Just a heads up on people booking overseas flight tickets via non-Malaysian airlines.

I booked KLM flight tickets to Europe for nearly RM20k with CIMB CR (since I exhausted all the cashback options from other cards, and didn't have enough CL from my MBB Amex due to maximising BTs).  This was a big mistake as CIMB CR does not give cashback on flight tickets, AND, I was charged cross border charges even though the transaction was in RM.  To make matters worse, KLM also charges for using CC.... which meant my total "extra charges" were very significant.

This was a very expensive lesson, and I should have thought about it before using my CIMB CR.

As I was so bitter, a few days letter I settled the balance (via BT) and quickly cancelled my card haha.  I will reapply after the cooling off period and hopefully get some acquisition offer cashback to recoup my losses.