guys, i've called the cust service to check on a few things.
They told me Telco such as telekom, maxis, p1 all is considered under utilities. When asked for black and white, say don't have b&w, it all depends on the code on the CC terminal.

Gawd, hate this kind of uncertainty. it's like playing jackpot when we're paying our bills. Strike jackpot, you get 5x. if not then it's x1.

yea.. that part i know.

but if you're paying bills like autopay with telekom, maxis, digi and celcom, it'll be treated as utilities and hence x1 only..

well have to try out for 1 month to confirm this. If this is really the case, just gonna switch out the autobilling to other VI cards.

since your utilities bill amount is high, can consider HLB fortune card......If you can hit more than 100K spending per annual, the cash back is more than 2%

i think the people using premier card not after cash back..
they are more interested in air miles..

guys, i've called the cust service to check on a few things.
They told me Telco such as telekom, maxis, p1 all is considered under utilities. When asked for black and white, say don't have b&w, it all depends on the code on the CC terminal.

Gawd, hate this kind of uncertainty. it's like playing jackpot when we're paying our bills. Strike jackpot, you get 5x. if not then it's x1.

From what I'm told, the impacted category for utilities will be MCC4900-utilities which affect water and electricity. Telco services with MCC 4814 is not affected.

After calculation, cashback tbh is lower value to me than airmiles. So applying for alliance vi. Hope they approve me asap.

Bro wouldn't alliance visa platinum would be better??

2x points for petrol, groceries and utilities. Spend 3000 for 1000 enrich instead of 4770 using Maybank.

VI has x5 for overseas spending. on top of that, comes with Priority Pass..

VI has x5 for overseas spending. on top of that, comes with Priority Pass..

Alliance VI comes with priority pass? Is it limited or unlimited usage? HLB VI RM2.80 = 1 ENRICH MILES.

Yea its not a bad alternative. But it means retail spend not sure if utilities are considered though. But the 5x overseas still lower than M2U VI/Amex, same goes to local trx. However it only need rm30k for free waiver. Alot easier haha
Yes PP. Free 6 times for first year then u need to spend 150k p/a for 12 times and 300k for unlimited times

Ouch..that's a lot 150k.

Received a letter from Maybank saying Priority Pass will be discontinued. Plaza Premium Lounge can use 5 times locally plus overseas(singapore, hong kong, shanghai, vancouver, london, macau, india, oman etc) however, no mention of whether supplementary card holder of visa infinite can enter?

maybank had added in more overseas ppl for visa infinite card holder access ..

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Terms & Conditions

Access to the Plaza Premium Lounge is only applicable for Principal cardmembers only
Subject to terms and conditions of respective Plaza Premium Lounge
20% savings from the published walk in rate should the 5 times complimentary access be exceeded*
20% savings for each accompanying guest to the lounge*
Enjoy up to 3 hours lounge use, include: food & beverages, internet access, international newspaper & magazines, international TV channels, left luggage, flight information subject to respective airport lounges **
*Except to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) No 77 VIP Lounge (International Departures, Terminal 2)
** Except to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) No 77 VIP Lounge (International Departures, Terminal 2) and Ibrahim Nasir International Airport, MALE - 2 hours lounge use

Received a letter from Maybank saying Priority Pass will be discontinued. Plaza Premium Lounge can use 5 times locally plus overseas(singapore, hong kong, shanghai, vancouver, london, macau, india, oman etc) however, no mention of whether supplementary card holder of visa infinite can enter?

I called them about the supp card. Answer is cannot. But last time also say cannot but some tried using supp card to enter but it was not charged later on. Maybe just wait n see who tested.

I tried to apply standalone VI at KLCC today and the customer service tol me that she is not sure if it can be done as I already have one with my M2Premier.

I insist it can be done thus it was submitted and will wait to hear from them.

have to say I am disappointed with KLCC branch, I was given a number and the counter that service me told me she cant do anything as I am existing user. had to wait again and total of 30 mins of queue. I visitted 1U outlet many times and never wait for.more than 10 mins