For several years now, Mastercard has been offering instant GHA DISCOVERY elite status, with cardholders getting fast tracked up to Titanium, the highest (published) tier in the programme.
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| GHA Discovery Offer |
This offer is renewed on a rolling basis, and the latest extension means it’s now valid for redemptions till 31 December 2024.
Get instant DISCOVERY status with Mastercard
Mastercard cardholders in Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Macao, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam can enjoy the following offer:
- World Elite Mastercard: GHA Discovery Titanium
- World Mastercard: GHA DISCOVERY Platinum
- Platinum & Titanium Mastercard: GHA DISCOVERY Gold
Virtually every Mastercard I can think of in Singapore is at least a World tier, so there’s no reason why you should be anything less than Platinum.
The World Elite tier is a bit harder to come by, but here’s the options:
| Card | Annual Fee | Qualification Req. |
 Citi Prestige |
S$545 | Income โฅ S$120K |
 Citi Private Client Debit Card |
N/A | Min. AUM S$1.5M |
 Citi ULTIMA |
S$4,238 | Income โฅ S$500K |
 DCS Imperium |
S$3,584 | Unknown |
 OCBC Premier World Elite Debit Card |
N/A | Min. AUM S$200K |
 UOB Lady’s Solitaire Metal Card |
S$599 | Spend S$45K in 3-month period on UOB Lady’s Solitaire Card |
Here’s the instructions for upgrading your status
For new GHA DISCOVERY members
- Visit https://redemption.mastercard.com
- โSign-Upโ for a new account using your email and eligible Mastercard card or โLog-Inโ using an existing account
- Click on โExperience GHA DISCOVERYโ
- Click โUse Nowโ
- Click โConfirmโ
- Click โCreate an Accountโ
- Once all fields are complete, click โNextโ
- Provide consent preference under โPreferences and T&Cโ and click โConfirmโ
- “Congratulations! Your new membership status” will be shown. Click โDoneโ to be brought to your membership dashboard. At the same time, an enrolment confirmation email will be sent to the registered email.
For existing GHA DISCOVERY members
- Visit https://redemption.mastercard.com
- โSign-Upโ for a new account using your email and eligible Mastercard card or โLog-Inโ using an existing account
- Click on โExperience GHA DISCOVERYโ
- Click โUse Nowโ
- Click โConfirmโ
- Sign in using your GHA DISCOVERY account details, user name/email and password. Should you need to reset your password, please ensure you complete the process within the same browser window.
- After signing in, cardholder will be asked to confirm if you would like to proceed with the upgrade, click โConfirmโ
- “Congratulations! Your new membership status” will be shown. Click โDoneโ to be brought to your membership dashboard. At the same time, an enrolment confirmation email will be sent to the registered email.
- If the cardholderโs existing membership level matches the membership level offered through the partnership campaign, the memberโs membership will be renewed to the end of the next calendar year.
- If the cardholderโs existing membership level is higher than the membership level offered through the partnership campaign, the memberโs membership will not be downgraded.
How long is status valid for?
One upgraded, your status will be valid for the rest of 2024, as well as all of 2025.
For example, if your account gets upgraded on 31 August 2024, you will enjoy status till 31 December 2025. If you don’t have upcoming stays planned with GHA, it might be worth waiting till January 2025 to upgrade (because then you’d have status till 31 December 2026), but you’re betting that GHA will further renew its contract with Mastercard.
Requalification is subject to GHA’s regular criteria, namely:
| Tier | Nights | Brands | Spend |
| Silver | – | – | – |
| Gold | 2 stays | – | US$1,000 |
| Platinum | 10 nights | 2 brands | US$5,000 |
| Titanium | 30 nights | 3 brands | US$15,000 |
What if I already have status?
If your existing status level matches the membership level offered through Mastercard, you’ll receive a further extension till the end of the next calendar year.
What perks do DISCOVERY elites get?
| ๐จ GHA DISCOVERY Benefits |
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| Gold | Platinum | Titanium | |
| Earn D$ | 5% | 6% | 7% |
| D$ Validity | 18 mo. | 24 mo. | 24 mo. |
| Room Upgrade | – | Single | Double |
| Early Check-in | – | – | From 11 a.m |
| Late Check-out | – | Till 3 p.m | Till 4 p.m |
| Welcome Amenity | – | Yes | Yes |
| Share Status | – | – | Yes* |
| Breakfast | – | – | Yes^ |
| Silver is the entry-level GHA tier, with 4% D$ and 6 mo. D$ validity *Status sharing only applies to members who earned their status through regular means, not fast-track promos ^Selected brands only |
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GHA DISCOVERY benefits are valid at more than 800+ participating hotels worldwide, covering 40 brands including heavyweights like Anantara, Avani, Capella, Kempinski, Pan Pacific, PARKROYAL, and Tivoli.
While double room upgrades and 11 a.m check-in sound enticing on paper, do note that these are subject to availability. Therefore, your experience very much depends on how willing the hotel is to follow the rulebook, and YMMV.
