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Shopback review

September 29, 2015 by yenkai Leave a Comment

Now that I’ve received the first payout from Shopback, I guess I’m qualified to say something about them. The $25 payout consisted of $15 from an Agoda booking and $10 from the bonus given for signing up through Citibank and for updating the personal particulars. The best part of Shopback so far is in getting … [Read more…]

Posted in: Spend-thrift, Travel Tagged: Cashback, Hotel, Rebates, Review, Shopback

Cashback on groceries

August 27, 2015 by yenkai Leave a Comment

Groceries must be one of the main categories of expenditure for any household. Many people should be aware that some credit cards offer a 5% rebate on supermarket transactions, but there is now a better deal if you do groceries shopping online on Redmart.com (Singapore only). They are one of the merchants on the Shopback.sg … [Read more…]

Posted in: Spend-thrift Tagged: Cashback, Groceries, Rebates, Shopback

The best credit cards for overseas travel spending

July 3, 2015 by yenkai Leave a Comment

Note: this post is specific to Singapore. Feel free to browse my other articles if you’re a visitor from the other corners of the world 🙂  For all my past trips, I have been using the Manhattan credit card for overseas spending, the reason being it rewarded 5% cashback. Subsequently, it was cut to 3%, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Spend-thrift, Travel Tagged: Credit Card, Rebates, Travel Tips

ANZ Optimum World credit card test drive results

April 23, 2015 by yenkai Leave a Comment

Standard disclaimer: I am in no way affiliated with ANZ bank and what follows is purely my personal opinion. Finally received the bill from ANZ. This is the very first time the 5% rebate of the Optimum World credit card came into effect, since this is the start of the April – June quarter and they only … [Read more…]

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Further cash rebate on top of credit card cash rebate

March 20, 2015 by yenkai Leave a Comment

When you’re getting 5.5% – 7% of credit card cash rebate on online transactions, you’re probably folding your arms and telling yourself, “well done”. But wait, there’s more! You can get further cash rebate with Ebates for your online shopping. The merchants include popular online stores, hotel booking (virtually all the hotel chains are there) and car rental, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Spend-thrift Tagged: Cashback, Rebates

A guide to maximising cash rebates from credit cards

March 18, 2015 by yenkai Leave a Comment

What makes you decide on using a credit card over another? it’s the benefits you get out of the card right? Don’t know about you, but the one thing I want from a credit card is cash rebate. Fanciful marketing does nothing to move me and i believe this is also true for most people. I’m sure … [Read more…]

Posted in: Spend-thrift Tagged: Credit Card, Rebates, Singapore
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Yen Kai the spend-thrifter loves to eat, drink, travel and spend save money. He's always pondering on ideas to solve the little problems of everyday living (what to eat, where to go, what to buy, how to save money etc.) and shares them here on this blog.

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