Every time you book a hotel through a 3rd party OTA like Expedia/Agoda etc, that 3rd party keeps a share of the total stay. This can be as high as 20% in...
The UOB Preferred Platinum AMEX is the best card available for dining right now at 4 miles per $1. Yes, it's AMEX, but like I've said before, the whole reason they need...
View of the hotel pool and beach
Koh Samui is one of the resort islands in the Gulf of Thailand, arguably the most visited in that region, definitely contributed by the presence of...
Writing The Milelion has been an exciting experience and it's always great hearing your stories about how you managed to put what you read here to good use. At the same time, it's...
Although it's nowhere as good as the old spend $800 get 12,000 miles offer, this revised sign up promotion for the DBS Altitude Visa sure beats the previous iteration (which only gave 5,000...
2016 is here and it's time to review the gameplan. I've sort of covered this already in the 2016 Credit Card strategy, but that was more specific to me. Here I'm going...
The year's not even out and already one of my Christmas wishes has been answered
As per the gurus on HWZ, BOC is set to launch a Visa Infinite product in Singapore that...
First things first: I know Tigerair is a budget carrier, and as such they will engage in certain practices that full service carriers won't. I know they earn their margin on add-ons. I know...
Here's wishing all readers a very blessed Christmas!
Thank you for your readership and support in 2015, and especially for sharing your thoughts and tips with me as well. As much as I...
One question I get asked very often is about using credit cards for bill payments.
Now, intuitively you won't be able to pay for a credit card bill with another credit card. Because...
Ah, the dining card. The card which imbues us with a sudden sense of generosity when it comes to paying the bill ("oh let me get this one guys! just ibank me...
Hi guys
So sorry to all of you who have bothered to comment and are waiting for a reply. My comment system has been wonky and I've not gotten any alerts when comments...
I've made very clear the point that economy class redemptions do not make sense. And that's just common sense. If you want to redeem your miles for economy class flights you're better...
Even though Starwood is being bought by Marriott, the SPG program should not be affected until 2017 at the earliest. Therefore there's still every reason to take part in their latest promotion,...
