DBS Woman's MasterCard

[lcpteck]

Does this card still award max points for online EZ-link topups or are they excluded?

It still should. Or we can wait for someone who had tried it recently.

 

[frustrateddude]

got 9x on 17th Oct for my transaction done in Sept.

 

[aster1]

Anyone else having trouble getting a 6pm.com transaction treated as online shopping?

Also, are online Apple store purchases going to get extra miles?

 

[lcpteck]

Anyone else having trouble getting a 6pm.com transaction treated as online shopping?

Also, are online Apple store purchases going to get extra miles?

According to my table apple doesn't, but that could be outdated info. Btw, it's already opened for editing. So do contribute when you can. Crowdsourcing is the best.

 

[Suleyman]

Anyone else having trouble getting a 6pm.com transaction treated as online shopping?

Also, are online Apple store purchases going to get extra miles?

I don't know for sure, but I did get 5x points from Citi Clear card (for online purchases), so I had assumed that you would get 10x from this card as well.

If someone has experienced different, please share.

 

[aster1]

Are there any financial costs/penalties involved with cancelling the Women's World MC just a few months after receiving it?

First year is free, so just wondering if it's still ok to cancel it early or whether I need to hold on to it for the entire year...

 

[aster1]

Someone help me out here as either I'm getting things wrong or DBS' accounting is dodgy to say the least:

Current balance: 4311 points

Only one transaction in the last statement cycle to the tune of $3,867.00

So should be 773 base points and 6,957 additional awarded on the 15th of the following month.

Because this transaction was in late Sept and my monthly cycle ends in the second half of Oct, I should see all my points in the upcoming statement awarded for this transaction.

Instead I see just 4,373 awarded to bring the total to 8,684 points. How did they get to this number? I mean seriously, just one transaction in an entire statement period and things look messed up?

 

[alxa123]

Please read tncs.

10x only for the first 2k. remaining 1867 will only get you 1x points

$2000--> 4000 points
$1867--> 373 points

Someone help me out here as either I'm getting things wrong or DBS' accounting is dodgy to say the least:

Current balance: 4311 points

Only one transaction in the last statement cycle to the tune of $3,867.00

So should be 773 base points and 6,957 additional awarded on the 15th of the following month.

Because this transaction was in late Sept and my monthly cycle ends in the second half of Oct, I should see all my points in the upcoming statement awarded for this transaction.

Instead I see just 4,373 awarded to bring the total to 8,684 points. How did they get to this number? I mean seriously, just one transaction in an entire statement period and things look messed up?

 

[hwmook]

Someone help me out here as either I'm getting things wrong or DBS' accounting is dodgy to say the least:

Current balance: 4311 points

Only one transaction in the last statement cycle to the tune of $3,867.00

So should be 773 base points and 6,957 additional awarded on the 15th of the following month.

Because this transaction was in late Sept and my monthly cycle ends in the second half of Oct, I should see all my points in the upcoming statement awarded for this transaction.

Instead I see just 4,373 awarded to bring the total to 8,684 points. How did they get to this number? I mean seriously, just one transaction in an entire statement period and things look messed up?

You are getting things wrong, i thought it should be clear that you only get 10x points for up to $2k spend a month.

 

[spiralblast]

Hi everyone, sorry a noob question as I'm thinking of getting the card - what's the miles to $ ratio if I'm using this card for online travel-related payments? and is it good for Krisflyer and also Star Alliance airlines in general?

 

[purpletoysmum]

Hi everyone, sorry a noob question as I'm thinking of getting the card - what's the miles to $ ratio if I'm using this card for online travel-related payments? and is it good for Krisflyer and also Star Alliance airlines in general?

4 miles per $. But you can only spend up to $2000 per CALENDAR month for that rate. So if your tickets cost more, you have to calculate if it's worth it or use other card e.g. ANZ Travel for the airline bookings.

 

[lcpteck]

Do take note that the redemption rate is 10k DBS points for 20K KF miles. You'll have to accumulate 10K blocks for redeeming before expiry.

 

[sneggg]

Do take note that the redemption rate is 10k DBS points for 20K KF miles. You'll have to accumulate 10K blocks for redeeming before expiry.

within a year ?

 

[TribleBoob]

Can I cancel it freely half year later?

 

[zjjx1977]

Can get ffp enroll form online or call to request?

 

[hwmook]

within a year ?

Yes, meaning $5k spending within 15 months. Although its stated as a year but they actually only track to a quarter so points earn in Jan 2013 expire in Mar 2014. So you have to spend $340 a month.

 

[sneggg]

Yes, meaning $5k spending within 15 months. Although its stated as a year but they actually only track to a quarter so points earn in Jan 2013 expire in Mar 2014. So you have to spend $340 a month.

oooo okok, you are the guru
i just cancelled my recurring singtel/m1 bills to switch them over to this card, so i just spend min $340 i'll be safe right ?

 

[hwmook]

oooo okok, you are the guru
i just cancelled my recurring singtel/m1 bills to switch them over to this card, so i just spend min $340 i'll be safe right ?

Yes, use it to top up ezlink, pay telco bills, that should meet 40-60% of the spending requirement. Get a ezlike imagine card and top up using this card to it. All amex spend automatically get you the 4miles/$ too.

 

[invisible999]

So you have to spend $340 a month.

Assuming that spending is only for transactions generating extra points. If not - spending needs to be more.

This is the reason I decided not to get the card. While my ezlink spending is appx $200-$250/mo and phone bill is appx $120-$150 on average, the phone is corp one and I can't pay online - it has to be either ASX (no point, pun intended) to setup recurring payment and that won't generate enough points. There are appx $250-$300 more expenses - SP Services and some misc expenses but I think still won't be enough to generate sufficient number of points.

Please correct me, if I am wrong.

 

[Suleyman]

Assuming that spending is only for transactions generating extra points. If not - spending needs to be more.

This is the reason I decided not to get the card. While my ezlink spending is appx $200-$250/mo and phone bill is appx $120-$150 on average, the phone is corp one and I can't pay online - it has to be either ASX (no point, pun intended) to setup recurring payment and that won't generate enough points. There are appx $250-$300 more expenses - SP Services and some misc expenses but I think still won't be enough to generate sufficient number of points.

Please correct me, if I am wrong.

You are not wrong. There is only one reason to get this card; if you frequently transact online for those things that UOB Preferred Platinum Visa excludes (eg, air tickets, phone bills through VBox).

Based on your use case, that does not seem to be your case, so you are definitely still going to be better off with the PPV card.