Pleasing to see others have posted comments about this difficulty, I have just spent a delightful 30 minutes conversation with a young lady in Georgia, most helpful and with an accent that was so engaging I wanted to prolong the call.
But, we Aussies are all in the same antipodean boat, no memo from Airbnb for a KNOWN problem from some days ago leaving harrassed calls to operatives who are not informed of the problem either. I finally entered a Paypal account after updating bank account details, 24 to 48 hours verification process for Airbnb oddly where every other organisation can process payments instantly, is Airbnb that cumbersome and Australia that far away we are inconsequential to a common courtesy email, god forbid an apology?
And my usual rant, Airbnb treat hosts so poorly, hosts risk their assets to create the backbone of Airbnb business, however the bias is skewed towards guests in all matters. Cancelling a guest because of the death of a spouse just as an example, requires death certificate evidence otherwise superhost status is rescinded. Welcome back to junior school.
Enjoy hosting though, great way to meet people out in the back blocks, and if I was paid in a timely manner, even better.