Nov 7, 2016, 8:01 pm
Last edit by: percysmith
For earn rates visit Credit Card Asiamiles Earning discussion (HK) - 2016
[to 31 Aug 19] Amex CX Elite : $2/AM to $100K local and and $1/AM to $100K overseas for three months after approval and 2,000AM per supp (4,000AM for supps maximum) https://www.americanexpress.com/hk/en/campaigns/cathay-pacific/wave-generic.html
[to 30 Jun 17] Bankcomm Diamond Unionpay + Platinum Visa: 5,000 miles for $4,500 spend on both cards in first three months after approval http://www.bankcomm.com.hk/en/creditcard/cupcard.html
[to 31 Dec 17] BEA Flyer World: $1.5/mile to $9,000 for first two months after approval plus $3,000 for online application http://www.hkbea.com/html/en/bea-cre...astercard.html
[to 30 Jun 17] CCB: none (only cash rebate offer) http://www.asia.ccb.com/hongkong/per...edit_card.html
[to 30 Jun 17] Citi Premiermiles: 19,875 miles for $15,000 spend in first two months after approval https://www.citibank.com.hk/english/...dc-master.html
[to 31 Aug 17] DBS Black MC: $1/mile to $5,000 spend in first two months after approval http://www.dbs.com.hk/personal/credi...cards/black-mc
[to 28 Feb 18] Fubon Plat: 4,000 miles for $2,800 spend within first three months after approval http://www.fubonbank.com.hk/web/html...lcome00_e.html
[to 31 Dec 17] HSBC: HK$6K spend for 400 RC (300 RC if existing CC customer) + 100 RC for online application https://www.personal.hsbc.com.hk/1/2.../cards/prom201
[to 30 Jun 17] SCB AM: $0.5/AM to $7,500 and $2/AM for next $30,000 thereafter for first two months after approval https://www.sc.com/hk/credit-cards/asiamiles/
[to 31 Dec 17] Shacom Po Leung Kuk MC: 5,000 miles for $7,000 spend within first two months after approval http://www.shacombank.com.hk/eng/per...rCard-Card.jsp
[to 31 Aug 17] Wing Lung Plat MC: 5,000 miles for $2,800 spend within first two months after approval http://www.winglungbank.com/wlb_corp...ard/index.html
[to 31 Aug 19] Amex CX Elite : $2/AM to $100K local and and $1/AM to $100K overseas for three months after approval and 2,000AM per supp (4,000AM for supps maximum) https://www.americanexpress.com/hk/en/campaigns/cathay-pacific/wave-generic.html
[to 30 Jun 17] Bankcomm Diamond Unionpay + Platinum Visa: 5,000 miles for $4,500 spend on both cards in first three months after approval http://www.bankcomm.com.hk/en/creditcard/cupcard.html
[to 31 Dec 17] BEA Flyer World: $1.5/mile to $9,000 for first two months after approval plus $3,000 for online application http://www.hkbea.com/html/en/bea-cre...astercard.html
[to 30 Jun 17] CCB: none (only cash rebate offer) http://www.asia.ccb.com/hongkong/per...edit_card.html
[to 30 Jun 17] Citi Premiermiles: 19,875 miles for $15,000 spend in first two months after approval https://www.citibank.com.hk/english/...dc-master.html
[to 31 Aug 17] DBS Black MC: $1/mile to $5,000 spend in first two months after approval http://www.dbs.com.hk/personal/credi...cards/black-mc
[to 28 Feb 18] Fubon Plat: 4,000 miles for $2,800 spend within first three months after approval http://www.fubonbank.com.hk/web/html...lcome00_e.html
[to 31 Dec 17] HSBC: HK$6K spend for 400 RC (300 RC if existing CC customer) + 100 RC for online application https://www.personal.hsbc.com.hk/1/2.../cards/prom201
[to 30 Jun 17] SCB AM: $0.5/AM to $7,500 and $2/AM for next $30,000 thereafter for first two months after approval https://www.sc.com/hk/credit-cards/asiamiles/
[to 31 Dec 17] Shacom Po Leung Kuk MC: 5,000 miles for $7,000 spend within first two months after approval http://www.shacombank.com.hk/eng/per...rCard-Card.jsp
[to 31 Aug 17] Wing Lung Plat MC: 5,000 miles for $2,800 spend within first two months after approval http://www.winglungbank.com/wlb_corp...ard/index.html
Credit Card Asiamiles Churning and Welcome Offers discussion (HK) - continuously upda
Nov 24, 2016, 2:09 am
#16
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Jan 6, 2017, 5:42 pm
#17
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This is a great add, thanks Percy!
I (dare I say we?) have so many credit cards that we no longer use after we take advantage of the welcome offer or the bank changes its scheme, does anyone have any thoughts or best practices on when to cancel a card?
For example, I am debating whether I should cancel my DBS Platinum and even my DBS Black Amex cards. With its low HK$/AM, it's hard to see why I would ever use these cards.
I (dare I say we?) have so many credit cards that we no longer use after we take advantage of the welcome offer or the bank changes its scheme, does anyone have any thoughts or best practices on when to cancel a card?
For example, I am debating whether I should cancel my DBS Platinum and even my DBS Black Amex cards. With its low HK$/AM, it's hard to see why I would ever use these cards.
Jan 6, 2017, 8:37 pm
#20
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Citi and Amex. And not all the time.
Certainly none of the US 100,000 mile/5-in-24 BS here.
I've just updated the wiki. Citi's gone down a bit.
Certainly none of the US 100,000 mile/5-in-24 BS here.
I've just updated the wiki. Citi's gone down a bit.
