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Minimum annual income:• S’porean/PR: S$30,000
• Foreigner: S$42,000Annual fee: S$196.20 (first year waived; request waiver every year)

 Earn 4 mpd on online spending, selected in-person shopping and in-person overseas spending (via Amaze ^{For in-person overseas spending, the trick is to link the Citi Rewards Card to Amaze, then use the Amaze Card to spend. Such transactions will be seen as 'online' by Citibank, earning you the bonus earn rate.}), up to S$1,000 per statement month
 No minimum spending
 5-year miles expiry cycle ^{Miles/Points expire in 5-year cycles (plus 3 months grace period) from your card approval date. As such, points earned near the end of a cycle will have a shorter expiry term.}
 9 useful miles transfer partners

⚠️ 0.4 mpd earn rate on non-bonus spending
⚠️ Travel-related spending (e.g. flights, hotels) excluded from bonus earn rate
⚠️ In-person shopping bonus earn rate (without Amaze linkage) is MCC-sensitive
⚠️ 3.25% foreign transaction fee (save ~1% via Amaze)
⚠️ Amaze linkage for SGD spending comes with a 1% fee

Card rating ^{Suitesmile's overall rating of this card (out of 5), all things considered. This includes how it compares against alternative miles/cashback cards, its annual fee, and how easy (or hard) it is to achieve the advertised benefits.}:
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Minimum annual income: S$120,000
Annual fee: S$651.82 (no waiver; always comes with 32,000 miles)

 Get 12 free airport lounge visits per calendar year ^{Get 12 free airport lounge visits worldwide via Priority Pass. Entitlement can be used for lounges, restaurants and spas, for the principal cardholder and guests. Supplementary cardholders do not have any airport lounge entitlement.}
 4th night free on hotel bookings
 No minimum spending
 Uncapped earn rates
 Miles don’t expire
 9 useful miles transfer partners

⚠️ Low earn rates (spend with 4 mpd cards instead):
• 1.3 mpd on local spending
• 2 mpd on foreign currency spending⚠️ 3.25% foreign transaction fee
⚠️ Many unfavourable rules on 4th night free benefit <sup>Must book via Citi Prestige Concierge. Must be prepaid at the time of booking. Get credited on room rate only (you'll still have to pay taxes/fees on the 'complimentary night').

Ineligible bookings include: Back-to-back stays in the same city, suites, villas, apartments and packaged rates.</sup>

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Citi Prestige Card

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✍️ Short summary
This card gives you an uncapped earn rate of 1.3 miles per dollar on SGD spending and 2 miles per dollar on foreign currency spending.

Having many transfer partners and miles that don’t expire gives you fantastic flexibility.

Cardholders are also entitled to 12 free airport lounge visits per calendar year (via Priority Pass) and 4th Night Free on prepaid hotel bookings made through the Citi Prestige Concierge.

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💸 Annual fee
S$651.82
(Strictly no waiver, always comes with 80,000 points, equivalent to 32,000 miles)

💼 Income requirement
S$120,000/year

🤑 Foreign currency fee
3.25%

🛋️ Airport lounge access
12 free lounge visits per calendar year
(via Priority Pass)

⏰ Miles expiry
Miles/Points earned on this card never expire

🫱‍🫲 Transfer partners
KrisFlyer, Asia Miles, Infinity MileageLands, BA Club and more!

💯 Transfer ratio
2.5 points = 1 mile

🧮 Transfer block
25,000 points (10,000 miles)

💲 Transfer fee
S$27.25 per transfer

🤗 Points pooling
Points from this card cannot be combined with those from other Citi cards and can only be transferred out separately.

❓ How/When points are credited
Base miles are credited immediately when the transaction is posted.

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Card rating ^{Suitesmile's overall rating of this card (out of 5), all things considered. This includes how it compares against alternative miles/cashback cards, its annual fee, and how easy (or hard) it is to achieve the advertised benefits.}:
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Minimum annual income:• S’porean/PR: S$30,000 – S$65,000 ^{Income requirement depends on your Total Relationship Balance (TRB) with HSBC. S$30,000/year if TRB is S$50,000 and above; S$65,000/year if TRB is below S$50,000.}
• Foreigner: S$65,000Annual fee: No annual fee, ever

 Earn 4 mpd on selected contactless and online spending, up to S$1,000 per calendar month ^{Earn 4 mpd on contactless and online transactions, on a wide range of spending categories like retail shopping (online and in-person), dining, flights (direct with airlines only), hotels (excl. online travel agencies like Agoda, Trip.com etc.), food delivery and ride-hailing.}
 Boost bonus earn rate to 8 mpd (up to S$1,200 per calendar month) with a minimum deposit of S$50,000 ^{HSBC customers with a minimum deposit of S$50,000 in the HSBC Everyday Global Account can enjoy an earn rate of 8 mpd (instead of 4 mpd) on selected contactless and online spending.}
 No minimum spending
 3-year miles expiry term
 7 useful miles transfer partners
 Free miles transfers to frequent flyer programs
 Instant miles transfers
 No annual fee, ever

