140,000 Miles: Stack Amex Ascend and Amex Platinum Welcome Offers!
Last Updated: 1st July 2025
Extended! For a limited time until 28th May 2025 30th July 2025, you can get a lot of miles when you sign up for American Express cards. There are not one but two excellent welcome offers that you can stack for as many as 140,000 miles, and this works even for existing cardholders!
Sign up with links below and get S$50 bonus cashback per card!
Amex KrisFlyer Ascend: up to 40,000 miles for new/existing cardholders + S$50
If you are a new Amex cardholder, applying for the Amex KrisFlyer Ascend card qualifies you for 32,600 bonus KrisFlyer miles. On top of 5,000 miles for first-time Amex KrisFlyer cardholders and 2,400 miles from making S$2,000 spend on the card, that’s 40,000 miles in total.
Existing cardholders will get 22,600 bonus KrisFlyer miles instead. With 5,000 miles for being a first-time Amex KrisFlyer cardholder and 2,400 miles from making the S$2,000 spend requirement, existing cardholders still get a pretty generous 30,000 miles from this welcome offer.
There is a first-year annual fee of S$397.85 payable, and this is offset significantly by the one night hotel stay at participating Hilton properties all over the world. You also get additional S$50 cashback when you use the link below to apply.
Amex KrisFlyer Ascend
Amex KrisFlyer Ascend earns 1.2 KrisFlyer miles per S$1 spent, and it’s credited directly to your KrisFlyer Account. Complimentary one night stay each year at participating Hilton Properties and complimentary upgrade to Hilton Honors Silver
🎁 New and Existing Cardholders
Sign up, pay annual fee of S$397.85 and make S$2,000 spending:
- New cardholders: 32,600 KrisFlyer miles¹
- Existing cardholders: 22,600 KrisFlyer miles¹
Earn rate on S$2,000: 2,400 KrisFlyer miles
🎁 Stackable Gifts
Use link provided here and make one qualifying transaction for bonus S$50 cashback²
First-time Amex KrisFlyer cardholders also get bonus 5,000 KrisFlyer miles¹
Total for new cardholders: 40,000 miles + S$50
Total for existing cardholders: 30,000 miles + S$50
💳 Card Benefits
- Complimentary one night stay each year at participating Hilton Properties
- Complimentary upgrade to Hilton Honors Silver membership tier
- KrisFlyer Elite Gold Membership tier upgrade (spend above S$15,000 on eligible purchases made on Singapore Airlines and/or Scoot within the first 12 months from card approval)
For reference only; refer to exact details in terms and conditions
Amex Platinum Charge: all-time high 100,000 miles + S$50 cashback
Regardless whether you hold other Amex cards, you will get 100,000 miles and S$100 cashback when you apply below and meet the requirements.
The annual fee of S$1,744 must be paid and can be significantly offset by the various statement credits that is offered by the card and the welcome reward. The all-time high 100,000 miles (that can go to EVA Air) is easily S$1,500 in value in my books, so this sign-up promo is really attractive. Read this article for a more detailed breakdown on the first-year value proposition of the card.
Amex Platinum Charge
You just need S$30,000 minimum income to apply. Current promo is extremely generous and coupled with the card benefits makes the first-year annual fee very worth it.
New and Existing Cardholders
Sign up, pay annual fee of S$1,744 and make S$8,000 spending Receive 160,000 Membership Rewards® points (100,000 miles)¹
Stackable Gift
Use link provided here for bonus S$50 cashback²
Card Benefits
Receive statement credits in each calendar half of the year (i.e. January to June and July to December):
- S$75 fashion credits (Mr Porter and NET-A-PORTER)
- S$100 local dining credits (participating outlets)
- S$100 overseas dining credits (participating outlets)
- S$200 lifestyle credits (participating outlets)
- S$17 per month entertainment credits (Netflix, Disney+, Straits Times etc.)
- S$100 airline credits (Singapore Airlines or Scoot)
More benefits:
- One complimentary night’s stay at selected properties
- Enjoy unlimited complimentary access to more than 1,400 airport lounges across 650 cities and 140+ countries for you, your one Supplementary Member and one guest each
- Special rates and pleasant surprises worth S$800 when you stay at over 1,300 properties worldwide that are part of FINE HOTELS & RESORTS
- Complimentary upgrades to hotel loyalty programmes (e.g. Hilton Gold, Marriott Gold Elite etc.)
- Access to the elite, members-only Tower Club Singapore
⚠️ Important
- Apply for the card with link provided (you may need to turn off content blockers)
- Apply and get approved by 30th July 2025
Refer to terms and conditions on the landing page after tapping Apply
For reference only; refer to exact details in terms and conditions
Does owning UOB Absolute or DBS yuu Amex affect anything?
Amex cards issued by banks do not affect your cardholder status with American Express. This means that if you own an American Express version of cards like UOB PRVI or DBS yuu, you are still counted as a new cardholder when you apply for an Amex card issued by American Express.
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140,000 miles open up a lot of travel possibilities
140,000 miles is no small number, and it is a lot better that the 100,000 miles from Amex Platinum Charge can go to airlines like EVA Air for cheaper Singapore Airlines flights. EVA Air itself also offers pretty great deal for its business class flights — 50,000 miles can get you a return flight to places like Taipei in business class! 100,000 miles would thus get you and a companion on the same trip.
Alternatively, I would also convert 80,000 of the 100,000 miles to EVA Air and book a return trip via Singapore Airlines business class to places like Korea or Japan. The remaining 20,000 could possibly join the 40,000 miles from Amex KrisFlyer Ascend and be used for Spontaneous Escapes trips.
What to spend on?
You need to meet the minimum spend to qualify for rewards. Read the terms and conditions carefully when applying to take note of what transactions are excluded from the qualifying spend.
A quick and easy way would be to use CardUp or ipaymy to pay for bills like income taxes and insurance.
Do also check out this article on other things you can spend on to meet the minimum spend:
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Seth Wee was a licensed financial adviser representative from 2009 to 2025, with over 16 years of experience in Singapore’s financial advisory industry.
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