Let’s be honest—airfare is usually the most expensive part of any trip. That’s why we always plan ahead. Instead of paying full price for flight tickets, we use credit card air miles to save money and fly smarter.
This year, we focused on two popular miles-earning credit cards in Singapore:
➡️DBS Vantage
➡️UOB Visa Infinite
They’re both premium, metal cards with generous air miles rewards—but they do have spending requirements. Each one needs you to spend SGD 4,000 within the first 30 days of approval.
Sounds like a lot? Don’t worry—we didn’t spend more than we normally would. We just timed our applications with big planned expenses. That included:
-✈️ Booking a cruise
-🛫 Paying for our 2024 travels
-🏠 Charging one month’s worth of household bills
By doing this, we easily hit the spending targets on both cards without spending extra.
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Perks Breakdown:
DBS Vantage gives -annual fee of SGD 599.50:
•10 free airport lounge visits per year
•Accor Plus Membership that gave us free stay at Swissôtel Singapore
•total of free 110,000 miles
UOB Visa Infinite offers -annual fee of SGD 654:
•Unlimited lounge access (great if you travel often!)
•total miles free 90,000.
DBS Vantage gives -annual fee of SGD 599.50:
•10 free airport lounge visits per year
•Accor Plus Membership that gave us free stay at Swissôtel Singapore
•total of free 110,000 miles
UOB Visa Infinite offers -annual fee of SGD 654:
•Unlimited lounge access (great if you travel often!)
•total miles free 90,000.
With just SGD 650 more, we booked with Singapore Airline:
->> 2 Premium Economy to London
<<- 2 Economy back to Singapore
We saved a total of SGD 5,015.59 on airfare. That’s money we can use on food and activities.
Is it worth it? Absolutely. With smart spending, we turned our everyday and planned expenses into flights. No crazy spending. No stress.
If you’re in Singapore and want to travel more while spending less, air miles credit cards are worth looking into.
If you’re in Singapore and want to travel more while spending less, air miles credit cards are worth looking into.
Just remember:
-- Understand the terms
-- Time your big expenses
-- Take full advantage of the perks
-- Understand the terms
-- Time your big expenses
-- Take full advantage of the perks
Your next trip might be closer (and cheaper) than you think!
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