Originally Posted by
katofunanori
Ah yeah - in that case if the salary does not allow for the Bonvoy card, or the Skywards cards, absolutely correct. However, I am guessing OP will definitely qualify for at least one of those cards and, it's probably easier, and financially wiser, to just get the salary certificate rather than lock-up 21,000 AED cash when moving to a new country. If the company pays the salary into Emirates NBD, then you don't even need a salary certificate.
My problem with AMEX was that most places don't accept it so having just an AMEX is not enough here, need a back-up plan.
Of course you need a Visa or MasterCard here not every body well accept Amex in UAE, to be honest i use it wile traveling specially in UK and USA the rate is better than Visa and MasterCard ..
big shopping mall restaurant well accept it plus its my PayPal main card so every online website well accept it, for me it's enough every year got around 150k to 200k points .
enough for upgrade to business to any destination or 3 free nights at category 7 at Bonvoy .
My advice is not to cancel any credit card just keep it in your wallet even if you don't use it fees is very small and you may use it one day !!
by the way Amex after 3-4 years well increase your limit without asking my limit was 25k now it's around 60k