Tag: altitude

No, you shouldn’t participate in DBS Altitude’s “More miles to Fly in Style” promotion

Credit Cards Aaron Wong - Oct 21, 2018 5

DBS is allowing you to buy miles at 2.2 cents each via the Altitude card. Should you take advantage of it? Short answer: no. Long answer: nooooooooooooo.

DBS seems to have backtracked on the Altitude AMEX bonus sign up cap

Credit Cards Aaron Wong - Oct 16, 2018 6

Latest version of T&Cs no longer include 1,000 cap for 10,000 mile sign up bonus.

DBS retroactively tweaks Altitude AMEX sign up bonus T&Cs

Credit Cards Aaron Wong - Oct 2, 2018 16

The 10,000 mile sign up bonus for the DBS Altitude AMEX is now capped at the first 1,000 customers. Not cool.

Comparing the rounding policies of 3 major miles cards

Credit Cards Aaron Wong - Jul 13, 2017 32

How do bank rounding policies affect the miles you earn on credit cards? Which policies work against you?

DBS Altitude Visa double miles promotion

Credit Cards Aaron Wong - Mar 7, 2017 0

Up to 6 mpd.

DBS has bonus offers for new and existing Altitude Visa cardholders

Credit Cards Aaron Wong - Nov 7, 2016 17

DBS has announced 2 promotions for its DBS Altitude Visa card, one for new sign ups and one for existing cardholders. Let's break this into 2 parts New Sign Up Bonus In a classic story of "why you should wait before you apply for credit cards", DBS has enhanced its sign up...

DBS Altitude is offering 8 Miles per $1 with Expedia, but beware the T&C

Credit Cards Aaron Wong - Jul 2, 2016 4

DBS has launched a new promotion with Expedia that offers Altitude cardholders the chance to earn 8 miles per $1 on online hotel and flight transactions till 30 August 2016. Remember that under the baseline T&C of the DBS Altitude card, you earn 3 miles per S$1 on online hotel...

Minor DBS Altitude devaluation

Credit Cards Aaron Wong - Apr 5, 2016 8

This shouldn't raise any undue alarm bells but I thought you should know that from 1 June 2016 DBS has revised the earning rate on the DBS Altitude card. The new earn rates are as follows Online flight and hotel transactions Overseas Spend (foreign currency) Local Spend 3 miles (Capped at S$5,000 per month) 2 miles 1.2...