UOB's sign up promotions are typically lackluster. And by lackluster I mean awful. Here's an example of a recent promotion they ran for new card members.
Be among the top 6,000 spenders to earn 3 miles on all spend for the first 3 months, with a maximum of 3,600 miles!
Ok so-
(1)...
For the festive season, UOB is running a promotion to encourage people to spend overseas on their credit cards. Banks generally earn big margins every time you swipe your card overseas, so it's not surprising to see them trying to sweeten the deal with giveaways like this.
From 23 November...
Black Friday is here again as Americans try to  ease the pain of too much turkey and the vagaries of the electoral college system by spending their way into a debt-fueled oblivion!
I'm not going to list any great deals here because I'm sure you're all more than capable of sniffing them...
I'm not the most organized of people and don't make a habit of scrutinizing my credit card statement every month. But one practice of UOB has made me extra paranoid about doing so.
UOB has a policy of automatically deducting UNI$Â from your UNI$ balance whenever your annual card fee becomes due, assuming...
I visited Tokyo back in April this year. It was my first trip to Japan which involved leaving the airport, and it was awesome. The food, the scenery, the shopping. I'd go back again in a heartbeat.
Now that I'm back I'm a bit annoyed that I only seriously looked...
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...
Google Analytics tells me that my readership is currently 70% male and 30% female. I solely attribute that to the fact I have not yet posted shirtless photos of myself (after which we should very comfortably get the male % up to 90-ish)
But in case any of my female readers...
I gave UOB some stick for their PRVI Miles devaluation (and their ridiculous decision to call it an "enhancement"), but credit where it's due for small unexpected surprises like this:
I received a letter dated 17th May 2016 with $30 of Paradise Group dining vouchers inside.
The letter goes-
Thank you for...