Please I would love to know if I can apply for the American Express Platinum Reserve Credit Card if the income I earn is a little over S$80,000 p.a?

Seldom would you find a card that has your best interest at heart as the AMEX Express Platinum Reserve Credit Card with its Emergency legal and medical assistance even when you are anywhere in the world. You can enjoy privileges around the globe with Live the World and American Express with all round protection against accidental damage or theft for your purchases.

The Pros with this card from my observations include the fact that high membership Rewards points earn rate at specific merchants including a 50% savings at many high end restaurants, an attractive signup offer for 2 nights stay at the hotel. The Cons include a non-waivable annual fee and a High minimum spend to qualify for signup rewards

I like the shopping benefits that come with this card starting with the opportunity to earn 2X Membership Rewards points with your Credit Card for every $1.60 you spend and with EXTRA from Membership Rewards, you stand to earn a total of 10 Membership Rewards points for every $1.60 spent at Platinum EXTRA Partners. You can be assured of peace of mind when you shop with your card with the cards 90-Day Purchase Protection and 90-Day Return Guarantee

I am still trying to take advantage of the all year-round savings of up to 50% at over 60 restaurants and hotels dining island wide with the cards love dining privileges. So much to choose from don’t you think so? Plus you can save up to 50% savings with American Express Selects at a wide selection of restaurants in Singapore

With this card what I enjoy in particular the Petrol Stations Benefits which allows one to enrol the card to enjoy 7.1% savings via statement credit on your net petrol purchases at SPC and up to 21% savings with the rebate (15% onsite + 6.04% savings via statement credit) at SPC.

The welcome bonus with this card is quite mouth-watering. Simply spend S$1,500 in the first 3 months to receive 24,000 Membership Rewards points. That you will find to be enough points to redeem for S$110 cash credit. Plus you can see the points add up with 100% bonus points on all spend in your first 3 months of Card Membership. I have been using this card now for 6 months and am yet to find reasons to complain.

If you target to spend on major event tickets and high price items with the plan to split by instalment then this card is for you. However I notice that if you have an existing OCBC saving account, it makes bill payments much more seamless. And aside from being able to split payment into monthly instalments interest free, you can earn up to 1% rebate on your purchase. Only few cards in the market that allow auto convert spending into interest free instalment and still be entitled to 0.5% or 1% cash rebate.

I have held this card for quite a long time and one thing I like about the card is the fact that it is used for CapitaLand malls and they are almost everywhere. So I enjoy dining taking advantage of the 10x rewards merchants to accumulate the points faster. Imagine getting close to 6.5% rebates on dining. Not to forget their sign up bonus of $60 rebates in vouchers when you spend $1,500. That's a 4% rebate excluding the points you will earn which will convert into vouchers too.

The AMEX Express Singapore Airlines Solitaire PPS Credit Card gives a First Year Fee Waiver for you to enjoy and also for your supplementary card members. In addition there are no transfer fees and all the KrisFlyer miles you can earn are directly transferred automatically to your KrisFlyer account with no transfer fee. I would recommend this card for these few reasons which could really make the difference.

If you are like me an HSBC Premier client and also a frequent traveller that can maximize the number of priority pass visits, limo and meet-and-assist services as well as your supplementary cardholders too, then this is the card for you. The reduced general mile earn rate is worth the trade-off for the unlimited priority pass memberships, as well as the high number of limo and meet-and-assist services that you can use.

For me nothing beats the 5% year-round cash rebates on dining, groceries, petrol and transport (that is taxis, ride hailing, trains and buses inclusive), locally and overseas when you spend minimum S$600 per month. And the cash rebate is capped at S$150 per month. So if you don’t drive, not to worry as you can enjoy 5% cash rebate for your transportation needs, be it a taxi ride, a booking made via ride hailing apps, or trains/buses.