Originally Posted by
aster
It's basically DBS and Citi fighting it out for the best card when it comes to general spend in Singapore, and now that City hasn't extended their bonus after Dec 31, 2010, you could say that DBS Altitude Amex is the king of all cards for us mileage-savvy folk over here.
I have to disagree with you. Amex has limitation in terms of acceptance. Visa is more widely used.
As far as Citi Premire Miles is concern, you have a few FFP you can redeem to. Also, Citi PM gives you 10K miles when you pay SGD180 annual fee + if your previous year spend >SGD50K, you get another 10K miles.
DBS Altitude Amex card can only redeem to KF.
I use the cards as follow:
Citi PremireMiles Visa: All purchases in Singapore (except those better eranings);
DBS Altitude Amex: (Reserved for promotional activities);
MayBank Horizon Visa: All overseas/travel related purchases and those merchants in Singapore under the 10x treats points;
ANZ Platinum MasterCard: For all Comfort/CityCab taxi charges in Singapore (service charges wavied whereas others need to incur 10%+GST);
Citi Rewards: All departmental/clothing/shoes stores worldwide;
Amex Platinum Charge Card: All those under 10x points and 10x+10x points merchants in Singapore;
The rest of the other cards I have would only be used when there are promotional activities by the banks.
The most disappointed (on branding) card to ever own is the Amex KrisFlyer card.
Years back, OCBC Titanium MasterCard used to have, from time to time, the 10x points for overseas charges. That was the good ole days. Now OCBC has nothing good to offer.