August Deals: Get a Free Staycation, Samsung Earphones, and Money!

We can’t really travel yet, so staycations are the next best thing. How does $300 towards your next staycation sound? You could also save it for your next overseas trip if that’s possible next year. Also new this month are Samsung earphones, and a way to get free money even if you aren’t a new to bank customer.

$300 Agoda Vouchers with DBS Cards

Sign up for your first DBS card below, use FLASHAGODA during sign up, and spend $200 within the first 30 days of card approval.

Get the LiveFresh if you’re into cashback, or get the DBS Altitude card which provides you with complimentary Priority Pass membership with two free lounge visits a year!

DBS Yuu

Use promo code: DBSYUU

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New DBS cardholders

Get S$350 cashback1 when you:

  • Apply for DBS yuu American Express (or S$300 cashback for DBS yuu Visa)
  • Use promo code DBSYUU during application
  • Make a min spend of S$350 within 30 days from card approval

Existing DBS/POSB cardholders

Get S$1201 when you:

  • Apply for for DBS yuu American Express (or S$80 cashback for DBS yuu Visa)
  • Use promo code DBSYUU during application
  • Make a min spend of S$350 within 30 days from card approval
  1. Sign up before 6th June 2023. Terms and conditions (save a copy for your own reference)

Get staggering 4.5% with no minimum spend, or 17.5% with S$600 eligible spend with a month! Staggering earn rate with few conditions required. Watch the review

DBS Vantage

Use promo code FLASHVTG

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New and existing cardholders

New and existing cardmembers will be credited up to 80,000 miles and 60,000 miles respectively in the form of DBS Points, within 90 to 120 days from the Card approval date. 

  • Apply for a DBS Vantage Card
  • Use promo code FLASHVTG
  • Make payment for non-waivable annual fee of S$594.00 (inclusive of GST); and
  • Charge a minimum spend of S$5,000 within 30 days from card approval date

Until 6th June 2023

See terms and conditions and save a copy for your future reference.

Get free Accor Plus Explorer membership with one free hotel night per year! Also get 10 free lounge visits a year via Priority Pass. S$120,000 annual income requirement. Watch the review here

DBS Woman’s World Mastercard

Promo code: 150CASH

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New to bank

  1. Apply and use promo code 150CASH by 30th June 2023
  2. Charge a minimum of S$800 within the first 60 days from card approval date
  3. Get S$150 cashback!

Consider the DBS Yuu Card as your first DBS card for a better promo

Get 4 miles per dollar on online transactions. Men can apply too! Tap here for review

DBS LiveFresh

Promo code: 150CASH

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New to bank

  1. Apply and use promo code 150CASH by 30th June 2023
  2. Charge a minimum of S$800 within the first 60 days from card approval date
  3. Get S$150 cashback!

Consider the DBS Yuu Card as your first DBS card for a better promo

Get 5% cashback on contactless and online transactions with S$600 minimum spend per month. Tap here for a review (I’ll update this soon™)

POSB Everyday

Promo code: 150CASH

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New to bank

  1. Apply and use promo code 150CASH by 30th June 2023
  2. Charge a minimum of S$800 within the first 60 days from card approval date
  3. Get S$150 cashback!

Consider the DBS Yuu Card as your first DBS card for a better promo

Get up to 5% cashback on groceries, 5% on selected online retailers, 3% on utilities and more. No minimum spend required for these earn rates.

Works for existing cardholders

DBS Takashimaya (Amex)

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New to DBS Takashimaya cards (existing cardholders of other DBS/POSB cards qualify too!)

  1. Apply online for DBS Takashimaya American Express® Card  from 1 March 2023 to 30 June 2023.
  2. Spend a minimum of S$600 within Takashimaya (Takashimaya Department Store, Takashimaya Online Store and participating specialty stores at Takashimaya Shopping Centre)^ within first month from Card approval date with your DBS Takashimaya American Express® Card to receive S$300 cashback.