Jan 10, 2017, 8:55 pm
#22
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Percy senpai - I applied for the Citi PremierMiles card in late November, and it was finally approved yesterday. Will I still get the slightly more generous welcome offer that was prevailing when I applied?
Jan 10, 2017, 9:23 pm
#24
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Jan 12, 2017, 7:04 am
#25
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Novice Questions
Dear FlyerTalk CX forum members,
I moved to HK last July, and am a complete novice when it comes to credit cards, especially HK ones.
I need a credit card, so I just applied online today for the DBS Eminent Visa card, but started to regret it as soon as I hit send, as I am started to realize maybe it's not a particularly attractive card.
That's when I thought of this forum, and decided to ask for all of your wisdom and advice on what card I should select, based on the following points:
- Rather obvious, but I would like a good CX mileage earn rate for any spend.
- I travel a lot for business, so I would like no foreign currency transaction fees.
- My biggest single cost on travel overseas would probably be settling my hotel bill.
- In HK I would be using the card primarily for dining.
- My wife doesn't have an income, so we would appreciate a dependant card.
- My wife's primary use for the card would be grocery shopping and gas.
- we do typically take two vacations abroad a year, not necessarily flying CX though.
Lastly, I noticed today that a lot of cards have attractive promotional earn rates for the first couple of months upon receiving the card.
We plan on going on two or three personal trips between mid March and end of June. How do I plan the timing around applying for a card to take advantage of the best promotions and what would be a good card for foreign shopping (and depending on the timing, buying tickets to Europe and Japan.
Any thoughts and advice would be most appreciated. Apologies in advance for the novice questions.
I moved to HK last July, and am a complete novice when it comes to credit cards, especially HK ones.
I need a credit card, so I just applied online today for the DBS Eminent Visa card, but started to regret it as soon as I hit send, as I am started to realize maybe it's not a particularly attractive card.
That's when I thought of this forum, and decided to ask for all of your wisdom and advice on what card I should select, based on the following points:
- Rather obvious, but I would like a good CX mileage earn rate for any spend.
- I travel a lot for business, so I would like no foreign currency transaction fees.
- My biggest single cost on travel overseas would probably be settling my hotel bill.
- In HK I would be using the card primarily for dining.
- My wife doesn't have an income, so we would appreciate a dependant card.
- My wife's primary use for the card would be grocery shopping and gas.
- we do typically take two vacations abroad a year, not necessarily flying CX though.
Lastly, I noticed today that a lot of cards have attractive promotional earn rates for the first couple of months upon receiving the card.
We plan on going on two or three personal trips between mid March and end of June. How do I plan the timing around applying for a card to take advantage of the best promotions and what would be a good card for foreign shopping (and depending on the timing, buying tickets to Europe and Japan.
Any thoughts and advice would be most appreciated. Apologies in advance for the novice questions.
Jan 12, 2017, 8:23 am
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Let me just try and clarify two things:
"Rather obvious, but I would like a good CX mileage earn rate for any spend"
"we do typically take two vacations abroad a year, not necessarily flying CX though"
So which flights do you see yourself working towards?
Because if it's HKExpress, perhaps I ought to stop you right here and restart this conversation at hongkongcard.com - perhaps have you maximise cash rebate instead.
"Rather obvious, but I would like a good CX mileage earn rate for any spend"
"we do typically take two vacations abroad a year, not necessarily flying CX though"
So which flights do you see yourself working towards?
Because if it's HKExpress, perhaps I ought to stop you right here and restart this conversation at hongkongcard.com - perhaps have you maximise cash rebate instead.
Jan 12, 2017, 5:51 pm
#27
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And if you travel a lot for business aren't you claiming the overseas expenses back from your employer, in which case foreign currency transaction fees are not your problem?
The problem with hongkongcard is that is is overwhelmingly in Chinese, which may not be much help to the OP (nor me).
The problem with hongkongcard is that is is overwhelmingly in Chinese, which may not be much help to the OP (nor me).
Jan 12, 2017, 11:14 pm
#28
Join Date: Nov 2009
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I don't spend nearly enough in a 3-6 month period to unlock these sign up bonuses. Any suggestions on how to meet the minimum spend requirements?What options are there that don't involve reselling iphones? Stock up on Manning's/PnS gift vouchers?
Jan 13, 2017, 1:51 am
#30
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[QUOTE=percysmith;27748899]Let me just try and clarify two things:
"Rather obvious, but I would like a good CX mileage earn rate for any spend"
"we do typically take two vacations abroad a year, not necessarily flying CX though"
Thanks for the response, percysmith.
Let me try to clarify a bit:
- For business travel, I tend to fly mostly Cathay, so CX miles are the majority of mileage I earn. I sometimes fly to Taipei on BR or Europe on LX, but I try to keep business travel to CX/Dragon.
- If I can earn more CX miles through credit card use, I can realistically start thinking about booking award tickets on CX for vacations, but as I have family of five (incl myself), that's still a lot of mileage to earn.
- Would love to ask similar question on hong kongcard.com, but I read and write zero Chinese.
"Rather obvious, but I would like a good CX mileage earn rate for any spend"
"we do typically take two vacations abroad a year, not necessarily flying CX though"
Thanks for the response, percysmith.
Let me try to clarify a bit:
- For business travel, I tend to fly mostly Cathay, so CX miles are the majority of mileage I earn. I sometimes fly to Taipei on BR or Europe on LX, but I try to keep business travel to CX/Dragon.
- If I can earn more CX miles through credit card use, I can realistically start thinking about booking award tickets on CX for vacations, but as I have family of five (incl myself), that's still a lot of mileage to earn.
- Would love to ask similar question on hong kongcard.com, but I read and write zero Chinese.