I stumbled onto this thread while googling for info.
Maybe most of the ppl here already know what i’m going to share but i was a noob then (still is i guess), so i thought i should share my experience just in case the same thing might happen to somebody here.
An UOB banker called me and tell me about this UOB one account bonus interest thing.
I was keen so we meet up and she shared with me more on the bonus interest in details.
As one of the conditions is to hit $500 spending on the cc, she suggested for me to buy a saving plan which is $300 monthly and use the cc to pay for this saving plan.
This means i only need to clock another $200 myself to hit the $500.
The saving plan wasn’t under UOB but i didn’t really think too much since my original intention was to minimise the “effort” to enjoy the higher bonus interest.
It took me a while to realised that i could have just switch the payment method for my other existing insurance polices/bills to charge to my cc to have the same outcome (hitting the $500 spending)
But it’s too late since the free look period of that saving plan was already over when i realised.
I learnt my lesson for not doing more homework and stupidly trusted the banker that this was the only way help in hitting the $500.
Anyway when i contacted the banker, she had already left UOB and referred me to her colleague. I felt cheated but i guess nothing could be done now.