Taylor Swift has just announced her upcoming The Eras Tour concert dates and 3 of them will be held in Singapore! With this announcement and given her popularity, many people have started looking into the different ways they can get their hands on the tickets.
Concert tickets might be significant spending, especially if you’re going for the premium seats to get up close with Tay Tay. If you’re going to spend so much money, you might as well earn some airline miles to help you fly to her next concert destination.
Information to know
The concert will happen over 3 days on March 2, 3 and 4 2024. Singapore will be the only Southeast Asia country that she’s visiting on her tour.
The concert ticket sales and payment will be handled online by TicketMaster.
| Action | Time Period |
|---|---|
| Fan registration for general on-sale | June 23, 2023 to June 28 2023 |
| UOB cardmembers Presale | July 5 2023 to July 7 2023 |
| General on-sale | July 7 2023 onwards |
TicketMaster processes as MCC 7922 (Ticket Agencies). This merchant code is commonly considered Entertainment by most banks and credit card issuers. Also, since purchases are processed by TicketMaster online, we’ll assume that all purchases are local Singapore online purchases.
If you want to purchase your tickets after July 7th, you must register as a fan between June 23rd to June 28th 2023.
Also, each TicketMaster account can only purchase a maximum of 4 tickets. The exact prices of each seat category are not yet available as of the time of writing.
UOB Credit Cards for Taylor Swift’s Concert
UOB managed to snag an exclusive partnership with the organisers of Taylor Swift’s Era Concert where cardholders get an early pre-sale period to buy their tickets. This will happen from Wednesday, July 5th 12 PM (SGT) to Friday, July 7th 9 AM (SGT).
Given the frenzy we’ve seen recently with the Coldplay concert ticket releases, we can fully expect most tickets to be snagged up within minutes of the release. It’s also almost a guarantee that you’ll need to be part of the pre-sale to get a ticket to the concert.
Therefore, we’ll highly recommend only using your existing UOB cards to make the purchase or signing up for one as soon as possible before the pre-sale period.
UOB Lady’s Card / UOB Lady’s Solitaire Card
The UOB Lady’s Cards allow you to select specific spending categories to earn up to 6 mpd on your spending. One of the available categories is Entertainment which includes MCC 7922.
Depending on the variant of UOB Lady’s Card you have, you’ll get a different monthly bonus spending limit of S$1,000 or S$3,000. Given the prices of the tickets, it is highly possible that the limit will be exceeded, thereby reducing the total amount of miles earned.
This makes the UOB Lady’s Cards the undisputed best cards to use if you have selected the right category. Since the UOB pre-sale only starts on 5th July 2023, you’ll have plenty of time to change your selected category before the end of June.
Check out our full review of the UOB Lady’s Card here.
| Sign up Bonus | Criteria |
|---|---|
| S$350 Grab Vouchers | Valid until 30 June 2023, first 200 new-to-bank customers who spend S$1,000 for 2 consecutive months. |
Sign up for the UOB Lady’s Card here.
UOB Preferred Platinum Visa Card
The UOB Preferred Platinum Visa Card is one of the best credit cards to earn a lot of airline miles easily. It earns 4 mpd on almost all contactless purchases and several online purchase categories that include entertainment and online ticketing.
This makes the card a perfect candidate for your concert ticket purchases. However, do note that it only has a S$1,110 monthly bonus spending limit.
The UOB Preferred Platinum Visa Card has an annual income requirement of S$30,000 and an annual fee of S$192.60.
| Sign up Bonus | Criteria |
|---|---|
| S$350 Grab Vouchers | Valid until 30 June 2023, first 200 new-to-bank customers who spend S$1,000 for 2 consecutive months. |
Sign up for the UOB Preferred Platinum Card here.
UOB Visa Infinite Card
The UOB Visa Infinite Card recently went through a revamp which saw its benefits increase significantly. Although it has a high annual fee of S$648 (non-waivable), the travel benefits it confers make this a good card to have.
The UOB Visa Infinite Card earns a standard 1.4 mpd on all local spending.
