So, 3 nice surprises landed in my inbox this morning (well, technically 2, the CapitaCard one has been known for a while, but that sort of breaks the narrative flow so I'll ignore it) from DBS.
DBS is cutting back the benefits on 3 cards- the DBS CapitaCard, the DBS LiveFresh and...
There are only 3 days left to take advantage of the DBS Livefresh sign up promotion. Spend $500 within 30 days of card approval (if you already hold existing DBS cards you can go on ibanking and get instant approval) and get $80 back. I did this in November...
One of the little-known perks of credit cards is that if you charge your air tickets to them, you get complimentary travel insurance for the duration of your trip. It's my belief (and the belief of the wise men on HWZ) that you should not rely on this as a...
Although it's nowhere as good as the old spend $800 get 12,000 miles offer, this revised sign up promotion for the DBS Altitude Visa sure beats the previous iteration (which only gave 5,000 miles with $800 spending and required you to be among the first 500 applicants each month (I'd...
2016 is here and it's time to review the gameplan. I've sort of covered this already in the 2016 Credit Card strategy, but that was more specific to me. Here I'm going to lay out the credit card landscape as of 1 Jan- which cards should you use in...
One question I get asked very often is about using credit cards for bill payments.
Now, intuitively you won't be able to pay for a credit card bill with another credit card. Because this would create a wonderful cycle where I could
(1) Pay my DBS Altitude Card bill with my...
December is a good time to review credit card strategies for the new year. What I've come to realise is that although some cards may individually be the best to use in a particular category, when you view your miles earning strategy overall they may not fit in very...
Until 30 Sept, the DBS Altitude AMEX card had a very generous 50% bonus miles promotion. Upon card approval, you would earn 1.8 miles for local spend, 3 miles for overseas spend and 4.5 miles for online hotel and flight bookings for the first 6 months (as opposed to...
