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Welcome to the fourth and final week of the Milelion launch competition! Hard to believe a month has already gone by, but thank you so much for your participation and questions. Your readership means everything to me. This week's winner, C., has the following questions 1) Is the DBS Altitude AMEX for hotels/Flights...

cover photo by peaceful-jp-scenery Sorry for the delay in the competition! I've been busy travelling and work has piled up in my absence. But don't worry, we're going to have a bumper giveaway this week with Weeks 2 & 3 combined. We have 2 great questions today, from Ling and Jason....

The Idea AirBnB currently has a tie up with DBS and American Express Krisflyer credit cards DBS lets you save 17/15% for your first/subsequent AirBnB bookings American Express gives you S$80 off a min S$160 reservation, for one time use only Use my sign up link to get S$33...

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photo by mark stevens This is a 2 part series on the new OCBC Voyage Card. The first part introduces the card and OCBC's Voyage Mile currency. The second part analyses the earning opportunities via the OCBC Voyage Card OCBC's Great Metal Hope Ah OCBC, will you ever get it right? OCBC's portfolio has long...

 The Idea AMEX-issued AMEX cards are not ideal for earning miles- the highest base earning rate is 0.83 miles per S$1, well below the 1.2-1.6 standard given by local banks Premium AMEX cards come with hefty annual fees which cannot be waived easily after the 1st year Premium AMEX...

The Idea Visa offers the Visa Luxury Hotel Collection to its Signature and Infinite cardholders which allows you to book curated hotels with additional benefits such as room upgrades, free internet, free breakfast, US$25 F&B credit and 3pm late checkout This can be useful for comparison shopping if you've decided...

The Idea Although the Krisflyer Ascend Card has horrible earning rates and shouldn’t be used as a general spending card, it comes with 4 very generous gifts which you can get for free just by signing up Sign up for the card, opt for the 1st year fee waiver...