UOB is updating its list of qualifying and eligible transactions for UNI$ earning from 1st February 2021, adding new spend exclusions including hospitals, automobile parking lots and garages, meaning you’ll have to switch to alternative cards to continue earning miles for spend in these categories from early next year.
UOB cards already exclude categories like education and insurance payments from miles earning, so these additional categories are unfortunate to see.
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The new exclusion list
The following transactions by MCC code are not eligible for UNI$ (and therefore miles) earning, with new categories added from 1st February 2021 highlighted:
| MCC Code | Description |
| 4829 | Wire Transfer/Remittance |
| 5199 | Nondurable Goods |
| 5960 | Direct Marketing – Insurance Services |
| 6012 | Member Financial Institution – Merchandise and Services |
| 6050 |
Quasi Cash (Various) |
| 6051 | |
| 6529 | |
| 6530 | |
| 6534 | |
| 7511 | |
| 6211 | Securities – Brokers and Dealers |
| 6300 | Insurance Sales / Underwrite |
| 6513 | Real Estate Agents & Managers – Rentals |
| 6540 | Stored Value Card Purchase / Load |
| 7349 | Clean / Maint / Janitorial / Property Management |
| 7523 | Automobile Parking Lots and Garages |
| 7995 | Gambling |
| 8062 | Hospitals |
| 8211 | Schools, Elementary and Secondary |
| 8220 | Colleges, Universities, Professional Schools and Junior Colleges |
| 8241 | Schools, Correspondence |
| 8244 | Schools, Business and Secretarial |
| 8249 |