Last updated on 2 November 2024
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What are the Best Cards in Singapore for Flight Bookings?
1) Earn rates (miles/cashback)
2) Ease of use (spending/income requirements)
3) Miles/Points flexibility (total transfer partners)
4) Miles/Points expiry term
5) Annual fee
6) Other additional benefits
| HSBC Revolution | 4 mpd • Till 31 Dec 2024 only • Online only • Up to $1,000 per calendar month • No annual fee, ever |
| DBS Woman’s World | 4 mpd • Online only • Up to $1,500 per calendar month |
| UOB Lady’s | 4 mpd • Travel category must be pre-selected • Up to $1,000 per calendar month |
| Trust Cashback | No foreign currency fee + 1% cashback • Foreign Currency only • No annual fee, ever |
| UOB Visa Signature | 4 mpd • Online in Foreign Currency, or Contactless only • Min. spend $1,000 per statement month • Up to $2,000 per statement month |
| Maybank Horizon | 2.8 mpd • Min. spend $800 per calendar month • Up to $10k per calendar month |
| Maybank World | 2.8 – 3.2 mpd • Foreign Currency only • Min. spend $800 per calendar month for 2.8 mpd • Min. spend $4,000 per calendar month for 3.2 mpd |
| UOB One | 3.33% cashback • Min. spend $500/$1,000/$2,000 per statement month • Up to $500/$1,000/$2,000 per statement month • Maintain spending tier monthly, in a qualifying quarter |
| UOB PRVI Miles | 6 mpd • Selected airlines booked via dedicated Expedia page only |
| KrisFlyer UOB | 3 mpd • Singapore Airlines, Scoot, Expedia only |
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HSBC Revolution
Earn 4 mpd on selected online spending
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This card gives you a strong earn rate of 4 miles per dollar on selected online spending categories like:
- Online Shopping
- Flight Tickets (till 31 Dec 2024)
- Ride-Hailing
The 4 mpd earn rate can be enjoyed for eligible spendings of up to $1,000 per calendar month (no minimum spend, foreign currency counts).
Take note that cardholders will only earn 0.4 mpd on other categories and spending above $1,000 per calendar month.
This is a good fuss-free card that offers a great earn rate on online spending, without any annual fee to worry about, and free points conversions (till 31 Jan 2025).
Having many transfer partners gives you fantastic flexibility. For this reason, I recommend using this card over other cards with similar earn rates.
Not into Miles or travel-hacking? Redeem your points for 2.5% cashback instead, on the aforementioned spending categories!
Cardholders also get complimentary access to the ENTERTAINER with HSBC app, where there are over a thousand 1-for-1 deals on dining, entertainment and hotels.
💸 Annual fee
No annual fee, ever
💼 Income requirement
$30,000/year
🤑 Foreign currency fee
3.25%
⏰ Points expiry
3 years from transaction
(37 to 38 months to be exact)
🫱🫲 Transfer partners
KrisFlyer, Asia Miles, Infinity MileageLands, Executive Club and more!
💯 Transfer ratio
2.5 points = 1 mile
🧮 Transfer block
25,000 points (10,000 miles)
💲Transfer fee
Free (till 31 jan 2025)
🤗 Points pooling
Points from this card can be combined with those from other HSBC cards and transferred out together at once.
❓How/When points are credited
Earn 1 base point per dollar spent, plus 9 bonus points for eligible online spending (equivalent to 4 mpd in total). Base points are credited immediately when the transaction is posted, while bonus points are credited by the end of the following calendar month.
DBS Woman’s World
Earn 4 mpd on online spending
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This card, which is also available to men, gives you a strong earn rate of 4 miles per dollar on online spending (in foreign currency too!) on key spending categories like online shopping, flights, hotels, food delivery and ride-hailing, up to $1,500 per calendar month.
The biggest drawback is that DBS points earned on this card have an expiry term of just 1 year. With a minimum transfer block of 5,000 points (10,000 miles), cardholders often find themselves with expiring “orphan” points of under 5,000, that can only be redeemed for low-value items like mall/dining vouchers.
