1. You have to realize the fact that most, if not all, non-US based credit card sign-up offers are not as fatty. For those of us living in Asia or Europe,
even Canada, all learn to accept it.
2. Keep in mind that Amex is not as widely accepted in Asia as either MC or Visa. So you should screen your card selections wisely.
3. When going over the following thread mentioned up thread, you should take note for those Amex card w/o foreign transaction fees come with high annual fees ($450 or something):
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/credi...tion-fees.html
4. If you can justify the possible annual fee and/or 2-3% piled on foreign transaction fees to use your choice of mile/point-earning cc on a daily basis, your pool for card selections would be bigger.
Originally Posted by
talespin
Compared to 50k miles and such commonly available in the US, these deals are crap, but there's not anything dramatically better out there.
Last but not least, be happy that you are relocated to HK since HK-based offers are not the worst. Good luck!