CIMB Bank Berhad has announced updates to its ongoing flight ticket cash back campaigns for eligible Visa[PDF] and Mastercard[PDF] credit cardholders. Starting 1 August 2025, a wider range of airline transactions will qualify for cash back, following changes to the campaign’s eligibility criteria.

Broader Coverage for Airline Transactions

Prior to this revision, only transactions made directly with Cathay Pacific, Malaysia Airlines, Qatar Airways, and Singapore Airlines qualified for cash back. These transactions also had to be billed under specific merchant descriptions and category codes approved by CIMB.

From 1 August 2025, all direct transactions with airlines billed under CIMB’s approved merchant category codes will qualify. This update allows cardholders to benefit from a broader range of airlines, while maintaining the requirement for direct bookings with the airline.

Criteria for Earning Cash Back

To qualify for the cash back, cardholders must meet the campaign’s terms and conditions, which include making direct purchases from airlines and ensuring that transactions are billed under the specified merchant category codes. Bookings made through travel agencies, online travel platforms, or aggregators are not eligible.

Additionally, transactions made between 1 July 2025 and 31 July 2025 will also qualify for the cash back, subject to a minimum spend of RM1,500 and compliance with the same eligibility criteria.

Eligible Cardholders

The changes apply to specific CIMB credit cards under each campaign. For the CIMB Mastercard campaign, the applicable cards are CIMB Travel World Elite and CIMB Travel World credit cards. For the CIMB Visa campaign, they include CIMB Preferred Visa Infinite and CIMB Preferred Visa Infinite-i credit cards. Cardholders are advised to ensure their transactions meet the qualifying conditions in order to benefit from the campaign.

Full details of the updated campaign, including qualifying merchant category codes and eligibility requirements, are available on CIMB’s official website. Cardholders who have questions or require further assistance may contact CIMB Bank Berhad or CIMB Islamic Bank Berhad through their official customer service channels.

How the Campaign Works

The CIMB Flight Ticket Cash Back Campaign allows eligible cardholders to earn up to 50% cash back on qualifying flight ticket purchases. To participate, cardholders must use a CIMB credit card included in the campaign and make flight bookings directly with airlines that are billed under CIMB’s approved merchant category codes.

Each eligible flight transaction must have a minimum spend of RM1,500. This spending requirement applies to every qualifying flight ticket purchase made during the campaign period.

In addition to meeting the minimum spend per transaction, cardholders must also fulfil one of two financial conditions to be eligible for cash back. The first option is to maintain a Quarterly Average Balance (QAB) in a CIMB Current or Savings Account (CASA/-i) during each quarter of the campaign. The second option is to achieve a cumulative foreign currency spend using the same CIMB credit card during the nine-month campaign period.

The percentage of cash back awarded depends on which financial condition is met, and at what level. Cardholders who wish to qualify for the maximum 50% cash back must either maintain a Quarterly Average Balance of RM250,000, or accumulate a foreign currency spend of RM60,000 over the campaign duration.

To qualify for 40% cash back, the requirement is a Quarterly Average Balance of RM150,000, or a foreign spend total of RM40,000 during the campaign period.

For 30% cash back, cardholders must maintain at least RM100,000 in Quarterly Average Balance, or achieve a foreign spend of RM20,000 over the same period.

Cash back is awarded on a quarterly basis, with each tier subject to a cash back cap set out in the campaign’s official terms and conditions. The campaign runs from 1 July 2025 to 31 March 2026, divided into three quarterly periods. Transactions made during 1 July to 31 July 2025 will also be recognised under the updated criteria, provided all qualifying conditions are met.

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• Airline Transactions
• CIMB Bank
• CIMB Flight Ticket Cash Back Campaign
• CIMB Preferred Visa Infinite
• CIMB Preferred Visa Infinite-i
• CIMB Travel World
• CIMB Travel World Elite