if i charge my utility bills to the AMEX card will i get the 5X points and rebate?

buy more camera lens using AMEX and sell ur old lens. then surely u will get full cash rebate

We should talk about this card less and then Maybank will then sponsor this section which what Citibank did.
At our rate, we doing free advertising for them and getting nothing 

For the MBB2 Amex, if I do a transaction on Sunday (US time....Malaysia time will be Monday), do I get the 5% rebate?

Guys, this is my first time buying from overseas using my credit card. Before this Im using paypal but since AMEX have 5x treatpoint I want to try to use AMEX for overseas transaction.

If I want to buy something from overseas and payment is USD10.
Which conversion rate should I follow?

Thanks sis.

What if I link my AMEX to paypal. Is the transaction still get 5x treat points?

Hi Fruittie,
How long does it take for the transaction to be reflected in your account for overseas transaction?

fruitie, after u use ur amex on flickr, pls post it there so others can refer. thanks ~

Correct, exchange rate could be more than what you getting back..

But although u can link Amex to paypal but not all payee accept Amex.
I tried to use Amex to buy GSC tickets using the Paypal-Maxis but failed...Only accepts Visa/Master.

Others like iTunes accept Amex then it will work.

But I believe what fruitie mention the 5% rebates on weekends and 5X TP (~2.5%) will cushioned the conversion rates as well.  .

What u mean "malaysia paypal"? As in the merchant?
Im not sure how paypal deal with banks, but by right shouldnt have any problem at all because Paypal acts as a virtual bank so when buying things the merchant would only see paypal as the payment instead of your credit card.
In that case it defeat the purpose of using paypal at all!

thats mean the transaction on PayPal is charged on same day (20 August).

2 things about 2.5% here:

1. 5x TP is ± 2.5% cashback (if u take 10k tp to redeem rm50 gst or voucher)

2. 2.5% is also an additional amex fee.

example, on 20 august 2011 the rate for $1 is probably between rm2.97 to rm2.992 (source look between 18 august lowest to 25 august highest).

let say we take it as rm2.9725, if u convert $23, it should be rm68.3675, but with amex, need to + 2.5% so it will be rm70.0766875

urs being charged rm70.08 so it is ± within the range. coz we donno what is exactly rate use by maybank.



edited: make proper calculation

Hi all forumers in this thread,

Got a noob question would like to ask you guys

For this Maybankard 2 Gold card, is this means the owner is owning "2" cards?

what i want to say is, if the owner is having this Maybankard 2 Gold card and also another cc from other banks, does this mean the owner has to cancel either one credit card, since there is a new rule that annual income below rm36000 can only allowed to posses 2 credit cards at the same time
thanks

Guys, what is the default statement date for maybank?

statement date should be the same every month
due date might vary by a day or 2

That a big disadvantage considering utilities bill amount is quite substantial... I'm in dilemma in choosing whether this MBB2AMEX or OCBC Titanium since it can give 5% for utilities

So after only 2 months of using the card, i saw the rm50 Service Tax dated 15/10 being charged. So fast?

My Maybank 2card MC charged on the 3rd month