See terms and conditions

Until 30th June 2023

After being taken to DBS site, scroll down and look for the Apply Now button in red. Promo code can be left blank for DBS Takashimaya Card

DBS Altitude
(Amex or Visa)

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New to DBS Cardholders

Get the DBS Altitude (Amex):

  • ⭐️ Recommended: up to 27,000 miles (first-year fee waiver; use code ALTMEXW)

Existing DBS Cardholders

Get the DBS Altitude (Amex):

  • ⭐️ Recommended: up to 16,000 miles (fee waiver; use code ALTMEXAW)

Until 30th June 2023

⚠️ Please remember to use the promo codes.

Terms and Conditions

Spend S$2,000 on eligible transactions within 30 days from approval.

  1. Terms for new to DBS cardholders
  2. Terms for existing DBS cardholders

Get 1.2 mpd for local spend. Free Priority Pass membership which gives 2 complimentary lounge vists a year (exclusive to Visa version only).

Samsung Galaxy Buds Live ($288) with Citi cards

Get Samsung Galaxy Buds Live worth S$288 for the first 1,000 new customers for Citi cards. Even if you’re not one of the first 1,000, you still get $200 via PayNow! All you have to do is to make one transaction within the first month of card approval. No minimum spend required!

Existing customers get $30 per card.

Citi cards

Please click Apply under each card to see the most up to date promo.

Citi Cash Back

Please note there are two different promos and select carefully:

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Citi Promo:

  • Citi PremierMiles: 30,000 miles
  • Citi Prestige: 120,000 points and more
  • Citi Rewards: 40,000 points
  • Citi Cash Back: S$300 cashback
  • Citi SMRT: S$300 cashback
  • Tap here to see Citi promos

Until 30th June 2023


Get 8% cashback on groceries and petrol, as well as 6% on dining! Read the review here

Citi Rewards

Please note there are two different promos and select carefully:

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Citi Promo:

  • Citi PremierMiles: 30,000 miles
  • Citi Prestige: 120,000 points and more
  • Citi Rewards: 40,000 points
  • Citi Cash Back: S$300 cashback
  • Citi SMRT: S$300 cashback
  • Tap here to see Citi promos

Until 30th June 2023


Get 10X ThankYou Points (4 mpd or 2.27% cashback) on online and shopping transactions. Read the review here

Citi Prestige

Use code C04233289T

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New or existing Citi Cardholders

Apply here with code C04233289T (if you get an error message signing up as an existing cardholder, try again as a new Citi cardholder)

Get 120,000 ThankYou points (48,000 miles) with payment of annual fee of S$540 and making minimum spend of S$800 within first 2 months.

Terms and conditions

Until 30th June 2023

⚠️ For new to Citi customers: I encourage you to apply for one of the other Citi Cards first before getting Citi Prestige. This way you enjoy both promos.

Complimentary hotel nights, unlimited lounge access, and limousine service. Annual requirement of S$120,000 (fairly flexible and up to the bank’s discretion). Read the review here and an analysis if the promo is worth it

Citi SMRT

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One of the only high-earn cashback cards with no monthly cap! Gives 5% cashback on online transactions. Read the review here.

Citi Cash Back+ Mastercard®

Please note there are two different promos and select carefully:

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Citi Promo:

  • Citi PremierMiles: 30,000 miles
  • Citi Prestige: 120,000 points and more
  • Citi Rewards: 40,000 points
  • Citi Cash Back: S$300 cashback
  • Citi SMRT: S$300 cashback
  • Tap here to see Citi promos

Until 30th June 2023


Gives 1.6% cashback on all eligible transactions.

Citi PremierMiles

Please note there are two different promos and select carefully:

🔥 👍🏼

Citi Promo:

  • Citi PremierMiles: 30,000 miles
  • Citi Prestige: 120,000 points and more
  • Citi Rewards: 40,000 points
  • Citi Cash Back: S$300 cashback
  • Citi SMRT: S$300 cashback
  • Tap here to see Citi promos

Until 30th June 2023


Get 1.2 mpd on eligible transactions. Get free Priority Pass membership which grants 2 complimentary lounge visits a year!

