Heymax has launched a new campaign that lets you earn 3 Max Miles per S$1 on bus and MRT rides, as well as bike-sharing services. All you need to do is register and pay for your daily commute with a Heymax-linked Visa card.
While each user is capped at earning 30 Max Miles per day, it just takes a second to register, and Max Miles are awarded on top of your credit card miles anyway. Moreover, registration also puts you in the running to win 4x prizes of 25,000 Max Miles each, enough for a return Economy Class ticket between Singapore and Japan through JAL MileageBank.
Max Miles are an extremely versatile currency, with more than two dozen airline and hotel transfer partners- Iโm sure most people wonโt mind another way of earning them.
๐ 700 Max Miles joining bonus |
Sign up for a Heymax account and get up to 700 Max Miles as a welcome bonus after adding a card, purchasing a voucher and viewing the redemption page |
700 bonus Max Miles |
Earn 3 mpd on bus/MRT rides and bike-sharing with Heymax
From 28 January 2025, Heymax will award 3 Max Miles per S$1 spent on bus/MRT rides and bike-sharing transactions, paid with a Heymax-linked Visa card.
- Bus/MRT: SimplyGo rides paid at gantry
- Bike-sharing: Anywheel, HelloRide
Registration is required, and can be done by tapping โJoin the Campaignโ on the Heymax app or website.
This offer will end on 28 February 2025, or when 1 million Max Miles have been awarded, whichever happens first. Subscribe to MileLion Roars and youโll receive an alert in advance of the campaign ending.
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If you havenโt already done so, youโll need to link your Visa card to Heymax, which can be done by tapping the Cards icon on the Heymax app. Follow the steps to link your card, and a S$1 test transaction will be charged (and later refunded).
Once linked, all you need to do is tap your physical Visa card or its digitalised Apple/Google Pay equivalent at the bus/MRT gantry to pay via SimplyGo. Youโll be able to track your spending and miles earned via the Heymax app or website.
โ ๏ธ Note for UOB cardholders |
Because UOB is the payment acquirer for BUS/MRT payments, the transaction does not pass through Visaโs network immediately and HeyMax does not get to know of your payment immediately. However, your payment will still get tracked up to a month later and the corresponding miles will be issued to your account. -HeyMax FAQs |
Each user is capped at earning 30 Max Miles per day, which works out to S$10 of spending. I donโt know the rates for bike sharing, but I imagine S$10 is more than most people spend on bus/MRT rides each day anyway.
Iโve also confirmed with Heymax that there is no minimum fare required to earn Max Miles, and all amounts are rounded up to the nearest Max Mile (for example, a S$0.34 fare would become 1.02 Max Miles with a 3X multiplier, rounded up to 2 Max Miles).
Lucky draw: 4x prizes of 25,000 Max Miles
In addition to the 3 mpd offer, four lucky Heymax users will win 25,000 Max Miles each during this campaign.
To qualify for the draw, users must make at least one bus or MRT transaction with a linked card during the duration of the campaign, and have at least one card linked with Heymax at the time the campaign ends.
The higher a userโs bus, MRT or bike sharing spending during the campaign, the higher their chances of winning.
Which card should you use for bus/MRT rides?
Not all banks offer points for SimplyGo, and this Heymax promotion is only for Visa cards.
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This rules out Mastercard options like the UOB Ladyโs Cards (4 mpd) or the KrisFlyer UOB Credit Card (3 mpd), so apart from the StanChart Smart Card (up to 9.3 mpd- with plenty of caveats!), the rest of the options are general spending cards ranging from 1.2 to 1.5 mpd.
๐ Visa Cards For SimplyGo |
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Card | Earn Rate | Remarks |
SCB Smart Card Apply |
9.3 mpd | Min. spend S$1.5K: 9.3 mpd Min. spend S$800: 7.42 mpd 3.71 mpd otherwise |
DBS Vantage Apply |
1.5 mpd | |
UOB PRVI Miles Visa Apply |
1.4 mpd | |
UOB Visa Infinite Metal Card Apply |
1.4 mpd | |
SCB Visa Infinite Apply |
1.4 mpd | Min. S$2K spend per s. month, otherwise 1 mpd |
DBS Altitude Visa Apply |
1.3 mpd | |
Maybank Visa Infinite Apply |
1.2 mpd | |
SCB Journey Card Apply |
1.2 mpd | |
Options earning less than 1.2 mpd are not shown |
Thereโs one important thing to consider here though: SimplyGo accumulates and charges fares to Visa cards on a daily basis.
Therefore, you need to be careful with minimum earning blocks.
- DBS cards do not award points in S$5 blocks (contrary to popular belief), so as long as you spend at least S$1.54 (Altitude) or S$1.34 (Vantage) in a single transaction, you will earn some points
- Maybank cards have a minimum earning block of S$5, so anything less than this wonโt earn any points
- StanChart cards offer points so long as you spend at least S$0.20 (Visa Infinite)
- UOB cards have a minimum earning block of S$5, but UOB awards UNI$ based on the accumulated spend on SimplyGo transactions per calendar month. Therefore, unless your monthly spend on public transport is <S$5, youโll still earn some points
Keep in mind, the minimum earning blocks relate to the points you earn from your credit card. As mentioned in the previous section, Heymax will still award Max Miles for any bus/MRT fare, rounding up amounts to the nearest Max Mile.
For the full list of cards to use with SimplyGo, including Mastercard options, refer to the post below.
What can you do with Max Miles?
Max Miles can be converted to 27 airline and hotel loyalty programmes at a 1:1 ratio, without any fees.
Partners are split into two categories:
- Direct points transfers, which work just like regular credit card points transfers: visit a portal, select the partner you want, and transfer the points over.
- Cash-for-miles, where youโre issued a virtual debit card to purchase the miles/points yourself on the partnerโs official portal
โ๏ธ Heymax Direct Points Transfers | |
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โ๏ธ Heymax Cash-for-Miles | |
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All direct points transfers are processed instantly, with the exception of Hainan Airlines Fortune Wings Club (5 business days) and JAL Mileage Bank (21 business days).
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For the best uses of Max Miles, including some of my favourite sweet spots, refer to the post below.
Conclusion
๐ 700 Max Miles joining bonus |
Sign up for a Heymax account and get up to 700 Max Miles as a welcome bonus after adding a card, purchasing a voucher and viewing the redemption page |
700 bonus Max Miles |
Heymax is now offering 3 Max Miles per S$1 on bus, MRT rides and bike-sharing services, paid with a Heymax-linked Visa. The promotion will continue until 28 February 2025, or when the pool of 1 million Max Miles is exhausted.
Making payments will also earn opportunities to win 4x prizes of 25,000 Max Miles each, and the more spend you accumulate, the higher your chances of winning.
Be sure to register and link your Visa cards before spending!
โFrom 28 January 2024โณโฆโฆ Aaron, I think you mean โFrom 28 January 2025โณ. Haha.
yes, have fixed that thanks!
If we link the visa card to Samsung pay, we will still receive max miles? Dun really see a mentioning of that in the article?
I use UOB one on Samsung Pay. I receive the max miles daily.