💸 Annual fee
$196.20
(First year waived)
💼 Income requirement
$80,000/year
(Not strict. Many readers with lower income have reported that you can get an approval by applying without SingPass, then entering an annual income above $80k, before uploading your actual proof of income that is under $80k.)
🤑 Foreign currency fee
3.25%
⏰ Points expiry
1 year from transaction
🫱🫲 Transfer partners
KrisFlyer, Asia Miles, Qantas Frequent Flyer
💯 Transfer ratio
1 point = 2 miles
🧮 Transfer block
5,000 points (10,000 miles)
💲Transfer fee
$27.25 per transfer
🤗 Points pooling
Points from this card can be combined with those from other DBS cards and transferred out together at once.
❓How/When points are credited
Earn 1 base point per $5 dollar spent, plus 9 bonus points for eligible online transactions (equivalent to 4 mpd in total). Base points are credited immediately when the transaction is posted, while bonus points are credited around the middle of the following calendar month.
UOB Lady’s
Earn 4 mpd on chosen bonus category
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This card, which is also available to men, gives you a great earn rate of 4 miles per dollar on your pre-selected bonus category, up to $1,000 per calendar month.
Take note that cardholders will only earn 0.4 mpd on other categories and spending above $1,000 per calendar month.
Cardholders can choose/change a preferred bonus category every quarter.
The 7 bonus categories available are:
- Beauty & Wellness (e.g. cosmetic stores, hair salons, spas)
- Fashion (e.g. clothing, shoes stores)
- Dining (e.g. restaurants, food delivery)
- Family (e.g. supermarkets, children clothing stores)
- Travel (e.g. flights, hotels, duty-free stores)
- Transport (e.g. public transport, taxi, petrol)
- Entertainment (e.g. bars, night clubs, cinemas)
Cardholders may check existing selected bonus category by calling UOB.
💸 Annual fee
$196.20
(First year waived)
💼 Income requirement
$30,000/year
🤑 Foreign currency fee
3.25%
⏰ Points expiry
2 years from transaction
🫱🫲 Transfer partners
KrisFlyer and Asia Miles
💯 Transfer ratio
1 UNI$ = 2 miles
🧮 Transfer block
5,000 UNI$ (10,000 miles)
💲Transfer fee
$25 per transfer
🤗 Points pooling
UNI$ from this card can be combined with those from other UOB cards and transferred out together at once.
❓How/When points are credited
Earn 1 base UNI$ per $5 dollar spent, plus 9 bonus UNI$ for eligible transactions on the bonus category (equivalent to 4 mpd in total). Base and bonus points are credited immediately when the transaction is posted.
Trust Cashback
Get great rates, 1% cashback and unlimited free overseas ATM cash withdrawals
🎁 Sign-up bonusUse code V1WB7T8A during the application to get a scratch card worth up to $1,000, and a chance to win 1 million Singapore Dollars.
A one-time spend (any amount) is required. Pro Tip: Adding this card to your Grab app would trigger as first spend, due to the verification hold.
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This card gives you unlimited 1% cashback, great foreign exchange rates and no foreign currency fees; and it does not come with an annual fee!
The existence of this card also means that the opportunity cost of using Miles cards for foreign currency spending is now over 4%, as those cards come with around 3.25% in FX fees, and no 1% cashback.
To avoid interest charges on overseas ATM cash withdrawals, follow these easy steps:
- Apply for the Trust card with code V1WB7T8A
- Apply for a Trust Savings Account through the Trust app (instant approval). There is no minimum balance, monthly fee or lock-in period to worry about!
- Deposit enough money into your Trust Savings Account
- When withdrawing cash from an overseas ATM, be sure to select Savings Account on the ATM screen (i.e. not Current, not Credit Card), and of course, never let the ATM do any currency conversion for you, as the markups are insane
The card also has a highly-complicated and misleading benefit, claiming to offer “up to 15% cashback” on your chosen spending category:
- Dining (e.g. restaurants, bakeries, food deliveries)
- Shopping (e.g. department, clothing, watch stores)
- Travel (e.g. airlines, hotels, travel agencies)
- Wellness (e.g. beauty shops, spas, gyms, pharmacies)
- Transport (e.g. ride-hailing, car rental, petrol)
- Entertainment (e.g. bars, movies, streaming services)
Why misleading? The cashback cap is a lot lower than the minimum spending requirement. Examples here.
