Best Credit Cards for Insurance Payment (Miles vs Cashback)

Suitesmile rating:

✍️ Short summary
This card gives you unlimited 1.7% cashback on almost everything.

Earn just 0.3% cashback on certain spending categories like Healthcare, School Fees, Utilities and GrabPay e-wallet top-ups.

As compared to Visa and Mastercard, it can be harder to find merchants that accept AMEX cards outside the United States.

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💸 Annual fee
S$196.20
(First year waived, request waiver every year after that)

💼 Income requirement
S$30,000/year (S’porean/PR aged 55 and below),
S$15,000/year (S’porean/PR aged 56 and above),
S$40,000/year (Foreigner)

🤑 Foreign currency fee
3.25%

❓How/When cashback is credited
Cashback amount is credited into the card by the end of the following statement month.

📜 Terms & conditions

Suitesmile rating:

✍️ Short summary
This card gives you unlimited 1.5% cashback on almost everything! This includes spending categories that are usually excluded from earning cashback/miles on other cards like Utilities, Insurance, Hospital and School fees.

Cardholders can also get a 22% discount at SPC fuel stations per year. The Registration is required via the AMEX mobile app.

Here’s a quick breakdown of how the SPC discount is calculated:

• 10% instant discount as an SPC&U member
• 5% instant discount for using an AMEX card
• 7.1% statement credit from the amount that was charged to card
• 1.5% statement credit from the amount that was charged to card

As compared to Visa and Mastercard, it can be harder to find merchants that accept AMEX cards outside the United States.

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💸 Annual fee
S$174.40
(First year waived)

💼 Income requirement
Not stated (usually S$30,000)

🤑 Foreign currency fee
3.25%

❓How/When cashback is credited
Cashback amount is credited into the card by the end of the statement month.

📜 Terms & conditions

Suitesmile rating:

✍️ Short summary

Cardholders can earn up to 3.33% cashback on a wide range of spending categories like online shopping, in-person shopping, dining, groceries, flights, hotels, ride-hailing, food delivery, phone bills and even insurance* and school fees*.

*3.33% cashback on commonly-excluded categories like Insurance, School Fees and Medical Bills, note that they can only make up a maximum of 30% of your spending tier (e.g. max. S$300 for the S$1,000 tier).

Why “up to” 3.33%? Upon meeting certain conditions, cardholders get a fixed cashback amount of S$30, S$100 or S$200 at the end of each quarter.

How to receive up to 3.33% cashback:

• Tier 1: Get S$30 cashback when you spend at least S$300 per month, for 3 consecutive calendar months in a calendar quarter
• Tier 2: Get S$100 cashback when you spend at least S$1,000 per month, for 3 consecutive calendar months in a calendar quarter
• Tier 3: Get S$200 cashback when you spend at least S$2,000 per month, for 3 consecutive calendar months in a calendar quarter

In other words, you will only receive exactly 3.33% cashback when you spend exactly S$300, S$1,000 or S$2,000 for 3 consecutive months in a calendar quarter. For that reason, a cardholder who spends S$400 to S$900 per month in that same period would unfortunately fall under the S$300 band, and be rewarded with just S$30 cashback from S$2,700 worth of spending (equivalent to 1.1%).

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💸 Quarterly fee
S$21.80
(First 3 years waived, subsequent quarters waived if card is charged at least once every 3 months)

💼 Income requirement
S$30,000/year (S’porean/PR),
S$45,000/year (Malaysian),
S$60,000/year (Foreigner)

🤑 Foreign currency fee
3.25%

❓ When cashback is credited
Receive your cashback in the card by the following calendar month after the completion of a calendar quarter.

📜 Terms & conditions

Suitesmile rating:

✍️ Short summary
Earn uncapped 3.2 miles per dollar on foreign currency spending, when you spend at least S$4,000 per calendar month on the card.

On top of that, receive base miles (1.2 mpd for local, 2 mpd for foreign currency transactions) on commonly-excluded transactions such as insurance, education and medical.

Get 4 complimentary airport lounge visits per card membership year, but note that this lounge entitlement can only be used for the main cardholder (guests chargeable at US$35 per visit).

Cardholders can also receive up to 8 complimentary airport limo rides per calendar year by spending at least S$3,000 on the card in the previous month.

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 off all your other Maybank cards.

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💸 Annual fee
S$654
(First year waived)

💼 Income requirement
S$150,000/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: 25,000 points (10,000 miles)
Asia Miles & Enrich: 12,500 points (5,000 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 S$5 spent, plus 35 bonus points for foreign currency transactions (equivalent to 3.2 mpd in total). Base and bonus points are credited immediately when the transaction is posted.

