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UOB’s 5 miles per $1 promotion sounds exciting but really isn’t

So UOB sent out a mailer to all its PRVI cardholders informing them of a promotion where card members can earn 5 miles per $1 spent between 23 Oct and 31 Dec....

Revisiting the Krisflyer Star Alliance Partner Chart

EDIT: Revised guidance to this article now exists. Please refer to this article for the latest version. I said before that it doesn't make sense to redeem Krisflyer miles for Star Alliance partner...

When is overseas spend not overseas?

Because banks earn a nice profit on all your foreign spend (nowhere as bad as that scammy DCC but still a good margin), they tend to offer lucrative overseas spend bonuses to entice...

So, about that $70 of free fuel

I wrote a previous article about how DBS was giving away free money with its Esso card for new signups. Basically, it was advertised that you'd get $70 in fuel vouchers when...

The Milelion Credit Card Omnibus Week 4: Citibank

The Milelion is running a new series that aims to profile every credit card available in Singapore. Each week we will cover a different bank. The appendix below will be updated weekly...

Citibank revamps its rewards portal, ThankYou points are now the currency

Over the weekend Citibank Singapore updated its online rewards platform to bring it in line with the rest of the world. Points are now called "ThankYou" points. Fortunately, nothing has been devalued- what...

Clearing the SQ waitlist

Ah, the fabled SQ waitlist. I don't think any other airline has such a perfect mechanism for torturing its loyal members as does SQ. When there are award seats available in a particular...

The squeaky wheel gets the grease

I don't really think much of Hilton, ever since they gutted their loyalty program in an act that rivaled the sacking of Rome. But man, their customer service is something else altogether. And...

150 Free Starwood Points for Updating Security Questions

I believe that Starwood is one of the last remaining hotel programs  with any significant value left. Starwood points are generally considered to be worth about 2 US cents each. So here's...

You can earn Krisflyer miles on Scoot and Tigerair, but you shouldn’t

Not too long ago SQ announced that it was going to seek closer integration with Tiger and Scoot. Avoiding the obvious "why would you want to do that" question, it seems that...

DBS Altitude Visa sign up bonus cut to 5,000 miles, has other conditions too…

Well, in a classic case of why we can't have nice things, the DBS Altitude Visa's sign up bonus has been cut to 5,000 miles with $800 spend within 30 days of...

The Milelion Credit Card Omibus Week 3: UOB

The Milelion is running a new series that aims to profile every credit card available in Singapore. Each week we will cover a different bank. The appendix below will be updated weekly...

If you must roam, get some miles out of it

So first and foremost, unless your company is paying for it, there's no reason why you should ever use roaming. Until we have an EU type agreement which abolishes the ridiculous fees...

Get a free night at any IHG property with IHG Dining Rewards

Credit for this article goes to Athen, without whom I wouldn't have learned about this interesting opportunity for arbitrage.  That's one of the blessings of running this site- I get to learn...