To summarize the cashback mechanics:
To receive “15% cashback” on the chosen category, one would need to spend at least $2,000 per month, for 3 consecutive months in a quarter (total of at least $6,000). The cardholder would then be credited with $250 in cashback; that is, IF he/she had spent an average of at least $555 per month, on the chosen category.
This also means that, to unlock the “15% cashback” on $555 worth of spending, one would need to spend $1,445 per month on other things, and only earn 1% cashback on them. So, there’s a huge opportunity cost of not using other superior cards on this amount.
Essentially, this card gives you an effective cashback amount of around 4 to 4.9% on your preferred category, when spending $1,000 or $2,000 per month, for 3 consecutive months in a quarter, far lower than the advertised amount.
Cardholders can choose their preferred bonus category in the Trust mobile app.
💸 Annual fee
No annual fee, ever
💼 Income requirement
$30,000/year
🤑 Foreign currency fee
No foreign currency fee
UOB Visa Signature
Earn 4 mpd on foreign currency and/or contactless spending
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This card gives you a strong earn rate of 4 miles per dollar on foreign currency (online or offline) and/or contactless spending. This covers most spending categories like dining, groceries, flights, hotels, retail shopping, food delivery and ride-hailing.
A minimum spending of $1,000 per statement month is required, with a $2,000 cap during the same period.
Take note that cardholders will only earn 0.4 mpd on other categories and spending below $1,000 and above $2,000 per statement month.
💸 Annual fee
$218
(First year waived)
💼 Income requirement
$50,000/year
🤑 Foreign currency fee
3.25%
⏰ Points expiry
2 years from transaction
🫱🫲 Transfer partners
KrisFlyer and Asia Miles
💯 Transfer ratio
1 UNI$ = 2 miles
🧮 Transfer block
5,000 UNI$ (10,000 miles)
💲Transfer fee
$25 per transfer
🤗 Points pooling
UNI$ from this card can be combined with those from other UOB cards and transferred out together at once.
❓How/When points are credited
Earn 1 base UNI$ per $5 dollar spent, plus 9 bonus UNI$ for eligible online and mobile contactless transactions (equivalent to 4 mpd in total). Base and bonus points are credited immediately when the transaction is posted.
Maybank Horizon
Earn 2.8 mpd on flights and foreign currency spending
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Cardholders can receive an uncapped earn rate of 2.8 miles per dollar on foreign currency transactions, when spending at least $800 per calendar month.
On top of that, cardholders can also receive 2.8 miles per dollar on flight bookings, when spending at least $800 per calendar month. However, this bonus earn rate is capped at $10,000 per calendar month.
Other whitelisted transactions in SGD earn 1.2 mpd, and non-whitelisted ones just 0.24 mpd.
Miles earned on this card expire after just 1 year, and can only be transferred to 3 Frequent Flyer Programs. Because of its poor flexibility and minimum spending requirement, I recommend using this card only for school fees in foreign currency and more-expensive flight bookings in Singapore Dollars.
💸 Annual fee
$196.20
(First 3 years waived)
💼 Income requirement
$30,000/year
🤑 Foreign currency fee
3.25%
⏰ Points expiry
1 year from transaction
🫱🫲 Transfer partners
Krisflyer, Asia Miles and Enrich
💯 Transfer ratio
2.5 points = 1 mile
🧮 Transfer blocks
KrisFlyer: 12,500 points (5,000 miles)
Asia Miles: 5,000 (2,000 miles)
Enrich: 2,500 (1,000 miles)
💲Transfer fee
$27.25 per transfer
🤗 Points pooling
Points from this card can be combined with those from other Maybank cards and transferred out together at once.
