Best Cashback/Miles Cards to Use For Public Transportation (SimplyGo)
Update 18/07/2021: New updated article here.
Can you believe it’s been more than a month since Phase 2 started? For those lucky ones who still work from home, I hate you, and for the rest of us poor saps who have to spend time and money to travel to work, here are the cards you should use to maximise your card rewards.
Sorry miles people, but cashback cards handily beat mile cards when it comes to public transport. The earn rates are high at between 5 to 8% cashback, while miles offer at best 3.2 mpd (4 mpd if you’re lucky enough to be a lady).
Cashback
Maybank
Family and Friends
New and existing customers
No bonus reward from Singsaver at the moment. Check back soon!
Rewards
- 5% or 8% cashback
Conditions
- $500 or $800 monthly spend
New to bank
$50 cashback^
Existing cardholders
$20 cashback^
^Make 2 qualifying transactions by the end of the following month
Until 31st August 2021
Rewards
- 6% cashback
Conditions
- $600 monthly spend
- Max cashback of $25 on online spend
- Max cashback of $25 on contactless spend
- Contactless spend must be done via smartphone wallet
New to bank
$300 Cashback: make minimum S$300 qualifying spend within 30 days of card approval. Apply with code AUGFLASH
Until 16th August 2021
Rewards
- 5% cashback
Conditions
- $600 monthly spend
- Max cashback of $20 on online spend
- Max cashback of $20 on contactless spend
Miles
UOB
Lady’s Card Solitaire
Rewards
- 4 mpd on selected categories
Conditions
- Ladies only
- Select between:
- Beauty and Wellness
- Fashion
- Dining
- Family
- Travel
- Transport
- Entertainment
Maybank
Horizon Visa
New and existing customers
No bonus reward from Singsaver at the moment. Check back soon!
Rewards
- 3.2 mpd on public transport, dining, petrol
- 2 mpd on air tickets, travel packages, foreign currency transactions
Conditions
- Minimum $300 monthly spend
UOB
KrisFlyer
New customers
Enjoy up to 10,000 KrisFlyer miles, valid till 31 July 2021
- 3,000 KrisFlyer miles disbursed upon making a min. spend of S$5 on eligible goods and services in a single transaction
- 7,000 KrisFlyer miles disbursed upon making a min. spend of S$4,000 on eligible goods and services within 90 days of card approval
Rewards
- 3 mpd on dining, food delivery, online shopping, travel, transport and SIA-related purchases
Conditions
- Minimum $500 annual spend on SIA-related purchases
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