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IntensiveBytes
post Jun 17 2020, 08:39 PM

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Is the Business Platinum card available in Malaysia? Or do we only get the MAS Gold/Platinum Business cards here?
IntensiveBytes
post Jan 18 2021, 07:31 AM

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Any Platinum cardholders here charge six figures monthly for business purposes? Does Maybank just close one eye?
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post Feb 2 2021, 04:22 PM

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QUOTE(charlesj @ Jan 24 2021, 09:00 PM)
I think his main concern is whether MBB will send love letter ask to prove those are personal transactions but not business transactions.
Heard a few cases recently, but not first hand info, can't comment much.
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Correct correct. Trying to avoid love letter. I think if your charges are all in foreign currency maybe they're more lenient due to the fees they earn or something. I'm still using M2P now and it's been almost a year. So far so good. Thinking of getting the Amex Plat mainly because it's a charge card and I also enjoy evergreen MR points with the same awesome conversion rate of RM1 = 1 KF etc. Not to mention the rest of the perks that come with the card.


QUOTE(francis226 @ Jan 31 2021, 01:25 PM)
I'm charging 5 figures monthly for business purpose, same merchant...so far no issue
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Ty for the input! Yours is in Ringgit or foreign currency?
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post Feb 10 2021, 05:12 AM

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QUOTE(rhodry @ Feb 9 2021, 09:55 PM)
Ahhh okay. We're in similar boats then. I also use my M2P Amex for a majority of business charges, though mine are mostly in USD. Have plans on shifting to the platinum charge card later this year so I don't need to keep monitoring the credit limit and paying it off before statement date just to make space. Fingers crossed MBB doesn't take issue!
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Exact same boat as you actually. USD as well. Credit limit is annoying so Platinum will be soo soo much easier. And we get the same air miles conversion rate and more perks tongue.gif
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post Dec 26 2021, 04:24 PM

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Hi friends, just want to double check, for our Platinum card we can only redeem MR for miles with the following FFP?

Enrich, KrisFlyer, Asia Miles, Delta Skymiles, Royal Orchid Plus, Etihad Guest and Emirates Skywards

Do you know if we're entitled to redeeming miles with other airlines?
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post Dec 27 2021, 11:51 AM

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QUOTE(Zegoon681111 @ Dec 26 2021, 10:11 PM)
Directly no, but indirectly yes

Example you want to redeem ANA flights

You are unable to redeem directly with MR points

But you are able to redeem krishflyer first, then use krishflyer to redeem ANA (both being star alliance members)
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Can I do that online or do I have to call Singapore Air? By that you mean actually transferring miles to our ANA FFP account for example, or just redeeming ANA flights?

Edit: OK, nevermind I get what you mean. Thanks for the tip! I'm trying to book a flight from IST to AMS. I can see that via Singapore Air I can set that route, choose "redeem flight", then search, then click Star Alliance and bam, I can choose Turkish Airlines flights smile.gif

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post Dec 27 2021, 01:48 PM

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QUOTE(charlesj @ Dec 27 2021, 12:46 PM)
Earning air miles and redeeming air miles are two different knowledge.
Both are equivalently important and too big to teach from basic.
Play with redemption is the key, the more you play, the more you master.

I will suggest you to start with the following article on KF - Star Alliance redemption.
https://mainlymiles.com/2020/06/19/which-st...risflyer-miles/

Similarly, you can use Asia miles for OneWorld redemption.
These two FFPs are most common for us, with plenty online guidance to help us too.
Master in these two before explore other FFP.

Unfortunately Amex doesn't offer us too much option.
The 3rd useful is probably Emirates and followed by Etihad.
Always understand why you redeem certain FFP.
Consolidate into few FFP rather than keeping plenty FFPs with little miles.
We try to avoid orphaned miles which we can't redeem via CC.
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Thanks for the tips!! Yes I do agree with everything you said and will keep in mind your advice on consolidating FFP. For me, it looks like with KF I can cover a lot of ground already. I haven’t had much experience with Oneworld but hopefully when more destinations open up I’ll be able to dabble with it smile.gif

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post Apr 12 2022, 04:47 PM

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QUOTE(Secret Hunter @ Apr 11 2022, 09:53 PM)
this year MBB did not waive my annual fee after 3 years of waiving
they offered me 500k points
do u guys think its a good deal?
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Wow, I'd definitely take this. I wonder if I can call CS and ask for this too biggrin.gif
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post Dec 20 2022, 09:08 PM

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Anyone recently converted MR points to miles? Usually I redeem to Enrich it reflects in a few mins but recently it has been taking a few days. I just called up CS to convert more MR to miles, they said Platinum charge card will take longer now, "up to 21 days" because they have to send a request to "Amex department". A bit scary, I have a trip on the 4th of Jan and need the MR points to book hotel. Hope I can receive my points in time.

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post Dec 23 2022, 03:41 PM

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QUOTE(Dozz @ Dec 21 2022, 11:06 AM)
Few weeks ago i request transfer treatpoints (M2P) to Kris Flyer, it took less than 10 mins to reflect in my KF account, wonder why MR..especially plat card take up to 21 days! sound ridiculous ><
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Yes it's ridiculous we have to wait so long when in other countries these things are instant.


QUOTE(francis226 @ Dec 21 2022, 03:01 PM)
My last transfer from MR to KF, CS told me up to 21 days too but it only took 5 days
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Thank you for sharing. Hopefully it's the same for me as well.

 

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