Last updated on 27 November 2024
Below, you’ll find mini reviews of the best UOB credit cards in December 2024.
These cards are also featured in Suitesmile’s lists of the best cards in Singapore for:
| Must-Haves | • UOB Preferred Platinum • UOB One |
| Online Shopping | • UOB Preferred Platinum • UOB Visa Signature • UOB One • KrisFlyer UOB |
| Contactless | • UOB Preferred Platinum • UOB Visa Signature • KrisFlyer UOB • UOB One |
| Dining | • UOB Preferred Platinum • UOB Lady’s • UOB Visa Signature • UOB One |
| Groceries | • UOB Preferred Platinum • UOB Lady’s • UOB One • UOB Visa Signature |
| Foreign Currency | • UOB Preferred Platinum • UOB Visa Signature • UOB One • UOB PRVI |
| Flights | • UOB Lady’s • UOB One • UOB Visa Signature • UOB PRVI • KrisFlyer UOB |
| Hotels | • UOB Lady’s • UOB Preferred Platinum • UOB One • UOB Visa Signature |
| Telco Bills | • UOB One |
| Utilities | • UOB One |
| Fuel | • UOB Preferred Platinum • UOB Lady’s • UOB Visa Signature |
| General Spending | • UOB Absolute |
| Ride-Hailing | • UOB Lady’s • KrisFlyer UOB |
| Public Transport | • KrisFlyer UOB • UOB PRVI |
| Hospital/Clinics | • UOB Preferred Platinum • UOB One |
| Insurance/Education | • UOB Absolute |
| Airport Lounge | • UOB Visa Infinite Metal • UOB PRVI |
| Large Purchases | • KrisFlyer UOB |
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UOB Preferred Platinum
Earn 4 mpd on Mobile Contactless spending
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This card gives you a strong earn rate of 4 miles per dollar on online and mobile contactless spending (in foreign currency too!) on key spending categories like dining, groceries, hotels, online shopping, in-person shopping and food delivery, up to $1,110 per calendar month.
Take note that cardholders will only earn 0.4 mpd on other categories and spending above $1,110 per calendar month. On top of that, cardholders will not earn any miles/points on SimplyGo transactions (i.e. bus or MRT), even when paid through mobile contactless.
“Mobile contactless” refers to Google Pay, Apply Pay, Samsung Pay and Fitbit Pay. Cardholders will not earn 4 mpd by using the physical card.
💸 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 online and mobile contactless 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 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.
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.
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).
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.
UOB Absolute Cashback
Get unlimited 1.7% cashback on almost everything
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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.
💸 Annual fee
$196.20
(First year waived)
💼 Income requirement
$30,000/year
🤑 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.