In April 2025, the Standard Chartered Visa Infinite (SCVI) card hiked its relatively lacklustre 35,000 miles sign-up bonus with a new 50,000 miles offer, initially for those applying by 30th September 2025. That deadline has since been extended a number of times, most recently to 30th August 2026.
The good news is that the deal has been extended again, for a further month, through to 30th September 2026.
That means if you’re new to the SCVI credit card and you have at least S$2,000 spend to make in the first 60 days of card membership, you can still get the 50,000 miles bonus – even if you hold another credit card with the bank already.
50,000 miles sign-up bonus
Between 1st April 2025 and 30th September 2026, those applying for a new Standard Chartered Visa Infinite card as a principal cardholder will earn:
- 25,000 miles (62,500 Rewards Points) upon payment of the S$599.50 annual fee, and
- 25,000 miles (62,500 Rewards Points) with a minimum eligible spend of S$2,000 within the first 60 days of card approval
That’s a total of 50,000 miles (paid as 125,000 Rewards Points), as outlined in the following table.
| Bonus | Cost per mile | |
| Payment of Annual Fee (S$599.50) |
25,000 miles | 2.40 cents |
| Meet S$2,000 Spend Criteria | 25,000 miles | |
| Total award | 50,000 miles | 1.20 cents |
Cost per mile is based on payment of the (non-waivable) first year annual fee of S$599.50.
Another nice thing about this promotion is that existing Standard Chartered principal cardholders (i.e. those with another of the bank’s credit cards) are also eligible for the bonus promotion.
Importantly, it’s the transaction posting date that counts here, not the date you spend. A purchase made on day 58 that only posts to your account on day 61 won’t help you, so aim to be comfortably clear of the 60-day mark, rather than cutting it fine.
Regular earn rates are in addition
These bonus miles will be awarded in addition to the regular miles you will accrue anyway to meet the S$2,000 spend as part of the sign-up bonus.
Your total earning (including the sign-up bonus) during this promotion should be at least 52,800 miles, assuming local spend.
SCVI
Total promotion earning
| New to SCVI Card | |
| Annual Fee bonus | 25,000 miles |
| Spend bonus | 25,000 miles |
| Miles for S$2,000 local spend (1.4 mpd) |
2,800 miles |
| Total | 52,800 miles |
One caveat on that 2,800 miles figure is that the card’s 1.4 mpd local rate only applies in statement months where you charge at least S$2,000. The 60 day bonus window will usually straddle two statement cycles, so if you spread the S$2,000 across both, neither month hits the threshold and you’ll earn the card’s base 1 mpd instead – only 2,000 miles, for a total of 52,000.
To bank the full 52,800 you need the S$2,000 concentrated in a single statement cycle.
If you can do it, that’s enough for a Business Class saver award redemption from Singapore to Beijing or Shanghai.
(Photo: MainlyMiles)
You’ll do even better than this by tapping into the card’s overseas 3 mpd earn rate during the first 60 days of card membership.
If you could channel all your S$2,000 spend in FCY to unlock the bonus miles, total earning would be 56,000 miles.
When do the bonus miles credit?
Previously, the 25,000 miles bonus for payment of the first year annual fee credited within just six days of card activation.
From 7th November 2025, Standard Chartered moved to a delayed schedule. Both the annual fee bonus and the S$2,000 spend bonus are now credited up to around three months later, as shown below.
| Card Approval / Activation Month |
Bonus miles credited by: |
| November 2025 | 28th February 2026 |
| December 2025 | 31st March 2026 |
| January 2026 | 30th April 2026 |
| February 2026 | 31st May 2026 |
| March 2026 | 30th June 2026 |
| April 2026 | 31st July 2026 |
| May 2026 | 31st August 2026 |
| June 2026 | 30th September 2026 |
| July 2026 | 31st October 2026 |
| August 2026 | 30th November 2026 |
| September 2026 | 31st December 2026 |
Note that the two bonuses are tied to different dates in the terms and conditions. The annual fee bonus runs from the month your card is activated, while the spend bonus runs from the month your card is approved. If you’re approved late in one month but only activate in the next, the annual fee bonus shifts a month further out than the table above suggests.
