and some esso/mobil station in kajang area will give 2x points on oct-dec every year, equal to 3%

This post has been edited by erry-: Feb 3 2011, 07:54 PM

Please do not promote ESSO/MOBIL, my car get 20% less mileage with Synergy Oil. Some may find out that this oil is better. It depends. Some car may like this fuel but some car/engine not. I believe not all oil are the same and there is no best oil.

not promoting esso/mobil fuel but smiles rewards

but then yes, depends on car ~

just back to the topic that, amex is accepted at esso/mobil pump machine

so what petrol you pumping and does the station accept AMEX? If yes, I want go and try out.

Shell, Caltex, ESSO, MOBIL but BHP I am not sure. Petronas sure cannot.
I missed Shell for long time because Just One cannot be used here and last time Caltex did.
Now Caltex accept Just One d.

choonkeong, I know shell does claim its petrol goes further but I asking which brand you find give you better than ESSO for your case. Caltex kind of out of my way. Shell many stations but I find that there was no diff when I the RON97 with my car. For my case, it depends on how I drive i.e. speeding or not.

I find it has no difference for RON95 with Shell, Petronas and Esso/Mobil. Therefore, I use Esso/Mobil more frequent nowadays since it makes me save more money by giving out more points compared to other brands. Also, I may win somwthing from Esso/Mobil since its customer base is not as big as Shell and Petronas.

Would like to ask whether AMEX got provide secure online verification like what VIS / MAstercard ? if we can do online transcation , is this secure ?


Can we also do online banking for AMEX thru Paypal. I noticed if we want to purchase TGV movie ticket , can we do pay thru Paypal ? any charges

For me, only shell and petronas. NO NO to ESSO, MOBIL and BHP. Caltex din try for long time so no comment.

my maybankard 2 platinum application at 1U Maybankard center turned out to be Gold cards at my Maybank2u

called Amex CS and they told me that these r complimentary cards

Now waiting for their call to get back to me on the status, damn pissed off

hmmm, if there is a discrepancy of a few percent, i would buy your claim. but a margin of 20%?

i wouldn't say esso/mobil is the best amongst the rest, but definitely not the worst either.

since i live in TTDI, we have a vast different of fuel providers/kiosks here. so what my brother and i did was. to pump the same provider/kiosk for a fortnight (of course using a common sense rule; we endeavor to empty the tank as much as we can before refueling) before moving to the next provider/kiosk.

we would say that, caltex gives us the best mileage but the definitely not shell (contrary to their advertisements).

esso/mobil is somewhat in the middle. however since its smile reward points system is relatively straight-forward and hassle free, we continue opting for it (even until now)

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Added on February 4, 2011, 2:45 pmhowever, when i was in melbourne, my fuel provider choice is shell without a single doubt (thanks to the coles rebate)

because the price gaps between RONs are not as wide as here, i always opt for shell's V power RON98

This post has been edited by nokia2003: Feb 4 2011, 02:45 PM

maybank amex has MSOS , maybankard secured online shopping, so yes is secure, paypal i dont think so, tgv doesnt accept paypal

maybank amex has MSOS , maybankard secured online shopping, so yes is secure, paypal i dont think so, tgv doesnt accept paypal

1. No AMEX didnt provide secure online verification like Visa / MC.

2. Yes you can topup/send/pay ur Paypal using AMEX.

3. Yes you can pay ur TGV using Paypal with ur PayPal balance. if balance is not enough, Paypal will charge from ur Visa/MC/Amex.

This post has been edited by erry-: Feb 4 2011, 07:33 PM

MBB MSOS only for Visa / MC

Paypal can use AMEX, and TGV can use PayPal

This post has been edited by erry-: Feb 4 2011, 08:44 PM

oh is it? i might be mistaken then

Maybank MSOS

It is an authentication protocol (3D Secure) developed and established by MasterCard and Visa for Internet transactions ~

How does this extra points for pumping from Mobil/Esso works?

it is bcozsmiles (esso/mobil rewards card) give 1 point for rm1, and 1000 points can redeem rm15 fuel (equal to 1.5%).

while mesra (petronas) and bonuslink (shell) give 1 point for 1 litre, not rm. then 1000 points (rm1900) can redeem rm10 only.

so, use mbk2 amex at esso/mobil on weekend with smiles card,
u will get 5x points + 5% rebate + 1.5% (from smiles), total = 5x points & 6.5% cashback.

take it for a long run, spend rm2000 at esso/mobil on weekend, u will get back rm180 ~

rm50 vouchers (redeem 10,000 TP) + rm100 (5% rebate) + rm30 (redeem 2000 smiles points).

thats all

This post has been edited by erry-: Feb 4 2011, 10:01 PM

It is from Esso/Mobil Smiles card, just like Petronas Kad Mesra and Shell Bonuslink. Smiles card gives more points compared to Kad Mesra and Bonuslink, whereby every RM1 fuel at Esso/Mobil give you 1x Smiles point. You can utilise 1,000 Smiles points to redeem Esso/Mobil fuel worth RM15, equivalent to additional 1.5% cash back.