Amaze Nerf: What’s the true cost of using this card for SGD spending?
At what transaction amount is it worthwhile to use the Amaze + Citi Rewards combo, from 10 Mar 2025?
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Nerfed: Negative Amaze changes coming soon, incl. 1% fee for all SGD spending
From 10 Mar 2025, all card-linked Amaze transactions in SGD will incur a 1% fee; no longer makes sense for transactions under $50.
Nerfed: Maybank World and Visa Infinite cards will no longer come with free points conversions
From 1 Apr 2025, the Maybank World Mastercard and Visa Infinite cards will have a standard points conversion fee of S$27.25.
Nerfed: Mari Credit Card to stop awarding unlimited 5% cashback coins on Shopee
Cardholders can continue to earn unlimited 5% cashback in Shopee coins until 23 Jan 2025. Will we see a new Shopee promo then?
Nerfed: HSBC Revolution will stop awarding 4 mpd on most hotel/accommodation spending
From 1 Jan 2024, cardholders will stop earning bonus points on tour agency and most accommodation spending.
Nerfed: AMEX True Cashback card to stop awarding cashback for Grab wallet top-ups
It’s the end of an era. From 4 Apr 2023, AMEX cardholders will no longer earn cashback on Grab wallet top-ups.
Nerfed: UOB Absolute card dropping Cashback on Grab wallet top-ups from 1.7% to just 0.3%
Continue to get 1.7% cashback till 14 Jan 2023, use an alternative card after that.
Nerfed: Grab no longer supports payments to other e-wallets
With immediate effect, you can no longer top up e-wallets like YouTrip and Revolut with your GrabPay card.
Nerfed: UOB One card no longer awarding 5% cashback for $2,000 monthly spending
UOB One card slashing cashback rate for Tier 3 spending from 5% to 3.33%.
Nerfed: DBS will stop awarding points for Amaze transactions from 1 June 2022
Flight and hotel transactions in foreign currency are going to cost 3.25% more. Book them by the end of May if you can!
Amaze card lowers cashback for SGD spending, increases minimum spend from 1 April
Even with these changes, the Amaze card is still the best out there, as long as its 2 key features remain untouched.
