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Limited offer: Earn 4 mpd with the Citi PremierMiles Card

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For two months only, spend the minimum sum required to earn up to 4 mpd on select spend categories Citibank has launched brand new year end promotion for the Citi PremierMiles Card, offering up to 4 miles per dollar spent on its card for spending up to 31 Dec 2020, a big bump up from the usual 1.2 mpd the card offers. The offer From now till 31 Dec 2020, registered Citi PremierMiles cardmembers can earn either 3 or 4 mpd on eligible transactions if they fulfill a minimum spend requirement during the period. To get 3 mpd, cardmembers must spend at least $2,000 (called qualifying spend, more on this later) in each calendar month of November and December. To get 4 mpd, the minimum spend each month is a heftier $5,000. Note that the bonus miles (called additional Citi Miles in the illustrations above) will only be awarded on the following categories: All online spending (except those that in excluded categories) Dining (MCCs 5811, 5812, 5813, 5814) Department / Clothing stores (MCCs 5262, 5309, 5311, 5331, 5399, 5611, 5621, 5631, 5641, …

REVIEW: InterContinental Singapore, Club Deluxe Room

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Excellent top-grade hotel in the heart of the city, boasting timeless interiors and five star service. I fell in love with the InterContinental brand since my first stay back in 2018, so I was always looking forward to snag another stay at this excellent property. The price for a Club room has always been a little prohibitively high, so I was pleased when they dropped their prices owing to a slowdown in international travel earlier this year due to Covid-19. In this post:• Introduction• About the hotel• Location• The booking process• InterContinental Ambassador programme• Checking in• The room• Club InterContinental Lounge• Afternoon tea• Evening cocktails• Breakfast• The facilities• Dining options• Final thoughts The hotel InterContinental is IHG’s flagship brand and marks the pinnacle of hospitality within the group. While there are some other upmarket brands that the Group has acquired over the years, it is almost certain that the best experience still came from the InterContinental brand. InterContinental Singapore opened its doors more than two decades ago, in 1995. The hotel houses 403 rooms and …

Singapore Airlines to operate non-stop services to New York JFK from November

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The three-times a week service will bypass Frankfurt for the first time since the 1990s. Singapore Airlines has announced the resumption of its Singapore-New York service, this time round with a non-stop service to New York’s John F. Kennedy (JFK) international airport. The non-stop flights to New York will restart from 9 Nov 2020 operating three times a week, using the 3-class variant of its Airbus A350 aircraft. This will be the airline’s second US destination after Los Angeles since the network reduction due to Covid-19. For the record, SIA used to serve two airports in the Greater New York area just before Covid-19 struck: a daily service to JFK via Frankfurt, and a second non-stop service to Newark Liberty Airport (EWR). The schedule Singapore Airlines has picked new flight numbers – SQ24 and SQ23 – for this service. Fun Fact: SQ23/24 was the same flight numbers SIA used to operate Singapore-Amsterdam-Newark back in the 1990s up to early 2000s. The flights were operated using the Boeing 747s. The outbound flight from Singapore, SQ24, will operate …