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My experience with the Etihad upgrade system
I'm currently working on a project in Abu Dhabi and shuttling back and forth between Singapore. SQ used to fly to AUH but stopped doing so sometime in 2012, making Dubai the...
Citibank has a HHonors points transfer bonus, should you partake?
Citibank, which recently revamped its rewards portal, is having a transfer promotion for Hilton HHonors from now till Jan 17th.
Limited Time Offer: Enjoy 2 Hilton HHonorsâ„¢ Points for each Citi PremierMile you...
Earn double miles with the new DBS Altitude AMEX sign up promo
Until 30 Sept, the DBS Altitude AMEX card had a very generous 50% bonus miles promotion. Upon card approval, you would earn 1.8 miles for local spend, 3 miles for overseas spend...
Free one-way car rentals. Really.
I've spoken before about how much I enjoy driving holidays, and the best kind of driving holiday is when you see most of the country by road. Land at one airport, get...
Credit cards and your credit score
I've received a few questions about whether this whole miles game is going to have an adverse impact on your credit score, and I'd like to address it here.
Short answer: No
Long answer:...
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
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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...
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Get up to 38,000 miles with $1K spend in the first 30 days
Offer Expires: Sep 30, 2024
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Get up to 52,600 miles with $2K spend in first 2 months
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