❓How points are credited
Earn 5 base point per $5 dollar spent, plus 45 bonus points for eligible online transactions (equivalent to 3.2 mpd in total).
Maybank World
Earn uncapped 2.8 – 3.2 mpd on foreign currency spending
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Earn uncapped 2.8 miles per dollar on foreign currency spending, when you spend at least $800 per calendar month on the card (in any currency).
Earn uncapped 3.2 miles per dollar on foreign currency spending, when you spend at least $4,000 per calendar month on the card (in any currency).
Cardholders can also earn uncapped 4 miles per dollar on fuel spending. Given the high amount of cashback (over 20%) that you can get with other cards, this card is best used at Sinopec fuel stations, where all members get between 20% to 23% fuel discounts, regardless of the type of card used.
On top of that cardholders can also receive 4 mpd on non-fuel purchases at the fuel station.
Cardholders also get 4 mpd at selected merchants.
All other transactions earn just 0.4 mpd.
Miles/Points earned on this card are pretty flexible, as they do not expire. Holding other Maybank cards? Having this card will also remove the expiry term of miles/points earned on all your other Maybank cards!
💸 Annual fee
$261.60
(First year waived)
💼 Income requirement
$80,000/year
🤑 Foreign currency fee
3.25%
⏰ Points expiry
Points earned on this card never expire!
🫱🫲 Transfer partners
Krisflyer, Asia Miles and Enrich
💯 Transfer ratio
2.5 points = 1 mile
🧮 Transfer block
KrisFlyer: 12,500 points (5,000 miles)
Asia Miles: 5,000 (2,000 miles)
Enrich: 2,500 (1,000 miles)
💲Transfer fee
No transfer fee!
🤗 Points pooling
Points from this card can be combined with those from other Maybank cards and transferred out together at once.
❓How points are credited
Earn 5 base point per $5 dollar spent, plus 45 bonus points for eligible online transactions (equivalent to 4 mpd in total). Base and bonus points are credited immediately when the transaction is posted.
UOB One
Earn up to 3.33% cashback on almost everything
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Most specialized cashback cards (offering over 1.7% cashback) require cardholders to meet multiple conditions. The conditions to receive up to 3.33% cashback on the UOB One card, in my opinion, are a little less complicated.
Cardholders can earn up to 3.33% cashback on a wide range of spending categories like online shopping, in-person shopping, dining, groceries, ride-hailing, food delivery, utilities and even phone/internet bills.
Why “up to” 3.33%? Upon meeting certain conditions, cardholders get a fixed cashback amount of $50, $100 or $200 at the end of each quarter.
How to receive up to 3.33% cashback:
- Mandatory: Make at least 5 transactions per statement month
- Get $50 cashback when you spend at least $500 per month, for 3 consecutive statement months in a qualifying quarter
- Get $100 cashback when you spend at least $1,000 per month, for 3 consecutive statement months in a qualifying quarter
- Get $200 cashback when you spend at least $2,000 per month, for 3 consecutive statement months in a qualifying quarter
In other words, you will only receive exactly 3.33% cashback when you spend exactly $500, $1,000 or $2,000 for 3 consecutive months in a qualifying quarter. For that reason, cardholders who spend $900/month in that same period would fall under the $500 band, and be rewarded with just $50 cashback (equivalent to 1.85%).
Cardholders who meet the conditions for up to 3.33% cashback described above can earn up to 6.67% additional cashback for spendings at selected merchants like Cold Storage, Giant, Grab and Shopee.
💸 Annual fee
$196.20
(First year waived)
💼 Income requirement
$30,000/year
🤑 Foreign currency fee
3.25%
❓ When cashback is credited
Receive your cashback in the card by the following statement date after the completion of your qualifying quarter.
UOB PRVI Miles
Earn 6 mpd on selected airlines, 1.4 mpd on local spend
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This card gives you a strong earn rate of 6 miles per dollar on air tickets on selected airlines (e.g. Turkish Airlines, Finnair, Thai Airways and more) booked via the dedicated Expedia link.