In practice, we understand the 25,000 miles annual fee bonus often credits faster than the terms require, within around 30 days of card activation, while the 25,000 miles spend bonus typically follows the documented schedule above.
It means you may be waiting up to around three months from card approval for the bonus element, so this isn’t a quick way to accrue those extra miles – if you’re eyeing them for an upcoming redemption.
This is subject to your account being valid and in good standing at the time of crediting, and of course to you meeting the S$2,000 spend criteria. Separately, the terms also require the card to be valid, in good standing and properly conducted within six months of the account opening date, so an early cancellation can cost you the bonus, even after it has credited.
Spend exclusions
Standard Chartered is excluding transactions which fall under its usual list of excluded spend categories when it comes to qualifying spend for the S$2,000 minimum within 60 days to trigger the bonus miles.
Primary exclusions here include:
- Charitable donations, religious and political organisations
- Education transactions (colleges, universities and other schools)
- EZ-LINK / Transit Link transactions
- Gambling transactions
- Hospital transactions
- Utilities transactions
Sadly Utilities and Hospitals were the latest additions to Standard Chartered’s exclusion list, since September 2024.
Note that CardUp and ipaymy spend is not excluded, so you can potentially settle large payments like property rental, insurance premiums and education fees to help you along your way to the S$2,000 threshold.
Transfer partner options
Back in March 2024, Standard Chartered sadly cut ties with 9 of its 10 loyalty transfer partners for reward points conversions, initially leaving Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer as the only option.
That situation did then improve slightly, with the addition of Cathay Pacific Asia Miles to the list – a long-awaited option for this bank.
As with KrisFlyer conversions, a minimum transfer quantity of 25,000 points (into 10,000 miles) applies, with same-sized transfer blocks thereafter (e.g. 50,000 points into 20,000 miles, etc…).
| Standard Chartered 360° Transfer Partners |
|
| FFP | Conversion Ratio Points : Miles |
 |
25,000 : 10,000 |
 |
25,000 : 10,000 |
Nonetheless that is quite a restrictive list compared to other banks in Singapore these days, so do make sure you’re happy to be crediting miles to one of these two FFPs before committing to this sign-up bonus.
You can see how Standard Chartered’s transfer partner list compares to other banks in Singapore at our regularly updated guide here.
Terms and conditions
Full terms and conditions for the 50,000 welcome bonus miles promotion are available here.
Our thoughts
The sign-up bonus is actually one of the few things about the SCVI card worth having, with 50,000 miles available for payment of the first year annual fee of S$599.50 you’re effectively buying miles at 1.2 cents each, assuming you have at least S$2,000 to spend in the first 60 days.
This opportunity is only good in the first year, since there is no formal miles bonus on annual renewal with this card.
Standard Chartered usually offers 50,000 Reward Points on renewal (equivalent to 20,000 KrisFlyer miles / Asia Miles), but this is not an attractive proposition at 3 cents per mile, so you’d have to value the card’s other benefits (which are minimal) to continue to commit beyond year one.
There isn’t much else to the card
For a S$150k income high annual fee credit card, the SCVI is pretty light on benefits.
Once you’ve received the 50,000 miles sign-up bonus (for a “reasonable” cost), its main advantage is competitive earn rates provided you spend at least S$2,000 per statement cycle:
- Local Spend: 1.4 mpd
- FCY Spend: 3 mpd
In statement months where you don’t hit the S$2,000 spend however, it’s far less attractive:
- Local Spend: 1 mpd
- FCY Spend: 1 mpd
The famous complimentary yacht hire benefit for spending at least S$75,000 on the card in a calendar year was discontinued way back in 2019, leaving six complimentary Priority Pass visits per membership year as the only other major benefit.
(Photo: MainlyMiles)
Summary
Standard Chartered has extended its 50,000 miles sign-up bonus for its SCVI card over the next month, for a first year annual fee payment of S$599.50, if you have S$2,000 spend to make in the first 60 days.
That’s not a bad deal, equivalent to buying miles at 1.2 cents each, even if you place no value on the card’s other perks like lounge access, but remember KrisFlyer and Asia Miles are the only transfer options from Standard Chartered these days.
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