DBS Vantage Card

[blueboat]

I'm curious to know about the 60k annual spend too. I spent on a lot of bills so not sure if it is excluded

 

[superzheny]

Good news, I emailed dbs and they confirmed I qualify for waiver. You can try to email them to check too.

 

[xtremescy]

Those with vantage card, understand website say spend 60k/year to get af waiver. How strict is dbs with this?

Base on what I see in the telegram group chat, quite strict apparently.

Hello all!
I had spent around $50,000, do you guys think I'm eligible for free wavier?

 

[sglandscape]

Hello all!
I had spent around $50,000, do you guys think I'm eligible for free wavier?

Call them and ask

 

[RyanJ]

I'm curious to know about the 60k annual spend too. I spent on a lot of bills so not sure if it is excluded

The nice thing about this card is once hit requirement the waiver is automatic.

No need to call CSO and 'beg' for waiver

 

[Evolver]

I chalked about $30k on the card and didn't qualify for waiver. Cancelled the card last week, cos the miles earn rate is just average vs. the specialised credit cards of 4mpd.

 

[blueboat]

The nice thing about this card is once hit requirement the waiver is automatic.

No need to call CSO and 'beg' for waiver

Yup so convenient.

My accor account got renewed immediately too and got the free hotel stay right away.

 

[skazzz]

Yup so convenient.

My accor account got renewed immediately too and got the free hotel stay right away.

Have you use the previous stay?
Just checking if it stack 1 + 1

 

[sdpartie]

While the Annual Fee is strictly non-waivable for the first year, you will enjoy a waiver in the subsequent years if a minimum of S$60,000 worth of retail spend is made in the preceding Card Year^.

Please note that the 12,500 DBS Points (25,000 miles) will not be awarded if the Annual Fee is waived.

 

[blueboat]

Have you use the previous stay?
Just checking if it stack 1 + 1

i think cannot bring over - it expires within the membership

 

[skazzz]

i think cannot bring over - it expires within the membership

understand, just curious if u sign the member late, will there be overlapping factor
if u know what i mean

vantage in jan
accor in jul but voucher valid till dec or jun
renewal, depend if its issue in jan or jul
only know after u try

 

[blueboat]

understand, just curious if u sign the member late, will there be overlapping factor
if u know what i mean

vantage in jan
accor in jul but voucher valid till dec or jun
renewal, depend if its issue in jan or jul
only know after u try

haha no - i had same idea as you and tried that

 

[skazzz]

haha no - i had same idea as you and tried that

And yes, just sign up the backdated card Accor account, is base on the backdate

 

[okichin]

Is there a monthly spending cap for miles for this card? Can't find it on DBS website.

Also, a noob question, is it better to pay in foreign currency when buying air tickets to get more miles per dollar?

 

[Trazora]

Is there a monthly spending cap for miles for this card? Can't find it on DBS website.

Also, a noob question, is it better to pay in foreign currency when buying air tickets to get more miles per dollar?

no cap, depends how u value miles

 

[okichin]

no cap, depends how u value miles

Thanks.

Can you elaborate on what you mean by 'depends on how I value miles'.

Trying some last minutes miles accumulation for a trip to Europe next year. That's why signed up for the bonus 85k miles.

 

[Belford]

Is there a monthly spending cap for miles for this card? Can't find it on DBS website.

Also, a noob question, is it better to pay in foreign currency when buying air tickets to get more miles per dollar?

surely you’ll get more miles when in foreign currency. But do note that conversion will be based on visa exchange rate at that moment + 3.25% bank fees.

 

[someusername]

Is there a monthly spending cap for miles for this card? Can't find it on DBS website.

Also, a noob question, is it better to pay in foreign currency when buying air tickets to get more miles per dollar?

No limit.

If the airline allows you to pay in FCY or in the local currency of your credit card SGD then the airline will be doing the currency conversion from FCY to SGD and it's pretty much guaranteed to be a worse rate than letting Visa and the bank do the conversion.

 

[okichin]

ok, thank you. Very useful info for me. Sounds like a bad idea to pay in foreign currency.

 

[English Teacher]

is this card good for low spenders?