AmBank Credit Cards – Enjoy 50% cash back on weekend movie tickets (until 15 Dec 2012)!
Drawbacks : Must purchase movie tickets during weekends only, must accumulate RM500 of retail spend in that month to get the cashback, promotion ends on 15 December 2012, capped cashback amount according to credit card category. 

Cinema: Cathay Cineplexes, TGV, GSC, MBO
Promotion Period: 15 August to 15 December 2012
Promotion Highlight: ’50% cashback@cinemas’ when you purchase movie tickets during the weekends + RM500 retail spending in that month.
Cash Back Amount :

• Classic / Gold Card – rebate is capped at RM30 per cardmember per month

• Platinum / Signature / World / Infinite Card – rebate is capped at RM50 per cardmember per month

T&C: 

1. Applicable to all AmBank & AmIslamic Bank Cardmembers.

2. 50% Cash Back Promotion is applicable for purchases of movie tickets during weekends (Saturday & Sunday) from TGV, GSC, Cathay and MBO cinemas only.

3. Applicable for both over-the-counter and online movie ticket purchases.

4. The 50% cash back is only applicable for cardmembers who accumulate a minimum retail spend of RM500 during that month excluding the movie ticket purchase price.

5. The total rebate pool is capped at RM20,000 per month

6. Retail spend refers to retail transactions charged to Principal or Supplementary’s card between 15 August 2012 to 15 December 2012 but excluding cash advances, balance transfer, standing instructions / auto billings, insurance / takaful transactions, on-going installment payments, trade financing transactions and any other fees or charges initiated by the Bank. For transactions successfully registered under The Bank’s Easy Payment Plan, the total amount charged to the Card during the Spending Month will be considered a qualified retail transaction.

50% cashback, weekends, movies. Great words to put a smile on your face if you’re an AmBankcredit card user. Until 15 December 2012, AmBank will rebate 50% of your movie ticket price (for RM14 blockbuster movie tickets, you can get RM7 back!) on weekend movie tickets.

We like that they have included the biggest 4 cinema chains in Malaysia (GSC, TGV, Cathay and MBO), but the big catch here (and we don’t like it) is that you have to spend at least RM500 on your AmBank credit card on that month to qualify for the cash back. Once that has been done, you get to enjoy 50% of the ticket price credited back to your AmBank Credit Card. As with most ‘cashback’ cards, this one comes with a monthly cashback limit according to your credit card type : classic and gold card get a max of RM30 per month (this cashback is credited the following month if you meet the RM500 criteria), and platinum, Signature, World, and Infinite cardmembers get a max of RM50 cashback per month. While that sounds low, it should cover most people who watch 1 movie per week (or less).

Which AmBank card should you get? (or should you even get it?) Ambank don’t turn up in our top tables for Cashback Credit Cards or Rewards Points Credit Cards, so you might actually be losing out on cashback on that RM500 you spend (a 5% cashback rate gives you RM25), but given that the possible cashback is RM30 on movies after you spend that RM500, that doesn’t sound too bad especially for frequent moviegoers. If you want to make use of this promotion, why not consider the Ambank CARz credit card, which comes with 2% petrol cashback, making it even better.