Given that I use multiple credit cards, I personally didn’t find having to spend $60,000 to maintain the gold status appealing. A couple of business class trips to Europe a year should be enough to obtain gold status so I feel there are better bonus point options out there.

Air NZ lounge hands down for me as it’s more spacious and has better lighting but I’ve been lucky to head there when it’s quiet before a SQ flight and I had the whole lounge to myself 2 trips in a row ! Felt like a VIP, haha. The SQ lounge was bursting at the seams at the same t...

Depending on circumstances the HSBC Visa Qantas Platinum Card may be better. Yes the $199 annual fee is more but in addition to the 1 point per dollar on local spending they also give a return of 2 points per dollar for overseas spending. Personally for someone like me who purchases most of my&nb...