Banks know that holders of miles earning or other premium credit cards value the option of complimentary airport transfers.
The majority of these cards will offer you airport dropoff, not pickup I wondered for the longest time why they didn't let you choose between one or the other before realising...
Was it all much ado about nothing? Reports are starting to come in that the bonus points for June are now reflecting in people's DBS Points accounts, and nothing has changed. All the transactions that used to earn you bonus points before, will still earn you bonus points now.
I...
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...
Well color me confused. About a week ago it was all ashes and sackcloth as DBS stealthily uploaded a new set of T&C to its website. You can find a summary of the changes here, but long story short it added a lot of exceptions for what types of transactions...
Update (9 Jun): Would like to draw your attention to the following comment by Christopher:Â
I called DBS earlier this afternoon to ask about the effective date of the above changes in the T & Cs. Twice. Here are the replies I received:
1. 1st CSO claimed that the T &...
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...
It took me about 30 minutes to think up the headline for this article. But I think it was totally worth it.
Anyway, it was a sad day for the miles earning game as EZ Link announced it would be discontinuing the EZ Link Imagine AMEX Prepaid card.
A nifty FAQ is...
The MAS stipulates that the minimum annual income required to grant someone unsecured credit facilities is S$30,000. Any requirement in excess of that is bank-imposed and purely arbitrary.
How do banks decide what the minimum income required for a particular credit card should be? Marketing. Pure marketing. Cards with a...
