What is the Denki Safety 5 Premium Warranty Programme? Anyone conversant with it?

I was really surprised and delighted when I found out I could get free Delivery when I get to spend a minimum of S$200 in a single receipt on bulky items, mostly items that do not fit into a car boot like my furniture set and home appliances. Those types of purchases have been delivered to mefor free.

First of all, OCBC has excellent customer service worth mentioning. I was also impressed by the customer service who were extremely helpful and often able to resolve any queries over the phone. Responsiveness is on point. They are cordial and professional in terms of communicating and relatively easy to be contacted via the hotline with minimal waiting time.

OCBC cards can obtain instant approval when you apply for them via MyInfo and can be used immediately. With the principal card you need a spend of S$160.50 a year to earn an annual fee waiver for your OCBC BEST Denki Credit Card and you must spend a minimum of at least S$5,000 in one year, starting from the month after your OCBC BEST Denki Credit Card was issued. Annual fees waived for the first 2 years. Instant S$50 cash rebate upon approval with no minimum spend required.

Highlight of the perks with this card should be receiving 12% BEST Rewards equivalent to 3% cash rebate for any amount charged at BEST Denki, including items purchased on the 0% interest instalments plan. For example, S$100 spent at BEST Denki equals 12 BEST Rewards equals S$3 cash rebate. Also, spend a minimum of S$200 in a single receipt on bulky items such as items that cannot fit inside your car and have your purchases delivered for free.

With the cards safety 5 Premium Warranty Programme you can use your OCBC BEST Denki Credit Card and pay only 16% of the purchase price for more coverage with Safety 5 Premium Warranty Programme. This 5-year extended warranty will cover Product Failure, Flood Protection, Fire Protection, Theft from Home Protection and Damage Protection.

I am a fresh graduate and just started my first job, I signed up for this card due to the onetime $150 cash back reward for $800 spend within the first two months. However for its main monthly rewards, it is nothing to be pleasant about and the hotline is very bad, I even had to hold more than 20 minutes during non-peak hour.

The Citi SMRT card is a pretty decent card for spending but they unfortunately exclude travel related online merchants. This to me is the downside of the card and may be a reason to get another card for travel websites.

First of all, unlike other loyalty programmes, the American Express Personal Card membership rewards points do not expire. Furthermore, with no restriction on the number of points you can stand to accumulate, you just need to choose the reward you want and you'll have time to get it, pretty much the skies can be your limit as you can use the points the way you want from redeeming shopping, travel and entertainment rewards to offsetting purchases made on your Card.

The American Express Krisflyer Credit Card has an attractive sign up bonus and it is easy to use to accumulate on miles as no conversion into KF account is required, and monthly auto “sweeping” of miles help save in the conversion fee. I also have had good experiences with their customer care service as the call center service is absolutely awesome.

I would recommend the card for use by people who frequently purchase clothing and electronics and also in particular from known on online merchants like AliExpress, Amazon, Lazada, Shopee and Taobao.You get 10X points when you shop at retails for babies and children's wear, clothes, bags and shoes, department stores, electronics and gadgets; which cover almost all retails. Also the OCBC Reward is a $10 rebate for 3600 points which I think is fare.

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.