20 Miles per S$5 with Apple Pay - Get S$10 Rebate with UOB
In case you have not already heard, Apple Pay now supports credit cards from five major banks in Singapore - UOB, OCBC, POSB, DBS and Standard Chartered (SC). Apple Pay was first made available for American Express cardholders only in Singapore and now it is rolling out to everyone else. While I do love American Express for their service and (some) offers, it is simply not the best way to rake up miles unless you were shopping with one of the EXTRA Partners.
UOB Apple Pay | Photo Credit: UOB
If you have been following my website for a while now, you should know that UOB is one of my preferred banks with credit cards that are suitable for raking up miles. In fact, I believe that the Preferred Platinum Visa Credit Card will continue to give you 10X UNI$ per S$5 (equivalent to 20 miles per S$5) spent via PayWave - this should be extended to Apple Pay transactions as well but I will be testing this ASAP.
Also, if you are one of the first 10,000 people today to utilise Apple Pay with your UOB card, you will get S$10 cash rebate back into your account statement - pretty sweet!
The HSBC Advance Visa Platinum Credit Card is dead (for mile-chasers anyway) and it will become a cashback card soon - the 4 miles per dollar promotion will end officially on 31 May 2017 and you will only earn 1X (0.4 miles per dollar) Rewards point with eligible dollar spent in the month of June 2017. You will have to redeem all your Reward points by 31 August 2017 or they will be converted into cashback on 01 September 2017 at a 100 Reward points to $0.25 rate.