Fax a credit card cancellation letter to their credit card centre. Then do a follow-up ...

Yes. They do but only through auto-debit.

No. Not for auto-debit through credit card/charge card.

Must charge the whole ticket to a single card to be eligible for the complimentary travel insurance (if applicable).


Clearly someone at Maybank IT department has not been doing his/her job well.

A few more travel agencies also accept AMEX in Sabah. Not sure about Kuala Lumpur though.

Buy 1 Free 1 Ticket at TGV Cinemas with your Citibank credit card on the weekends.

TGV/CITI

For shops that do not have any special promotion for Citibank credit cardholders, use your Maybankard 2 VISA as it gives the best exchange rate.


It is applicable for all Citibank credit cards worldwide. Gen-X has been taking advantage of this every time he goes to Singapore

Well, unless there is any specific discount that is applicable only to AMEX, it is not advisable to use your AMEX overseas due to the high admin fee. Even the 5x TP won't help much in this case.


I'd say Maybankard 2 cards are better but it depends on what is more important to you and where do you usually spend in Singapore. Whilst there are indeed more promotions for Citibank credit card in Singapore, the promotions usually can only be found at those high-end shopping malls and it always come with a trick to trick you into spending more.

Yes. And i've been calling Maybank CS many times since i got the credit cards before the Chinese New Year and all my calls were answered by a human within 1-2 minutes And i love my Maybankard 2 AMEX so much. The TP are growing like there's no tomorrow !

By the way, i tried to buy a Hong Kong Airport Express ticket from Hong Kong MTR Corporation website but the system kept declining my credit card. I called Maybank like 4 times already on this issue alone and i have also tried to buy the ticket from Hong Kong MTR Corporation website like 20 times already and it was declined all the time. The last Maybank officer i talked to told me that it seems that there were communications error all the time which resulted my Maybankard 2 VISA being rejected all the time. However, he assured me that there is definitely no problem with my card.

Well, i was already very frustrated then. So i decided to file a complaint to Hong Kong MTR Corporation's credit card processing company which is Paydollar. The response from Paydollar was very fast. I got a reply like just 30 minutes after sending out the email and mind you it was already 6pm then. This is what i call a good and efficient customer service !

Anyway, i gave them all the details and they forwarded the case to Hong Kong MTR Corporation for further investigation. And i received a call from Hong Kong MTR Corporation just this morning. The friendly lady told me that credit cards issued by banks in Malaysia (even HSBC - the largest bank in Hong Kong) are flagged as high risk and thus all payments made through Malaysian credit cards will be automatically declined. Anyway, she told me that she will make an exception for me. There is one catch though. I must pay for the train ticket online at the time we agreed at our phone conversation earlier. They will open the system for Malaysian credit card for half and hour only and after that, the system will be closed to Malaysian credit card again. Haih ... malulah Malaysia ...


Any existing Platinum credit card.

This post has been edited by MilesAndMore: Feb 17 2011, 11:48 PM

Nope. Just online transactions. However, not all merchants in Hong Kong practice such a thing.


When your transaction through a US website cannot go through, it is not because they do not accept Malaysian credit card. As a matter of fact, any none US credit cards will be rejected upon checking out if the US company you intend to buy something from do not ship the items ordered out of the States.


Just Hong Kong MTR Corporation and probably a few other websites too. Cathay Pacific Airways and Dragonair for instance, have no problem accepting a Malaysian credit card online.


Spot on !


This is news to me ! Anyway, the payments to MTR Corporation online were rejected only after i entered the Verified by VISA PIN


Welcome to the club !

Yes. You may still try. There is no guarantee though.


This card is good to those high spenders. The competition in the credit card market is getting very intense. Hopefully more banks will come up with more new innovative products that will give more to its users

But VISA still has an edge over AMEX anytime in Malaysia and anywhere else in the world. For those who contribute so much to the economy every year, they can get this card and use it wherever AMEX is not accepted (assume they also always max out on their cash back on OCBC Titanium MasterCard and Standard Chartered Titanium MasterCard). The total cash back one can get can be as high as 2.666% ...


I could really use the extra paycheck for working for them

This post has been edited by MilesAndMore: Feb 18 2011, 11:54 PM

Nope. You have to go to any Maybank branch nearby to ask for the PIN number. The temporary PIN number for all Maybank credit cards/debit cards are always 123456


That is one huge increase !


Guys, any idea if the Maybankard 2 VISA overseas admin fee is 0.5% like the rest of Maybank's VISA/MasterCard or 1% ? And any of you have received your first Maybankard 2 cards statement ? I have made the first payment to my Maybankard 2 AMEX 2 days ago but have not received the printed statement until now.


It has always been RM48k/pa.

As i said a few days ago, you need to apply for the PIN at any Maybank branch.

By the way, i swiped my Maybankard 2 VISA in HKD a few days ago and both transactions have finally appeared in my M2U. Below are the exchange rates for respective transactions for your reference.

18 Feb 2011
1. HKD12,848.00 > RM5,071.74 (HKD100 = RM39.475)
2. HKD171 > RM67.50 (HKD100 = RM39.474)

**Wawasan Sentosa's HKD rate on 18/2/2011 was HKD100 = RM39.30.

Still a bit higher than i anticipated. May be their MasterCard can get better rate ...


No. Knowing the high admin fee imposed, i am not going to use it overseas.


I am tempted to use my HSBC MasterCard ... see if any chance to use it later on. I am using mostly cash in Hong Kong.

By the way guys, HSBC credit card does give better rate for payments made in TWD (only a mere 0.03 higher Wawasan Sentosa's rate) I was in Taipei last month and used both my HSBC and Citibank credit cards there. HSBC gave a better rate and if you are allowed to choose to pay in either MYR or TWD, always choose TWD as HSBC can give you a better rate even after factoring in the admin fee (assume you hold a HSBC credit card).

Even faster for me

Anyway, time for a new thread guys

This post has been edited by MilesAndMore: Feb 25 2011, 01:17 AM