Things You Missed – 20th to 26th June 2022
Our group chat’s weekly chatter on credit cards, promos, and other personal finance stuff.
Credit cards
- UOB Preferred Platinum: discussion on interaction with Kris+; seems to work
- UOB Preferred Platinum: does it earn bonus points for Lazada and Shopee? Lazada yes, Shopee likely but untested
- DBS LiveFresh: do Grab or Gojek rides give 5%? Yes, charge the ride to the card directly
- UOB Absolute: does it get 1.7% on AXS? Through GrabPay Mastercard
- Will paying credit card bill before billing cycle ends affect cashback? No
- Citi Rewards: 10X points based on month or statement? Statement
- StanChart Smart: discussion on whether CardUp is an eligible transaction
- UOB credit card: discussion on rejected card application
- Citi PremierMiles: can lounge access still be used if annual fee is waived? Yes
- UOB One: does it give 10% cashback on ShopeePay top up? No
- UOB One: do telco bills count towards cashback? Yes
- Maybank Family and Friends: max to spend on groceries? $312.50
Credit card promos
- Will buying $800 of Giant vouchers qualify as eligible spend? It should
- Amex Ascend bonus miles promo
- 12.1% rebate on eCapitaVoucher purchase
- Would CardUp count for DBS Vantage sign-up promo?
Wallet apps
- Grab to Jipay spend strategy (sign up here with code
4S7G) - Grab: any way to use GrabPay after annual limit? No
- Grab: does paying travel insurance get Grab points? Excluded
- Grab: payment of M1 bills via website does not get Accelerator points; use app instead
- Grab: top ups with Visa to incur $1 surcharge from 1st July onwards
- Kris+: discussion on usefulness
- PayLah: overseas use in Malaysia, Thailand, and other overseas places
- NETS FlashPay: can it still pay for income tax via SAM? Yes
- Revolut: is 20% public transportation cashback still on in July?
- More discussion on Revolut vs YouTrip
What to use for
Insurance
Savings and investment
Miles and points
- What to do with expiring Avios miles? Book a cheap flight and cancel which counts as an activity
- Discussion on redemption of miles
- Discussion on whether the miles are worth paying credit card’s annual fee
- Discussion on buying miles from SQ
Miscellaneous
- Discussion on whether the NTUC membership worth it
- HSBC closing some branches
- DBS Debit Cards’s cashback isn’t too bad
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