AMEX KrisFlyer Credit Card offering 24,000 miles sign-up bonus

American Express has launched a new sign-up bonus for the AMEX KrisFlyer Credit Card, which runs from now till 28 August 2022. 

New cardholders who apply via The MileLion and spend S$2,000 will receive 16,200 miles, plus 10,000 extra miles if they’re new-to-AMEX.

New AMEX KrisFlyer Credit Card offer

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	Old Offer (till 10 Jul 22)		New Offer (from 11 Jul 22)
	Spend	Miles	Spend	Miles
First Spend	Any	5K	Any	5K
Milelion Bonus (Months 1-3)	S$2K	4K	S$2K	4K
Sign-Up Bonus	S$1K (mo. 1-2)	5K + 1N Hilton	S$2K (mo. 1-3)	15K
Base Miles	2.2K (S$2K @ 1.1 mpd)		2.2K (S$2K @ 1.1 mpd)
Total Spend	S$2K		S$2K
Total Miles	16.2K + Hilton		26.2K

All first-time American Express KrisFlyer cobrand cardholders will enjoy 5,000 miles on their first spend of any amount. This is a once per lifetime bonus.

Cardholders who spend S$2,000 in the first 3 months of approval will receive 5,000 miles. New-to-AMEX cardholders will receive an additional 10,000 miles for a total of 15,000 miles.

Cardholders (regardless of new or existing) who apply via The MileLion and spend S$2,000 in the first 3 months of approval will also receive 4,000 miles.

To summarise the offer, by spending S$2,000 in the first 3 months of approval, you’d receive up to 26,200 miles, broken down as follows:

• 5,000 miles (first spend bonus)
• 15,000 miles (sign-up bonus)
• 4,000 miles (MileLion bonus)
• 2,200 miles (base miles earned for S$2,000 spend @ 1.1 mpd)

The AMEX KrisFlyer Credit Card comes with a first-year waiver of its S$176.55 annual fee.

The T&Cs of the sign-up offer can be found here.

The T&Cs for the 4,000 bonus miles for MileLion readers can be found here. 

What spending is eligible?

AMEX has a list of excluded spending categories here, but the key ones to note are: 

• GrabPay top-ups
• Insurance
• SPC transactions
• Utilities

For the avoidance of doubt, CardUp, hospital transactions, donations, and anything else not explicitly stated in the exclusion list will count as eligible spend. 

Overview: AMEX KrisFlyer Credit Card

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Income Req.	S$30,000 p.a.	Points Validity	3 years
Annual Fee	S$176.55	Min. Transfer	N/A
Miles with Annual Fee	None	Transfer Partners	SIA
FCY Fee	2.95%	Transfer Fee	None
Local Earn	1.1 mpd	Points Pool?	N/A
FCY Earn	2.0 mpd (Jun & Dec)	Lounge Access?	No
Special Earn	2 mpd on SIA and KrisShop, 3.1 mpd for Grab	Airport Limo?	No
Cardholder Terms and Conditions

The AMEX KrisFlyer Credit Card comes with a first-year waiver of its S$176.55 annual fee. 

Cardholders earn 1.1 mpd on all Singapore dollar spending, and 2 mpd on foreign currency spending in June and December (1.1 mpd otherwise). Grab Singapore transactions earn 3.1 mpd, capped at S$200 per calendar month.

Cardholders who spend at least S$12,000 between 1 July and 30 June of the following year will receive S$150 cashback to offset purchases of air tickets made on singaporeair.com. Air tickets must be originating from Singapore, and charged in Singapore dollars. 

A further 500 bonus miles can be enjoyed for making a first telco recurring bill payment at participating merchants. 

Conclusion

AMEX KrisFlyer Credit Card members can get 26,200 miles when they spend S$2,000 in the first 3 months of approval, provided they’re new to AMEX. If you don’t meet the new to AMEX criteria, there’s an alternative offer for the AMEX KrisFlyer Ascend with 37,500 miles for S$3,000 of spend, though you will have to pay the first year’s S$337.05 fee. 

These offers are valid till 28 August 2022, and remember: you can always buy NTUC vouchers or Qoo10 gift cards if you have difficulty meeting the minimum spend.