📜 Terms & conditions

Suitesmile rating:

✍️ Short summary
This card can be highly rewarding, but it requires a lot of tracking work on your part and can be very time-consuming.

Earn up to 3.33% cashback on almost everything, including 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 S$60, S$100 or S$200 at the end of each quarter.

How to receive up to 3.33% cashback:

• MANDATORY: Make at least 10 transactions per statement month
• Get S$60 cashback when you spend at least S$600 per month, for 3 consecutive statement months in a qualifying quarter
• Get S$100 cashback when you spend at least S$1,000 per month, for 3 consecutive statement months in a qualifying quarter
• Get S$200 cashback when you spend at least S$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 S$600, S$1,000 or S$2,000 for 3 consecutive months in a qualifying quarter. For example, a cardholder who spends S$1,800/month in that same period, would fall under the S$1,000 band and be rewarded with just S$100 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 (total up to 10% cashback) at selected merchants like Grab, Shopee, Giant, Cold Storage and SimplyGo. This additional cashback is capped at S$120 per statement month.

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💸 Annual fee
S$196.20
(First year waived, request waiver every year after that)

💼 Income requirement
S$30,000/year (S’porean/PR aged 55 and below),
S$15,000/year (S’porean/PR aged 56 and above),
S$40,000/year (Foreigner)

🤑 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.

📜 Terms & conditions

Suitesmile rating:

✍️ Short summary
This card, which is also available to men, gives you a great earn rate of 4 miles per dollar on 1 pre-selected bonus category, up to S$1,000 per calendar month. No minimum spending is required.

Cardholders will only earn 0.4 mpd on other categories and spending above S$1,000 per calendar month.

Cardholders can choose/change a preferred bonus category every quarter.

The 7 bonus categories available are:

1. Beauty & Wellness (e.g. cosmetic stores, hair salons, spas)
2. Fashion (e.g. clothing, shoes stores)
3. Dining (e.g. restaurants, food delivery)
4. Family (e.g. supermarkets, children clothing stores)
5. Travel (e.g. flights, hotels, duty-free stores)
6. Transport (e.g. public transport, taxi, petrol)
7. Entertainment (e.g. bars, night clubs, cinemas)

Cardholders may check existing selected bonus category by calling UOB.

There are 3 main versions of the UOB Lady’s Card (UOB Lady’s Card, UOB Lady’s Solitaire Card, UOB Lady’s Solitaire Metal Card). Each UOB customer can only hold one at a time.

Before converting UOB UNI$ to miles for the first time, you’d need to enrol in the UOB Rewards Frequent Flyer Conversion programme. It’s best to do this early to avoid delays on your future miles conversions.

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💸 Annual fee
S$196.20
(First year waived, request waiver every year after that)

💼 Income requirement
S$30,000/year (S’porean/PR aged 55 and below),
S$15,000/year (S’porean/PR aged 56 and above),
S$40,000/year (Foreigner)

🤑 Foreign currency fee
3.25%

⏰ Miles 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
S$27 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 S$5 spent, plus 9 bonus UNI$ 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.

📜 Terms & conditions

📜 Chosen Category MCCs and FAQs

Suitesmile rating:

✍️ Short summary
This card, which is also available to men, gives you a great earn rate of 4 miles per dollar on 2 pre-selected bonus categories, up to S$750 per calendar month each (total S$1,500). No minimum spending is required.

Cardholders will only earn 0.4 mpd on other categories and spendings above the bonus limit.

Cardholders can choose/change a preferred bonus categories every quarter.

The 7 bonus categories available are:

1. Beauty & Wellness (e.g. cosmetic stores, hair salons, spas)
2. Fashion (e.g. clothing, shoes stores)
3. Dining (e.g. restaurants, food delivery)
4. Family (e.g. supermarkets, children clothing stores)
5. Travel (e.g. flights, hotels, duty-free stores)
6. Transport (e.g. public transport, taxi, petrol)
7. Entertainment (e.g. bars, night clubs, cinemas)

Cardholders may check existing selected bonus category by calling UOB.

There are 3 main versions of this card (UOB Lady’s Card, UOB Lady’s Solitaire Card, UOB Lady’s Solitaire Metal Card). Each UOB customer can only hold one at a time.

Before converting UOB UNI$ to miles for the first time, you’d need to enrol in the UOB Rewards Frequent Flyer Conversion programme. It’s best to do this early to avoid delays on your future miles conversions.

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💸 Annual fee
S$414.20
(First year waived, request waiver every year after that)

💼 Income requirement
S$120,000/year

🤑 Foreign currency fee
3.25%

⏰ Miles 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
S$27 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 S$5 spent, plus 9 bonus UNI$ 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.

📜 Terms & conditions

📜 Chosen Category MCCs and FAQs