There is one guaranteed benefit, however: breakfast for Titaniums. This was introduced in 2024, and is now available at the following brands:
- A Small World
- Capella Hotels & Resorts
- Divani Collection Hotels
- Lore Group
- Lungarno Collection
- Maqo Hotels
- Marco Polo Hotels
- Mysk Hotels
- Niccolo Hotels
- Nikki Beach Hotels & Resorts
- Shaza Hotels
- The Set Collection
- Grand Hotel Heiligendamm
Conclusion
Mastercard has once again extended its tie-up with GHA DISCOVERY, which offers up to instant Titanium status. That’s reserved for World Elite customers, but you should at the very least have Platinum status given how easy it is to get a World Mastercard.
Will the 12 months validity start from Nov, or Dec if I do the conversion now? i.e. do they go by date of status or calendar month for example?
Hi Aaron, can this be incorporated against an existing account. It seems like a new account needs to be created to redeem.
yea how to incorporate into an existing account? no where to fill in existing discovery loyalty #
Found the solution, just key in the same details of your existing account, ie username. If there are duplicate it will prompt you to either select the duplicate or create another acc using a different name.
hmm, I did the exact some thing, but they told me the username already exist and asks me to choose another
I did try same way with JW19 and it works. You may try just different username first but other information must be the same.
Agree with Nat Nat, just use a different account name with everything else the same. Afterwards it will ask you to merge, once all is done you can login with the old ID and PW and card is upgraded
Anyone able to use an existing account to upgrade their tier?
I am an existing Discovery member, they asked for my membership number. I was awarded with the Black status, with the OCBC World Elite debit card, but with a new membership number.
good to know world elite debit card is also ok!
I registered for a membership (was not a member prior), called the number above and got upgraded to black. Expiry Dec 22.
Do you need to have a registered membership first? Or will they create one for you if you don’t have one?
Thank you Aaron !
OCBC World Elite Master Card Debit works for the upgrade too. Have just done it. Providing Datapoint to all
thank you!
My newly issued OCBC World Elite Master Card Debit (starting with 557556) card got rejected by the mastercard travel. Emailed them to ask, and they said the card isn’t in their database. Does your older card have the same starting digits?
Heard from Flyertalk, apparently one of the new perks would be to have access to GHA hotel facilities even if not staying at the hotel. Not sure if this is only available to Black/Titanium or also Platinum members.
This could be a gamechanger
I read the same thing but struggle to see how they could possibly implement it, especially with so many newly minted titaniums
I’m currently overseas, is there an overseas number that I could call instead of the 1800 number?
Call +6564075212. 1800 xxx xxxx maps to +65 6 xxx xxxx.
Link is dead! โOffer does not existโ
Thanks for the tip Aaron! Do you know if we must book the 3 nights required for status upgrade via the Discover Loyalty app/website to be eligible? Or can this be done via the hotelโs own website (which might have a better rate) and then quoting your Discover Loyalty number?
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Hi, just to check. For GHA membership benefits, do we need to book direct? Or you can book from any website will do?
I ask because I see this https://www.panpacific.com/en/members.html
Inside the chart, it mentions Direct Booking Benefits for gold member only,
Exclusive only when booking direct, enjoy complimentary upgrade to next room category*** and late check-out privilege until 3pm.***
So I assume the rest of the benefits are applicable for non-direct booking?
The link is down? Got the message – access denied.
updated the link. use: https://specials.priceless.com/en-sg/offers/DISCOVERY_Loyalty?Oid=202111090004&issuerId=201810190021&productId=201810200191
This link doesn’t work. Do you have an updated link, by any chance?
What number did everybody call for citi prestige? The number on the site 188004075212 has been disconnected
use the number in the post.
Stay 3 nights for black card – I suppose it is new bookings?
Just weighing in – I managed to get Black status with my OCBC World Elite Debit card
is there a way to get through on the line? I was on hold for so long, yet to get a human on the line, and exactly at 30 mins the system hangs up on you
yep same problem `
Did any other fellow Mastercard World holders manage to get their fast-track to Black (now Titanium) while the promo lasted? I completed my 3 nights within the indicated time but I’m still Platinum weeks later. Wrote in but no response later.
If the only verification they ask for is the first 6 digits of the card number why can’t you just use the world elite bin numbers available everywhere online?
Can get?
As per the update instructions to email GHA, I got this reply:
“We understand that you are looking to elevate your current tier status at DISCOVERY through MasterCard, and we wish to inform you that for this you will have to contact MasterCard directly as the offer was extended by them and they require to validate and process it through.”
So whom are we meant to contact at MasterCard please?
Same reply they gave to me. Any suggestions?
The link is no longer working. I submitted a request but didn’t get any response so seems like the offer no longer exist.
I managed to follow the instructions today (Oct 24 2022) and get the system to auto extend my Titanium status till Dec 2023. I’m an existing GHA Discovery Titanium member. I clicked thru the link to the Priceless website https://specials.priceless.com/en-sg/offers/DISCOVERY_Loyalty?Oid=202111090004&issuerId=201810190021&productId=201810200191 and followed the instructions