Originally Posted by
Ooohlalaa
Thanks Percy. It seems the cards that offer lounge access do not have a good miles earning rate. Thinking of having one card to enjoy lounge access only while another to earn miles make more sense, but then I would not have enough spending to keep the card with lounge benefits, e.g. CX elite or Citi prestige. That leads me into thinking to buy cash vouchers and sell it at a lost (at .95) as seen on hongkongcard.com to earn miles and keep the card, would that justify the lost? Or alternatively, would getting one of those cashback cards more value for money?
CX Elite needs 150k to exempt annual fee
150k x 5% = $7,500 <-- not a great deal
I said first year exempt, and subsidiary cardholders (authorised users) also enjoy Plaza Premium lounge benefits (not Priority Pass).
Does your spouse have income or deposits (I have a colleague who's having her mother apply in lieu of a spouse)?
Originally Posted by
Ooohlalaa
In terms of redeeming miles, is it possible to pool all the rewards from different cards together by converting them all at the same time, so that i have enough miles to have free tickets?
Can
Originally Posted by
Ooohlalaa
As i am based in HK, asiamiles seems to be the way to go as CX/KA has the most destination to choose from. Having looked into Avios, the listed airline hardly uses HK to fly to elsewhere.
Avios can redeem CX/KA as well
Otherwise they won't be so popular here