Category: UOB

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UOB PRVI Miles Cards offering 5 mpd on overseas dining and shopping

Aaron Wong - Nov 8, 2024

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Complete list of UOB$ merchants: November 2024

Aaron Wong - Nov 7, 2024

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UOB PRVI Miles Card offering 46,000 miles uncapped sign-up bonus and S$50 cash

Aaron Wong - Nov 2, 2024

UOB PRVI Miles new targeted 10K miles sign up promotion

Credit Cards Aaron Wong - Dec 11, 2016 1

UOB's sign up promotions are typically lackluster. And by lackluster I mean awful. Here's an example of a recent promotion they ran for new card members. Be among the top 6,000 spenders to earn...

Why the maths behind UOB’s latest promotion makes my head hurt

Credit Cards Aaron Wong - Dec 5, 2016 9

For the festive season, UOB is running a promotion to encourage people to spend overseas on their credit cards. Banks generally earn big margins every time you swipe your card overseas, so...

UOB cardholder with an upcoming annual fee? Better check your UNI$ balance

Credit Cards Aaron Wong - Nov 21, 2016 19

I'm not the most organized of people and don't make a habit of scrutinizing my credit card statement every month. But one practice of UOB has made me extra paranoid about doing so. UOB has...

Is it worth getting the JCB card for a single trip to Japan?

Credit Cards Aaron Wong - Oct 4, 2016 16

I visited Tokyo back in April this year. It was my first trip to Japan which involved leaving the airport, and it was awesome. The food, the scenery, the shopping. I'd go...

Fortunately the men don’t get UOB’s latest Lady’s card promotion

Credit Cards Aaron Wong - Jul 4, 2016 11

Google Analytics tells me that my readership is currently 70% male and 30% female. I solely attribute that to the fact I have not yet posted shirtless photos of myself (after which we...

UOB PRVI Miles gives a nice surprise

Credit Cards Aaron Wong - May 18, 2016 4

I gave UOB some stick for their PRVI Miles devaluation (and their ridiculous decision to call it an "enhancement"), but credit where it's due for small unexpected surprises like this: I received a...

UOB “Enhances” the PRVIMiles card

Credit Cards Aaron Wong - May 3, 2016 15

I got a text this morning that made me worried First rule of the miles and points game. "Enhancement" is always a bad thing. I wonder why airlines/hotels/credit card companies continue to use...

UOB Yolo- life is too short for cashback cards

Credit Cards Aaron Wong - Mar 30, 2016 9

The UOB YOLO Card is what happens when you let marketing groupthink run amok. "Hey guys, let's create a new offering for the millennial group. And let's call it yolo because millennials." As someone...