Standard Chartered Visa Infinite offering 50,000 miles sign-up bonus

The Standard Chartered Visa Infinite isn’t particularly known for sign-up bonuses. You have to go back nearly two years to find the last one, which offered 45,000 bonus miles for new-to-bank customers only. 

Since then, the card has reverted to its regular offer of 35,000 bonus miles for paying the first year’s annual fee, which I wouldn’t consider to be a sign-up bonus in the strictest sense of the word (since there’s no further reward for spending).

However, Standard Chartered has now launched a new welcome offer worth up to 50,000 bonus miles for customers who apply for a StanChart Visa Infinite between now and 30 June 2025. Even better, this offer is available to both new and existing cardholders, so holding another StanChart credit card won’t disqualify you. 

StanChart Visa Infinite 50,000 miles welcome offer

From 1 April to 30 June 2025, new applicants for a StanChart Visa Infinite card will receive a total of 50,000 bonus miles when they pay the first year’s S$599.50 annual fee and spend at least S$2,000 within 60 days of approval.

Both new and existing Standard Chartered cardholders are eligible for this offer.

However, it’s worth noting that historically the StanChart Visa Infinite has offered 35,000 miles for paying the first year’s annual fee, so the “real” spending bonus here is more like 15,000 miles. 

These bonus miles are awarded on top of the StanChart Visa Infinite’s regular earn rates, so cardholders could earn between 52,000 to 56,000 miles in total, depending on how their S$2,000 spend is distributed.

This would be sufficient for a one-way Business Class Saver award between Singapore and Japan or South Korea on Singapore Airlines.

What counts as qualifying spend?

Cardholders are required to spend at least S$2,000 within 60 days of approval.

Qualifying spend includes both local and foreign currency transactions made online or in-store, excluding transactions on the general exclusions list.

• Charitable donations
• Education
• Government agencies
• Hospitals
• Insurance premiums
• Prepaid account top-ups
• Utility bills

For the avoidance of doubt, both CardUp and SC EasyBill transactions do count towards qualifying spend, so if you have income tax, insurance premiums or other bills to pay through these platforms, that would be a way of clocking the S$2,000 minimum spend.

When are bonus miles credited?

The 25,000 bonus miles for paying the first year’s annual fee will be credited within 30 days of the card activation date.

The remaining 25,000 bonus miles for meeting the minimum spend will be credited according to the following timeline.

All bonus miles are awarded in the form of 360° Rewards Points.

What can you do with 360° Rewards Points?

Standard Chartered used to have 10 airline and hotel transfer partners, one of the widest ranges in Singapore.

Unfortunately, that all changed in March 2024, when nine of them were dumped. Cathay Pacific Asia Miles was added, but the overall lineup is a lot thinner than before. 

Frequent Flyer Programme	Conversion Ratio (SC Points: Partner)
	VI, Journey, Beyond	All Others
	25,000 : 10,000	34,500 : 10,000
	25,000 : 10,000	34,500 : 10,000

Do note that Standard Chartered divides its credit cards into two tiers:

• Tier 1: StanChart Beyond, Journey, Visa Infinite, Priority Visa Infinite
• Tier 2: All other cards

Tier 1 cards enjoy a preferential conversion ratio, as shown in the table above. Points pool within tiers, but not across tiers (so you can’t combine Tier 1 and 2 points in a single redemption, for example). 

Transfers cost S$27.25 each, regardless of the number of points transferred. 

Terms & Conditions

The terms & conditions for this welcome offer can be found here.

Is this a good deal?

We don’t see welcome offers for the StanChart Visa Infinite very often, so if this card has been on your radar, then now would be a great time to apply. Paying S$599.50 for 50,000 bonus miles works out to 1.2 cents per mile, which is a good price by market standards.

But welcome bonus aside, I find the StanChart Visa Infinite to be a very underwhelming card. 

While its earn rates of 1.4 mpd and 3 mpd on local and FCY spend are competitive for a general spending card, you will need to spend at least S$2,000 in a statement month to enjoy that rate. If you spend less than S$2,000, the earn rate is a miserly 1 mpd for both.

Cardholders can also utilise the StanChart Income Tax Payment Facility to buy miles from 1.36 cents each when paying their income tax bill. Standard Chartered does not pay IRAS directly, but instead deposits the amount due into your bank account, leaving you to arrange payment on your own. You can then buy additional miles by paying the tax bill with CardUp or Citi PayAll, or simply continue with monthly GIRO installments as per normal.

Apart from this, the only benefit of note is six complimentary Priority Pass lounge visits per year, which is very mediocre for a card with an annual fee of almost S$600.

So if you do decide to get this card, it should just be for a year at most!

Conclusion

The StanChart Visa Infinite is now offering a sign-up bonus of 50,000 miles, available to both new and existing StanChart cardholders. This requires a minimum spend of S$2,000 in the first 60 days, as well as payment of the first year’s S$599.50 annual fee.

The cost per mile is an attractive 1.2 cents each, though keep in mind that Standard Chartered’s list of transfer partners has been cut to just KrisFlyer and Asia Miles, having ditched other partners like Qatar Airways and Flying Blue about a year ago.

Given how underwhelming the card’s other features are, however, your plan should be to hold it for no more than a year. There are much more compelling cards in its segment that offer equivalent or superior benefits for less!