It currently offers a sign-up bonus of 80,000 air miles for new-to-bank customers or 40,000 air miles for existing UOB customers. This sign-up bonus has a spending requirement of S$4,000 within 30 days of card approval. Using the card for the concert tickets can be a great way to work towards the sign-up bonus.
The card also has an annual income requirement of S$120,000.
| Sign up Bonus | Criteria |
|---|---|
| 80,000 air miles and S$200 Grab Vouchers | New-to-bank customers only, pay annual fee of S$648 and spends S$4,000 within 30 days of card approval date. |
| 40,000 air miles and S$200 Grab Vouchers | Existing customers, pay annual fee of S$648 and spends S$4,000 within 30 days of card approval date. |
Sign up for the UOB Visa Infinite Card here.
UOB PRVI Miles Card
If all else fails, you can still use the UOB PRVI Miles Card to earn 1.4 mpd on your concert purchases. Only use this card if really want to get in on the pre-sale period and do not have any better options.
The UOB PRVI Miles Card has an annual income requirement of S$30,000 and an annual fee of S$259.20 which is generally waivable.
| Sign up Bonus | Criteria |
|---|---|
| Up to 50,000 miles | New-to-bank customers only, pay annual fee of S$240. Spends S$1,000 per month for 2 consecutive months. |
| Up to 30,000 miles | Existing customers, only for first 200 eligible cardmembers. First year annual fee waived. Spend S$1,000 per month for 2 consecutive months from card approval date. |
Sign up for the UOB PRVI Miles Card here.
Other Credit Cards
If by any chance there are still tickets available after the pre-sale (highly unlikely), there are other credit cards that are great for purchasing concert tickets through TicketMaster.
DBS Woman’s World Mastercard
The DBS Woman’s World Mastercard is one of our favourite credit cards as it earns 4 mpd for all online purchases. The card also has a bonus monthly spending limit of S$2,000 which should more than cover the total cost of the tickets.
Check out our full review of the DBS Woman’s World Mastercard here.
| Sign up Bonus | Criteria |
|---|---|
| S$150 Cashback | New-to-bank customers only, charge S$800 within first 60 days of card approval date. Valid until 30 June 2023. |
Sign up for the DBS Woman’s World Mastercard here.
Citi Rewards
The Citi Rewards Card is another one of our favourites when it comes to making online purchases. Although it earns 4 mpd, it has a lower bonus spending limit of S$1,000. It might be fine though if you’re just buying 1 or 2 tickets in the lower seat categories.
Check out our full review of the Citi Rewards Card here.
| Sign up Bonus | Criteria |
|---|---|
| Hinomi H1 Pro Ergonomic Office Chair | New-to-bank customers only, spend a minimum of S$500 within 30 days of card approval. Valid until 22 June 2023. |
| Nintendo Switch OLED | New-to-bank customers only, spend a minimum of S$500 within 30 days of card approval. Valid until 22 June 2023. |
| S$400 CapitaVoucher | New-to-bank customers only, spend a minimum of S$500 within 30 days of card approval. Valid until 22 June 2023. |
| S$300 cash via PayNow | New-to-bank customers only, spend a minimum of S$500 within 30 days of card approval. Valid until 22 June 2023. |
Sign up for the Citi Rewards Card here.
Summary
If you’re a huge Taylor Swift fan, you’d want to be swift and not miss out on her concert in the city.
Given the exclusive partnership with UOB, we’ll no doubt see a huge increase in UOB card applications over the next couple of weeks until the ticket presale. This might increase the wait time before card applications are processed. If you don’t yet have a UOB card, be sure to sign up as soon as possible.
| Cards to use (in descending priority) | Miles earned (mpd) | Monthly bonus spending limit |
|---|---|---|
| UOB Lady’s Card / UOB Lady’s Solitaire Card | 6 (if chosen Entertainment category) | S$1,000 (UOB Lady’s) / S$3,000 (UOB Lady’s Solitaire) |
| UOB Preferred Platinum Visa | 4 | S$1,110 |
| UOB Visa Infinite | 1.4 | None |
| UOB PRVI Miles | 1.4 | None |
| DBS Woman’s World Mastercard | 4 | S$2,000 |
| Citi Rewards Card | 4 | S$1,000 |
