Yup... so far accepted by all my merchants, with the exception of Chan Brothers - even though their website says they accept all cards aside from Diners and JCB, they told me that "with immediate effect" they have stopped accepting Amex. :td:

Was about to .... then realized Jetstar does not accept Amex :(

Saw a merchant recently that stopped accepting Diners, though they accept all the regular ones + Amex.

Where does JCB figure in all this? Are they treated as a Diners card or totally separate (meaning acceptance can be difficult in some countries)?

Any idea when did this came into effect?

Was it with immediate effect as I did a transaction in pounds a few hours after you posted..

without knowing the change in earning ratio..

AFAIK the Citi PremierMiles earning rate change is effective on 18 May 2012. You can dig it up in their terms and conditions somewhere.

Thanks.

You are absolutely right.

Finally received my DBS Altitude VISA.

Happy to ditch the KF AmEx as well as my regular Visa... Too many cards in my wallet :p

Does anyone have any experiences from last year paying income tax via credit card? Worth the hassle?

I understand there maybe an option for this with ANZ or HSBC cards (ignoring UOB here). I would have to apply for the card first so am open to suggestions which one of the two offers the better overall card? I had a look at the HSBC Visa Platinum, but am not certain. (am not a Premier customer s no MC for me)

I understand there are fees involved and that you get 0.4KF mls per S$ at least for HSBC. Still it could yield some okay KF mileage so I'm happy to consider. Currently have Maybank Horizon, Citi Plat & Amex KF Gold (yes I know ;)).

You can pay your IRAS income tax with DBS/POSB VISA or MasterCard at AXS machines free of charge and earn points/cashback. The ONLY credit card in Singapore that lets you earn points/cashback for free.

May be slightly OT, but I just received a mailer from HSBC Singapore offering me the Visa Infinite with 45,000 Asia Miles signon bonus at a cost of S$488 first year fee + S$42.80 mileage program fee. Normally the signon bonus is 30,000 Asia Miles.

Even if I don't use the card at all (UOB PRVI Amex and DBS Altitude have better miles earning rate for spends) and treat this as a miles purchase scenario, total outlay works out S$530.80 or S$11.80 per 1,000 Asia Miles... seem worth it? Normally to purchase 1,000 Asia Miles costs US$32.50 or approximately S$40.

Heck, it's even better than this HSBC promo (now dead) that the SQTalk forum was raving about a year ago - 1,000 Asia Miles for S$20:
http://www.sqtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11347

What do you think?

Yup, I got that mailer too. It's an excellent deal!! I applied for it too but got rejected due to the income requirement.:(

What's the requirement? Also thanks for your feedback on tax payment. I don't have any CC or banking relationship with DBS & UOB. Not too fond of them for certain reasons so that one is out for me. Hence checking on HSBC card.

I guess a simple Plat Visa will do to pay taxes, but the Infinite card maybe interesting (assuming I would be able to get it). Of course the 45K mls offer is even better than the 30K one. Can you convert those miles into KF or only Asia Miles (CX)? The plus of the card to me are those immigration fast track perks if they are really as good as they claim. Anyone has experience with that, e.g. how does work (what channels to use?) and what airports in Asia? Thanks

S$250,000 per year income. I'm shy of that, but will likely apply anyway. ;)

You can use Jet Quay private terminal at Changi. The mailer lists the following airports in Asia for immigration fast-track:

Bali, Bangkok, Delhi, HCMC, Jakarta, KL, Seoul, "and more". (Their words, not mine)

Interestingly they value the use of Jet Quay as S$700 per trip (2x uses, one in one out I assume), but the immigration fast-track at the other airports at S$900.

Income requirement I think it's $125,000 per annum. You can convert to both Asia Miles & KrisFlyer. I only keen on the 45000 bonus miles, not interested in the immigration fast track.