Originally Posted by
lsed
Wow I just saw the Preferred Visa has 10X UNI for Online purchases (Excl travel). I charged quite a many thousands to amazon last year. When did this card become available?
Newly launched, maybe about a month or so ago. But before that, there was the DBS Lady's card that earns 4 miles/$ for online transactions (only for first $2k per month).
Originally Posted by
aviationp
Yes I am going to use that, but I figured since I don't generally see PayWave greater than 5-6 bucks anyways, I plan on using that card exclusively for Amazon.
Cold Storage is the main attraction here. But you may need to split up the bill to get below the $100 limit for paywave transactions.
The other place is Starbucks, where there is a current promotion of $1 off for using paywave. Given that most of their drinks are at about the $6 and above mark, it's just nice. Else, use paywave to top up a Starbucks card. To be fair, this would be a close call between this card and the Citi Clear Platinum card, which offers 2 miles/$ and 10% rebate at Starbucks.
Originally Posted by
stiwi
It is 3.75 AFAIK. Amex Rewards earn 5 MR pts for every S$1 spend during Xtraordinary weekends, but you get 50% at 5 favourite places (50% applicable only to first $5k charged at favourite places per calendar year, so 5.5 MR effective) and 50% once you charge S$5k on anything to this card, so 6 MR.
Also if someone doesn't have this card yet, new members earn also 100% during first 3 months (S$1 = 4.375 miles) and get 24k MR pts (15k miles) if at least S$500 / month is charged to this card during first 3 months.
The 0.5 miles for charging $5k comes only when you have completed $5k worth of transactions. For most of us, this won't happen this early in the year, so the 2,500 MR points will come later as a block, after the MR points/miles devaluation. So, it won't be 3.75 miles/$ anymore.
Amex Rewards is losing it's lustre. Main benefits were at SPC and Cold Storage, IMO, and there are better alternatives now. I've emptied my MR points and chucked the card into the drawer.