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Qantas Frequent Flyer now available on Mileslife

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Mileslife today announced Qantas as its latest frequent flyer programme partner, enabling Qantas Frequent Flyer members to earn Qantas Points on the Mileslife’s network. Mileslife is currently available in Singapore, Hong Kong and China, and allow users to earn miles on lifestyle spending through its app at select merchants. Earn bonus points from now till 11 April 2019 In celebration of the new partnership, new users to the app who link their Qantas Frequent Flyer accounts will earn a bonus 2,500 Qantas Frequent Flyer points when they spend a minimum of S$30. For every additional $30 spend from now until 11 April 2019, users will also earn an extra 150 points on top of the on-going earn rates. This promotion is capped at 7,500 points (i.e. a maximum spend of S$1,500). Other frequent flyer programmes Qantas is the 17th airline to join the programme, with other major airlines such as Singapore Airlines, ANA, British Airways, EVA Air, Emirates and Lufthansa already on the programme.

Citibank increases minimum spend on Citi Prestige card to S$20,000 per quarter to redeem free limo rides

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Cardholders now need to spend S$20,000 per quarter instead of S$1,500 for 2 rides. One of the best perks of the Citi Prestige will no longer be so valuable in future. The mid-tier card – which requires an annual income of S$120,000 in Singapore – has got some pretty strong benefits, including two free limousine transfers each quarter with a minimum spend of S$1,500 in foreign currency. This benefit will change from 1 April 2019, and cardholders will now need to spend a minimum of S$20,000 (local and foreign combined) each quarter to receive the same benefit. A 1333% increase on minimum spend is definitely not an enhancement (tsk tsk, Citibank), it’s definitely not the end of the world. So tell me why I should keep the card While the limo services will no longer be within reach by the bulk of the cardholders, the Citi Prestige card remains pretty competitive for its hotel travel perk. If you book four consecutive nights at the same hotel through the Citi Prestige Concierge, you will receive the last night complimentary with no black-out dates. This is a …

BOC Elite World MasterCard revised terms & conditions

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The good ol’ days are over. Bank of China is now tightening what used to be a quick and easy way to earn miles. So back in July 2018, Bank of China created an uproar in the miles chasing community in Singapore with what was possibly the best miles card ever launched in Singapore. Of course, if you were one of those like me and applied for the card, you would have experienced the very rudimentary application process (read: paper and pen, coupled with snail mail), the incredibly long wait for the card to turn up before enjoying the absurdly good miles earning ratio. As with many new programmes, all good things must come to an end. As MileLion have explained in a few articles, Bank of China has slowly, but surely, introduced changes to tighten the ways they dish out miles. The latest set of terms and conditions was strangely postdated 15 March 2019, and is probably a sign of things to come. So what have changed since the launch? (1) Definition of local …

SilkAir offers flights from Singapore-Busan from May 2019

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SilkAir has announced yet another exciting new destination on its network, this time to Seoul’s second largest city: Busan. This is SilkAir’s first destination in South Korea, less than two years after it launched its service to Hiroshima. As with the Hiroshima service, the Singapore-Busan service will be operated using the Boeing 737 MAX 8. The service will commence from 1 May 2019, offering four flights a week to Busan from Singapore. SilkAir will also be the only airline offering non-stop services between the two cities. The schedule  The outbound flight from Singapore operates overnight and arrives into Busan in the morning, while the return flight departs Busan in the morning. Route Flight Departure Arrival Flight time Days Aircraft SIN-PUS MI876 2315 0700(+1) 6h 45m Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat Boeing 737 MAX 8 PUS-SIN MI875 0800 1415 7h 15m Tue Boeing 737 MAX 8 0830 1415 6h 45m Thu, Sat, Sun Boeing 737 MAX 8 The aircraft The service between Singapore and Busan will be operated with SilkAir’s newest Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft in …

Citibank PayAll now available to all customers; buy miles starting from 0.94 cents each

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Back in November 2018, Citibank trialled a targeted promotion for its new PayAll service, essentially a cash advance service that earns you miles. The offer was very compelling, and almost the best in town, when you can effectively get a cash advance and buy miles for as low as 0.8 cents apiece. So what has changed since? 1.5% or 2.0% processing fee During the initial launch phase, the processing fee was three tiered fees depending on the amount you requested for, but this has now been changed to either a simple 1.5% or 2.0% fee, personalised for each customer. Based on Mainly Miles’ report, it seems that customers targeted at the trial are now offered 1.5%, while those who weren’t are now offered 2.0%. It’s unclear why Citibank chose to offer different rates for different customers. How to use? At present, the facility is only available through the Citibank mobile app under the payment facility in the menu. The steps to setting up a payment is pretty intuitive. You key in the recipient’s bank account details and …