Travel$ to be awarded in blocks of S$5 spend from 1 Jun OCBC has made some tweaks to their 90°N card, to be effected from 1 Jun. These changes are not major, but may affect the way you spend if you are still using that as your default card. Travel$ to be awarded in blocks of S$5 spend From 1 Jun, OCBC will award Travel$ in blocks of S$5 spend, meaning: For local spend, every S$5 spend will earn you 6 Travel$, equivalent to 6 miles (i.e. 1.2 mpd) For foreign spend, every S$5 equivalent spend will earn you 10.5 Travel$, equivalent to 10.5 miles (i.e. 2.1 mpd) AXS Pay+Earn will earn you 5 Travel$ for every S$5 spend (i.e. 1 mpd) Previously, OCBC award Travel$ based on dollar spend, rounded down to the nearest dollar. So this means that there will be slight changes to the number of Travel$ you earn after 1 Jun: Transaction amount Local/Overseas spend Travel$ earned before 1 Jun Travel$ earned on or after 1 Jun $4.99 Local 4.8 0 …

Earn up to 8mpd for hotel bookings and 4mpd for flight bookings OCBC is the latest to jump on the miles card launches, unveiling yet another miles earning card for the Singapore market. A glance at the headline earning figures will sound pretty attractive: up to 8mpd for hotel bookings, and 4mpd for flight bookings. So what are the key perks of the card? An overview of the card: Income requirement: S$30,000 p.a. for Singapore citizens and PRs, S$45,000 for foreigners Annual fee: S$192.60 for principal cardmembers, waived for the first year; S$96.30 for supplementary cards, waived for the first year Annual fee gift: 10,000 miles (in the form of 10,000 Travel$) Earn rates: 1.2 mile per dollar spent (mpd) locally; 2.1 mpd overseas; see promotions below for special launch promotion earn rates Foreign currency transaction fee: 3.0% Most importantly, miles don’t expire. The base earn rates are pretty average: BOC Elite Miles give you 1.5mpd for local spend, and 3mpd for overseas spend. Plus, there are an assortment of other cards that give you up to 4mpd for specialised …