$20 per UOB Card

$20 isn’t exciting, but $20 per card is quite a good deal. This works even for existing card members, and it’s quite little work for some money that would be paid directly to your PayNow.

UOB EVOL

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Get Apple Watch SE 2nd Gen worth S$382* when you sign up now!

Be the first 50 new-to-UOB Credit Cardmembers in the month to sign up and meet a min. monthly spend of S$800 within the first 2 months. 

All you need to do is to register for this promotion via an SMS to 77862 before 30 Jun 2023: SMS EVOLGIFT‹space› last 4 alpha-numeric characters of NRIC/passport (eg. EVOLGIFT 123A)

What’s more, enjoy up to S$140 cash credit# when you apply for a UOB One Account.
T&Cs apply.

Terms and conditions

Get 6.67% effective cashback on $600 of spend each month!

UOB Lady’s

Get up to S$490 in Grab Voucher and cash credit when you apply!

  • S$350 Grab Voucher (first 200 successful applicants)¹
  • Up to S$140 Cash Credit (UOB account opening promo)²
  1. Terms and conditions
  2. Terms and conditions

15X UNI$ per dollar spent (6mpd) on selected category until 29th February 2024

UOB One

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Get a gift worth up to S$490* when you apply now!

  • S$350 Grab Vouchers:
    Valid till 31 May 2023, for the first 200 new-to-UOB credit card customers who successfully apply and spend a min. of S$1,000 for 2 consecutive months.
  • Up to S$140 Cash Credit:
    Valid till 31 July 2023 for new UOB Deposit customers.

Get 3.33% base cashback if you spend $500, $1,000, or $2,000 a month for three consecutive months. Up to 6.67% additional cashback for Grab, Shopee, and Diary Farm merchants.

UOB Absolute

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*S$350 Grab vouchers: For the first 200 new-to-UOB Credit Cardmembers who successfully apply for a selected UOB credit card by 31 May 2023 and they have spent a minimum of S$1,000 per month for 2 consecutive months from card approval date, they will receive S$350 worth of Grab vouchers. Full terms and conditions apply.

Get 1.7% cashback on nearly anything excluding Grab top-ups which get 0.3% instead.

Up to 50,000 miles for new-to-UOB Credit Cardmembers who pay 1st year Annual Fee (No cap on eligible cardmembers)

  • 45,200 miles: Spend min. S$1,000 spend per month for 2 consecutive months from card approval date AND with first year annual fee payment of S$240 (subject to prevailing GST). 
    SMS PMAF‹space›last 4 alphanumeric of NRIC/passport to register by 31 May 2023.
  • 4,800 miles: With min. overseas spend of S$1,000 per month for 2 consecutive months.

Terms and conditions apply.

Up to 30,000 miles for new-to-UOB Credit Cardmembers with 1st year Annual Fee waived (Capped at first 200 eligible cardmembers)

  • 25,200 miles: Spend min. S$1,000 spend per month for 2 consecutive months from card approval date
  • 4,800 miles: With min. overseas spend of S$1,000 per month for 2 consecutive months.

Terms and conditions apply.

Get 1.4 mpd on local spend.

KrisFlyer UOB Card

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Gift for New-to-UOB Credit Card applicants who apply for KrisFlyer UOB Credit Card20,000
Welcome Miles for first-time applicants5,000
Miles earned with min S$2,000 spend in the first 60 days6,000** 

**(Using 3 miles per S$1 spend on Singapore Airlines Group related card transactions and Kris+ card transactions as example)

Get 1.2 mpd on normal expenditure, and bonus 1.8 mpd on dining,
food delivery, online shopping and travel, and transport spend when you spend S$500 in a year with Singapore Airlines Group.

See other deals at sethisfy.com/cards

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