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Old Oct 20, 2014 | 11:09 pm
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Originally Posted by go_around
What would be much better would be paying rent or mortgage and getting Asia Miles, but I've looked into this one extensively and it's generally not possible.
Originally Posted by Pickles
I used to live in a serviced apartment where I could pay my rent via credit card. That was lovely.
When the missus and I were finally getting hitched and moving out I arranged for a short lease at Kornhill Apartments because our new place wasn't antipated to be vacated on wedding day. I was allowed to use whatever V/M/CUP I liked.

As for long term lease with card, assuming a landlord has 2.5% interchange which landlord will pass on for accepting your card, and your normal earn rate is $6/mile (DBS black), then you need a $0.15 valuation per Asia Mile or better to make payment by credit card with 2.5% pass-on fee better than simply handing over a rent cheque. Due to this disparity not that many landlords have card terminals.
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