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invisible Jan 18, 16 9:31 pm


Originally Posted by jjjohn (Post 26040493)
need all your wisdom and help.

Will have a huge department store purchase soon, which is around $45K, what is my best option? Willing to open new card. Have citi reward (both cards almost reach $12k)

You need to check at HWZ forums. There were number of topics around big ticket spend.

shuigao Jan 18, 16 9:51 pm


Originally Posted by jjjohn (Post 26040493)
Will have a huge department store purchase soon, which is around $45K, what is my best option? Willing to open new card. Have citi reward (both cards almost reach $12k)

Apply for KF Ascend and swipe $10k to it.

Base accrual: $10,000 / 1.2 = 8,333
Monthly accelerator: 300 x 9 = 2,700
First swipe bonus: 5,000
$10k full fee welcome bonus: 35,000

= Pay $256.80 annual fee, swipe $10k, get 51,033 miles, doubt there's any better offer in SG right now.

Other $35k I dunno, maybe UOB like what w4rd said.

jjjohn Jan 18, 16 10:22 pm


Originally Posted by invisible (Post 26040813)
You need to check at HWZ forums. There were number of topics around big ticket spend.

Hardwarezone?

jjjohn Jan 18, 16 10:23 pm


Originally Posted by shuigao (Post 26040889)
Apply for KF Ascend and swipe $10k to it.

Base accrual: $10,000 / 1.2 = 8,333
Monthly accelerator: 300 x 9 = 2,700
First swipe bonus: 5,000
$10k full fee welcome bonus: 35,000

= Pay $256.80 annual fee, swipe $10k, get 51,033 miles, doubt there's any better offer in SG right now.

Other $35k I dunno, maybe UOB like what w4rd said.

sadly, I already had KF Ascend

phelansg Jan 18, 16 10:32 pm


Originally Posted by staff (Post 26040684)
Since we're discussing overseas transaction fees -- what are some of the best cards in terms of overseas fees and miles accrual? I generally use my PRVIMiles MC but the fees are quite high.

Yeap the UOB Privi family of cards (Amex, Visa and MC) have a high FTF of 3.25%. Sure, there's a higher mileage earning rate, but you have to balance it against the higher FTF.

Recently, CIMB announced that its World MC and Visa Signature cards would waive the bank administrative charge of 1.5%. So you will only be charged Visa/MC's fees of 1% for the currency conversion. These two cards are rebates based though.

I also saw an ad for a BOC Visa Infinite card just recently. They also announced the bank administrative charge would be waived. Again, its a rebate based card IIRC.

TTOTY Jan 19, 16 2:15 am


Originally Posted by shuigao (Post 26040889)
Apply for KF Ascend and swipe $10k to it.

Base accrual: $10,000 / 1.2 = 8,333
Monthly accelerator: 300 x 9 = 2,700
First swipe bonus: 5,000
$10k full fee welcome bonus: 35,000

= Pay $256.80 annual fee, swipe $10k, get 51,033 miles, doubt there's any better offer in SG right now.

Other $35k I dunno, maybe UOB like what w4rd said.

may i ask if this is the first time you had this card? or you cancelled it before and reapply

invisible Jan 19, 16 2:33 am


Originally Posted by jjjohn (Post 26040986)
Hardwarezone?

Yes

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/cr...acilities-243/

laurent_rio Jan 19, 16 5:02 pm


Originally Posted by vsepr (Post 26026203)
Thanks for the confirmation!!

http://www.axs.com.sg/axsEstation.php transactions earn 10x points with DBS Woman's card!!

Hi, do you know how to cancel payment by credit card for prudential, so can back to pay manual by AXS. I know we can set credit card payment by pruaccess but how to cancel it ?

Thanks

vade Jan 19, 16 6:51 pm


Originally Posted by laurent_rio (Post 26045856)
Hi, do you know how to cancel payment by credit card for prudential, so can back to pay manual by AXS. I know we can set credit card payment by pruaccess but how to cancel it ?

Thanks

I called up Prudential directly and got them to do it. They're quite good about it.

vsepr Jan 19, 16 8:08 pm

Wef 15 Feb 2016, EZ-Link/TransitLink transactions, Insurance plan payment(s), Brokerage/Securities transactions and online gaming transactions will not be eligible for all ANZ Cards including Travel card!!!

https://sg.anz.com/rewards/travel/

Volasia Jan 19, 16 9:35 pm

The 'Best credit cards for KF miles accrual' master thread
 
Does Citi premier miles still give miles for EZLink transactions?

vsepr Jan 19, 16 10:00 pm


Originally Posted by Fly-Swiss (Post 26047153)
Does Citi premier miles still give miles for EZLink transactions?

https://www.citibank.com.sg/global_d...nt_Updates.pdf

Citibank rewards earning at Transit Link and EZ-Link

With effect from 18 March 2015, you will no longer earn/be awarded with any rewards points,
cashback or Citi Miles for your transactions and top-ups at Transit Link and EZ-Link using your
Citibank Credit Cards.
*Please note this revision is not applicable for Citibank SMRT Platinum Visa Card.

NetJets Germany Jan 20, 16 12:25 am


Originally Posted by shuigao (Post 26040889)
Apply for KF Ascend and swipe $10k to it.

Base accrual: $10,000 / 1.2 = 8,333
Monthly accelerator: 300 x 9 = 2,700
First swipe bonus: 5,000
$10k full fee welcome bonus: 35,000

= Pay $256.80 annual fee, swipe $10k, get 51,033 miles, doubt there's any better offer in SG right now.

[snip]

Shouldn't that be

"Monthly accelerator: 300 x 18 = 5,400"
and therefore

"Get 53,733 miles",

given that one gets 300 bonus miles for every S$500 spent (on top of the first S$1k)?

TTOTY Jan 20, 16 7:16 pm

anyone knows which card still award points for EZ reload?

have been using ANZ for years and now they want to discontinue it :(

vsepr Jan 21, 16 12:00 am


Originally Posted by TTOTY (Post 26053167)
anyone knows which card still award points for EZ reload?

have been using ANZ for years and now they want to discontinue it :(

http://www.uob.com.sg/personal/cards...amex_card.html

UOB PRVI Miles American Express Card only.

VISA & MasterCard versions does not award UNI$ for EZ-Link/Transitlink transactions.


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