Transactions made in the following currencies earn 3 miles per dollar, uncapped, with no minimum spend:
- Malaysian Ringgit (MYR)
- Indonesian Rupiah (IDR)
- Thai Baht (THB)
- Vietnamese Dong (VND)
All other local transactions earn 1.4 miles per dollar, while foreign currency transactions earn 2.4 miles per dollar.
Cardholders can also receive 4 free airport lounge visits per calendar year, regardless of the number of PRVI Miles card (Mastercard/Visa/AMEX) that you hold. Take note that this lounge entitlement can only be used for the main cardholder (guests chargeable at US$35 per visit). One-time enrollment is required at least 12 hours before first lounge entry.
As this card only has 2 transfer partners, expiring points and $5 earning blocks, it is barely useful for Singapore-based travellers, considering the other options that we have.
On top of that, this entry-level card has a higher annual fee that other General Spending miles cards, and, unlike those cards, cardholders who pay the annual fee of this card from the second year onwards will not receive any miles.
Additional note: UOB tends to quietly deduct points (UNI$) from your account every card anniversary, as “annual fee payments”. Set a reminder to always ask for an annual fee waiver, as this card is not worth its annual fee.
💸 Annual fee
$261.60
(First year waived)
💼 Income requirement
$30,000/year
🤑 Foreign currency fee
3.25%
⏰ Points expiry
2 years from transaction
🫱🫲 Transfer partners
KrisFlyer and Asia Miles
💯 Transfer ratio
1 UNI$ = 2 miles
🧮 Transfer block
5,000 UNI$ (10,000 miles)
💲 Transfer fee
$25 per transfer
🤗 Points pooling
UNI$ from this card can be combined with those from other UOB cards and transferred out together at once.
❓ How/When points are credited
Base UNI$ are credited immediately when the transaction is posted; bonus UNI$ within 3 months.
KrisFlyer UOB
Earn 3 mpd on dining, online shopping and selected travel spending
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This card gives you an uncapped 3 mpd earn rate on Singapore Airlines, Scoot, KrisShop and Kris+, as well as travel spending made on selected websites like airbnb.com, booking.com and expedia.com.
Cardholders can also receive the same uncapped 3 mpd earn rate (1.2 base + 1.8 bonus) on everyday spending categories like dining, online shopping, online food delivery, ride-hailing and public transport, when they spend at least S$800 on Singapore Airlines, Scoot or KrisShop collectively in a card membership year.
All other transactions earn 1.2 mpd, including foreign currency spending (very poor!).
On top of that, cardholders can also get priority check-in and boarding, free standard seat selection and one-time booking flexibility waiver on Scoot bookings made through flyscoot.com/KrisFlyerUOB.
While this card makes all the right headlines, cardholders should know that bonus miles (1.8 mpd) are only credited within 2 months, at the end of the card membership year. This can be a dealbreaker for many who do not want to wait up to 14 months to receive the bonus miles! The delayed miles crediting can also force you into paying the annual fee (instead of cancelling the card), if a waiver is not granted.
Another obvious point to note is that the miles earned on this card can only be transferred to KrisFlyer, albeit with no transfer fee.
Flexibility is very important in the Miles Game and unfortunately, this card offers very little of that. I recommend maximizing the limits of other 4 mpd cards first, before using this one.
💸 Annual fee
$196.20
(First year waived, get 10,000 miles with subsequent annual fee payments)
💼 Income requirement
$30,000/year
🤑 Foreign currency fee
3.25%
⏰ Miles expiry
3 years from the time they are credited into KrisFlyer account.
🫱🫲 Transfer partner
KrisFlyer only
🧮 Transfer block
N/A
💲 Transfer fee
No transfer fee
🤗 Miles/Points pooling
Miles earned from this card cannot be combined with those from other UOB cards and can only be transferred out separately.
❓ How/When miles are credited
Earn 6 base miles per $5 dollar spent, plus 9 bonus miles for eligible transactions (equivalent to 3 mpd in total). Base miles are credited into your KrisFlyer account at the end of each calendar month; bonus miles up to 2 months after the end of card membership year (up to 14 months).