Rounding up all the current AMEX KrisFlyer credit card miles promotions

The Milelion is partnering with American Express to give away one million KrisFlyer miles, in the form of 10 x 100,000 mile prizes. Here’s how it works:

1. Apply for either an AMEX KrisFlyer Credit Card or an AMEX KrisFlyer Ascend through The Milelion’s link
2. Upon completion, fill out this form with your application reference number and contact details
3. If your application is approved before 15 May 2019 and you make a transaction of at least $1 by 31 May 2019, you’re eligible to win one of 10 prizes of 100,000 KrisFlyer miles!

Get started by applying for an AMEX KrisFlyer card here

The full T&C of the draw can be found here.

If you’ve already got your card, I figured you might be interested in getting up to date with all the various miles promotions available to AMEX KrisFlyer cardholders right now.

Bonus 4 mpd on Mobile Wallet transactions

	AMEX KrisFlyer Credit Card	AMEX KrisFlyer Ascend
Earn Rate	5.1 mpd	5.2 mpd
Cap	$300 for promo period	$300 for promo period

From now till 15 June 2019, AMEX KrisFlyer cardholders earn a bonus 4 mpd when they use their card with Apple Pay, Google Pay or Samsung Pay. This is capped at $300 for the entire promotional period.

You will need to register your card, which you can do so here. Registration is capped at the first 15K cards to register.

Bonus 2 mpd on “Daily Essentials”

	AMEX KrisFlyer Credit Card	AMEX KrisFlyer Ascend
Earn Rate	3.1 mpd	3.2 mpd
Cap	$200/month	$200/month

AMEX KrisFlyer cardholders now earn a bonus 2 mpd on spending at Daily Essentials merchants, capped at $200 per month. There is currently no end date on this promotion, which includes the following merchants:

No registration is required for this promotion. Do note that this bonus may not be valid at Subway outlets located in hospitals or educational institutions (because their MCC would not be recognised properly), as well as Unity outlets located within Fairprice.

In case you were wondering, the “Daily Essentials” promotion stacks with the Mobile Wallet promotion, which means that if you used Google Pay and your AMEX KrisFlyer Ascend to pay at McDonald’s, for example, you’d net a total of 7.2 mpd.

Bonus 2 mpd on Grab rides and GrabPay

	AMEX KrisFlyer Credit Card	AMEX KrisFlyer Ascend
Earn Rate	3.1 mpd	3.2 mpd
Cap	$200/month	$200/month

AMEX KrisFlyer cardholders can earn a bonus 2 mpd on spending with Grab, capped at $200 each month. This includes all Grab services, plus GrabPay top-ups.

No registration is required for this promotion. As a reminder, AMEX KrisFlyer cardholders will also earn 500 bonus miles on their first transaction with Grab.

Bonus 4 mpd on Scoot

	AMEX KrisFlyer Credit Card	AMEX KrisFlyer Ascend
Earn Rate	5.1 mpd	5.2 mpd
Cap	$300 for promo period	$300 for promo period

Yes, yes, it’s Scoot, but hey, if you’re going to buy their tickets anyway, might as well get bonus miles out of it. From now till 18 June 2019, AMEX KrisFlyer cardholders earn a bonus 4 mpd on flyscoot.com transactions, capped at $300 for the promotion period.

Registration is required for this promotion, which can be done here. The promotion is capped at the first 10K cardholders who register.

Targeted: Bonus 3 mpd on foreign currency spending

	AMEX KrisFlyer Credit Card	AMEX KrisFlyer Ascend
Earn Rate	4.1 mpd	4.2 mpd
Cap	$500 for promo period	$500 for promo period

From now till 30 April 2019, targeted AMEX KrisFlyer cardholders can earn a bonus 3 mpd on foreign currency spending, capped at $500 of spending for the promotional period.

Registration is required. If you’re targeted, you’ll see the offer available on your AMEX dashboard when you login to internet banking. Registration is capped at the first 10K cards.

Conclusion

Although the AMEX KrisFlyer cards may not have the strongest general spending rates, these bonuses help to bring up the earning rates for those who already have the card.

Remember, however, that it may be possible in some cases to do even better than these promotional rates with other cards- refer to this link for a list of which card to use when.