviously a request they get so often they pre-prepare for it.

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      dtxau on 18/11/2021 - 13:57

      Any dishes with seafood or raw? Would love to get back into fine dinning but wife doesn't like it due to most having seafood or being raw!

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        BJReplay on 18/11/2021 - 15:27

        +1

        My wife doesn't eat seafood either. The set menu had one or two seafood dishes, but they will always substitute those out; we've never had any problems and she's never felt like she's been short changed.

        When we eat out, I often end up picking the seafood items because we don't eat it at home so I had the tonno - raw tunu - entre and the pesce - fish - main, and my wife had asparagus and pork jowl for her entree and main. The asparagus looked really good!

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  Samsungnote10 on 18/11/2021 - 15:53

  +1

  <Offer requires enrolment and applicable only for Primary Card Members of Centurion® and The Platinum Card.>

  judging by that, I assume its only valid for rich people :)
  cant see it on my pleb amex cards

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    BJReplay on 18/11/2021 - 16:36

    +4

    yeah, something like that ;)

    I'm borderline on ditching the card as the benefits vs the fee are getting harder to justify. If you use them all, to full value, every year, you probably break even.

    If you're rich already, and flying the right flight routes on the right airlines in business class, and can book them through Amex travel, then the savings you can get easily pay for the card fee.

    If you were going to go out to dinner anyway, and you've saved $300 bucks, then you can consider that $300 off your annual fee.

    We were going out to dinner anyway, so I count that as a saving.

    This year we've saved $983.74 on stuff we were going to spend money on anyway - groceries, fuel, taxis, dinner, and haven't yet spent the $450 travel credit - we'd booked it, but had to cancel because of lockdown, so that's in the bank for when we can travel again. So we're $17 short of recouping the annual fee.

    Some of those savings are by grabbing those offers and exploiting them in true OzB fashion - for example Sniip offered $30 back for paying bills, so I paid a couple of electricity bills on Amex to capture that credit - bills I would have paid anyway.

    Long way of saying yes, you've got to be able to get the platinum card, but no, the card fee isn't necessarily wasted money, though I watch very carefully if it is value for money, and if not, it will be cancelled as soon as I've drained the travel credit and converted the points.

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      Samsungnote10 on 18/11/2021 - 16:39

      people scoff at the centurion fee, and I couldnt see myself ever to jusitfy it, but if you use it smartly it can make you money
      plus to most people who can afford a centurion, $5k is probably about $50

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        coffeeinmyveins on 18/11/2021 - 22:18

        Whilst the value of $5k might be what you consider $50, $5k is still $5k worth of stuff. Unless you're uber rich (tens of millions+) or just don't care, $5k can do a lot. In fact a lot of rich people I've found are really stingy bastards and pinch every penny.