⚠️ 0.4 mpd earn rate on non-bonus spending
⚠️ Poor transfer ratio to KrisFlyer ^{Due to inferior transfer ratio, if/when the points earned on this card are converted to KrisFlyer miles, the bonus earn rate would effectively be 3.3 mpd, instead of 4 mpd.}
⚠️ Bonus categories are MCC-sensitive
⚠️ 3.25% foreign transaction fee

Card rating ^{Suitesmile's overall rating of this card (out of 5), all things considered. This includes how it compares against alternative miles/cashback cards, its annual fee, and how easy (or hard) it is to achieve the advertised benefits.}:
Ease of use ^{A rating (out of 5 stars) of how easy it is to achieve the maximum earn rate and other benefits advertised by this card.}:
Minimum annual income:• S’porean/PR: S$30,000
• Foreigner: S$42,000Annual fee: S$196.20 (first year waived; always comes with 10,000 miles, but request waiver every year ^{Paying S$196.20 for 10,000 miles is not worth it, unless if you need the miles urgently.})

 Get 2 free airport lounge visits per calendar year ^{Get 2 free airport lounge visits worldwide via Priority Pass. Entitlement can be used for lounges, restaurants and spas, for the principal cardholder and guest. Supplementary cardholders do not have any airport lounge entitlement.}
 No minimum spending
 Uncapped earn rates
 Miles don’t expire
 9 useful miles transfer partners

⚠️ Low earn rates (spend with 4 mpd cards instead):
• 1.2 mpd on local spending
• 2.2 mpd on foreign currency spending⚠️ 3.25% foreign transaction fee

Card rating ^{Suitesmile's overall rating of this card (out of 5), all things considered. This includes how it compares against alternative miles/cashback cards, its annual fee, and how easy (or hard) it is to achieve the advertised benefits.}:
Ease of use ^{A rating (out of 5 stars) of how easy it is to achieve the maximum earn rate and other benefits advertised by this card.}:
Minimum annual income:• S’porean/PR: S$30,000 – S$65,000 ^{Income requirement depends on your Total Relationship Balance (TRB) with HSBC. S$30,000/year if TRB is S$50,000 and above; S$65,000/year if TRB is below S$50,000.}
• Foreigner: S$65,000Annual fee: S$196.20 (first year waivable; always comes with 12,000 miles)

 Get 4 free airport lounge visits per calendar year ^{Get 4 free airport lounge visits worldwide via DragonPass. Entitlement can be used for lounges, restaurants and spas, for the principal cardholder and guests. Supplementary cardholders do not have any airport lounge entitlement.}
 No minimum spending
 Uncapped earn rates
 3-year miles expiry term
 7 useful miles transfer partners
 Free miles transfers to frequent flyer programs
 Instant miles transfers

⚠️ Low earn rates (spend with 4 mpd cards instead):
• 1.2 mpd on local spending
• 2.4 mpd on foreign currency spending⚠️ Poor transfer ratio to KrisFlyer
⚠️ 3.25% foreign transaction fee

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HSBC TravelOne Card

Suitesmile rating:

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✍️ Short summary
This card gives you an uncapped earn rate of 1.2 miles per dollar on SGD spending and 2.4 miles per dollar on foreign currency spending.

This is a great backup card, if you have exhausted all your specialized cards with better earn rates.

Having many transfer partners gives you fantastic flexibility. However, this card has a poor transfer ratio to KrisFlyer, a great frequent flyer program for travels to regions like Australia, New Zealand, Mainland China, India and Istanbul.

Cardholders are also entitled to 4 free airport lounge visits (via DragonPass) per calendar year. For example, if you apply for the card in March 2023, you will get 4 free visits for the current year, plus 4 more free visits from 1 January the following year.

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.

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💸 Annual fee
S$196.20
(Get 30k points (12k miles) when you pay the annual fee from the 2nd year onwards. Get first-year waiver, if you don’t want the sign-up bonus.)

💼 Income requirement
S’porean/PR: S$30,000 – S$65,000
Foreigner: S$65,000

🤑 Foreign currency fee
3.25%

🛋️ Airport lounge access
4 free visits per calendar year
(via DragonPass)

⏰ Points expiry
3 years from transaction
(37 months to be exact)

🫱‍🫲 Transfer partners
Asia Miles, Infinity MileageLands, BA Club and more!

💯 Transfer ratio
2.5 points = 1 mile

🧮 Transfer block
25,000 points
(10,000 miles)

💲Transfer fee
Free

🤗 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
Base points are credited immediately when the transaction is posted.

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