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$150 cashbackยน when you:
- Apply for DBS yuu (either American Express or Visa)
- Make a min spend of S$300 within 30 days from card approval
Existing DBS/POSB cardholders
Get S$60 cashbackยน when you:
- Apply for for DBS yuu American Express (or S$30 cashback for DBS yuu Visa)
- Make a min spend of S$300 within 30 days from card approval
- Sign up before 29th February 2024. 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
No promo code required
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New and existing cardholders
New and existing cardmembers will be credited up to 60,000 miles and 40,000 miles respectively in the form of DBS Points, within 90 to 120 days from the Card approval date.
- Apply for a DBS Vantage Card
- Make payment for non-waivable annual fee of S$594.00 (inclusive of GST); and
- Charge a minimum spend of S$4,000 within 30 days from card approval date
Until 31st January 2024
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
Works for existing cardholders

DBS Takashimaya (Amex)
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New or Existing DBS/POSB Cardholders:
- Apply online for DBS Takashimaya American Expressยฎ Card (last date 31st December 2023)
- Spend a minimum of S$250 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 Expressยฎ Card to receive S$200 cashback
- Existing cardholders get S$80 instead
Until 31st December 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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Annual Fee Waiver | Annual Fee Payment | |
New Cardholders | ALTMEXW : up to 27,000 miles โญ๏ธ | ALTMEX : up to 37,000 miles |
Existing Cardholders | ALTMEXAW : up to 16,000 miles โญ๏ธ | ALTMEXA : up to 26,000 miles |
Until 31st January 2024
โ ๏ธ Please remember to use the promo codes.
Get 1.2 mpd for local spend. Free Priority Pass membership which gives 2 complimentary lounge vists a year (exclusive to Visa version only).
Other DBS cards

DBS Woman’s World Mastercard
Promo code: 150CASH
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New to bank
- Apply and use promo code
by 30th June 2023150CASH
- Charge a minimum of S$800 within the first 60 days from card approval date
- 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
- Apply and use promo code
by 30th June 2023150CASH
- Charge a minimum of S$800 within the first 60 days from card approval date
- 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 soonโข)

POSB Everyday
Promo code: 150CASH
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New to bank
- Apply and use promo code
by 30th June 2023150CASH
- Charge a minimum of S$800 within the first 60 days from card approval date
- 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.
Samsung Galaxy Buds Live ($288) with Citi cards
Getย Samsung Galaxy Buds Live worth S$288ย 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
59 days 11 hours 58 minutes 21 seconds left to grab this offer!

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: 177,500 points and more
- Citi Rewards: 40,000 points + S$50 FRx gift card
- Citi Cash Back: S$300 cashback
- Citi SMRT: S$300 cashback
- Tap here to see Citi promos
Until 31st January 2024
Get 8% cashback on groceries and petrol, as well as 6% on dining! Read the review here

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 Prestige
If code is required C04233289T
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New or existing Citi Cardholders
Apply here (if you get an error message signing up as an existing cardholder, try again as a new Citi cardholder)
Get 177,500 ThankYou points worth 71,000 miles (even existing cardholders of other Citi cards are eligible!):
Welcome Gift (payment of annual fee) | 62,500 points (25,000 miles) |
S$1,000 spend in local currencyยน within qualifying periodยฒ | 57,500 points (23,000 miles) |
S$1,000 spend in foreign currency within qualifying periodยฒ | 57,500 points (23,000 miles) |
Total | 177,500 points (71,000 miles) |
For quick reference only. See terms and conditions for full details.
- Fee-paying Citi PayAll transactions also count towards the local spend requirement.
- Qualifying period is 2 months after end of card approval month (e.g. card approved on 15th August 2023 โ qualifying period until 30th October 2023).
- Existing cardholders of other Citi cards can also enjoy this promo.
Until 31st January 2024
โ ๏ธ 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 Rewards
Please note there are two different promos and select carefully:
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Citi Promo:
- Citi PremierMiles: 30,000 miles
- Citi Prestige: 177,500 points and more
- Citi Rewards: 40,000 points + S$50 FRx gift card
- Citi Cash Back: S$300 cashback
- Citi SMRT: S$300 cashback
- Tap here to see Citi promos
Until 31st January 2024
Get 10X ThankYou Points (4 mpd or 2.27% cashback) on online and shopping transactions. Read the review here

Citi Cash Back+ Mastercardยฎ
Please note there are two different promos and select carefully:
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Citi Promo:
- Citi PremierMiles: 30,000 miles
- Citi Prestige: 177,500 points and more
- Citi Rewards: 40,000 points + S$50 FRx gift card
- Citi Cash Back: S$300 cashback
- Citi SMRT: S$300 cashback
- Tap here to see Citi promos
Until 31st January 2024
Gives 1.6% cashback on all eligible transactions.

Citi PremierMiles
Please note there are two different promos and select carefully:
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Citi Promo:
- Citi PremierMiles: 30,000 miles
- Citi Prestige: 177,500 points and more
- Citi Rewards: 40,000 points + S$50 FRx gift card
- Citi Cash Back: S$300 cashback
- Citi SMRT: S$300 cashback
- Tap here to see Citi promos
Until 31st January 2024
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.

KrisFlyer UOB Card
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Gift for New-to-UOB Credit Card applicants who apply for KrisFlyer UOB Credit Card | 20,000 miles |
Welcome Miles for first-time applicants | 5,000 miles |
Miles earned with min S$2,000 spend in the first 60 days | 2,400 to 6,000 miles*ย |
For reference only. Refer to full terms and conditions.
Last day to apply: 31st December 2023
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$800 in a year with Singapore Airlines Group.

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

UOB One
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S$350 Cash Credit:
Valid till 31 Jul 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$190 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 cash credit:ย The first 200 new-to-UOB credit card customers in each month of November and December who successfully apply for an eligible UOB Credit Card between 1 November 2023 and 31 December 2023 (both dates inclusive) and spend a min. of S$1,000 per month for 2 consecutive months from their card approval date, will receive S$350 cash credit. Clickย hereย for full terms and conditions.
Get 1.7% cashback on nearly anything excluding Grab top-ups which get 0.3% instead.

UOB PRVI
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Up to 50,000 milesย for new-to-UOB Credit Cardmembers who pay 1stย year Annual Fee (No cap on eligible cardmembers)
SMSย PMAFโนspaceโบlastย 4 alphanumeric ofย NRIC/passportย to register by 31st December 2023 | Required |
Spendย min. S$1,000 spend per month for 2 consecutive months from card approval date AND with first year annual fee payment of S$259.20 (inclusive of 8% GST) | 45,200 miles |
With min. spend of S$1,000 per month for 2 consecutive months. | 2,800 to 4,800 miles* |
Last day to apply: 31st December 2023
Get 1.4 mpd on local spend.
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