Best Credit Cards For Movie Promotions 2026
Updated: November 2026
Four card offers are running now, and three of them cap how many tickets they sell each week or month.
RinggitPlus checked the GSC, TGV and bank offer pages and terms on 11 and 12 November 2026. Fees and income needs come from the banks' documents and each card's RinggitPlus page.
Key Takeaways
- Hong Leong's GSC cards take RM6 off each adult ticket booked online, for every screening except Wednesdays.
- Alliance Bank's GSC deal gives buy one get one free tickets on Thursdays, with monthly caps, and runs to 31 December 2026.
- Affin credit cards give a free GSC or TGV ticket when you buy one on a Friday or Saturday, until 31 December 2026 or until the ticket cap is reached.
- Maybank Mastercard credit cards get RM10 off TGV 2D IMAX tickets until 31 December 2026.
- UOB EVOL cashback on online tickets stops at RM15 a month.
Credit Card Movie Offers Compared
These offers need the cinema's website or app unless the table says otherwise. Annual fees and minimum annual income come from each card's page. Some offers cap the tickets sold each week or month, so a deal that's listed can still be sold out when you book.
| Card | Offer | Offer Ends | Fee And Income (RM) |
|---|---|---|---|
| GSC Hong Leong Gold Visa | RM6 off online tickets at GSC, RM1 off at the counter. No Wednesdays | None stated | Fee 150, income 24,000 |
| GSC Hong Leong Platinum Visa | Same as Gold, plus 10 welcome tickets | None stated | Fee 300, income 60,000 |
| Alliance Bank credit and debit cards | Buy 1, get 1 free at GSC on Thursdays. 50% off Velvet x Alliance Bank tickets | 31 December 2026, or until monthly caps run out | Depends on card |
| Affin credit cards | Buy 1, get 1 free at GSC or TGV on Fridays and Saturdays | 31 December 2026, or until the ticket cap is reached | Depends on card |
| Maybank Mastercard credit cards | RM10 off a TGV 2D IMAX ticket | 31 December 2026 | Depends on card |
| Maybank 2 Gold Cards | 5% cashback on weekends on the American Express card, up to RM50 a month | None stated | Fee 0, income 30,000 |
| UOB EVOL Card | 10% cashback on online spend, up to RM15 a month | None stated | Fee 90, income 36,000 |
| RHB Rewards Visa Credit Card | 10 points for every RM1 spent on movie tickets | None stated | Fee 200, income 24,000 |
Every fee above carries RM25 in annual service tax as well. RHB waives its fee at RM10,000 of spend a year, and UOB waives its fee with one retail transaction a month. Hong Leong's terms waive the fee at RM8,000 of retail spend a year on the Gold card and RM15,000 on the Platinum card. Each card's full terms are in our credit card comparison.
How To Choose Between Cinema Card Offers
Start with the chain you go to, because GSC and TGV deals don't carry over. Then look at how you book, because most discounts shrink or disappear at the box office.
If you mostly go to GSC, set the Hong Leong break-even below against the number of tickets you buy in a year. If you mostly go to TGV, only IMAX seats get a discount, and only with a Maybank Mastercard credit card. If you hold an Alliance Bank card, the Thursday rewards go first-come, first-served each month, so an early Thursday is the safer day. If you go to both chains, Affin's free ticket works at GSC and TGV. A cashback or rewards card isn't tied to one chain either. It comes with its own annual fee, so compare that fee with what you'd save.
RM6 Off GSC Tickets With The Hong Leong GSC Card
The GSC Hong Leong cards take RM6 off each adult ticket you buy on the GSC website or app. At the box office, the discount drops to RM1. Popcorn, snacks and drinks bought online are 30% off. At the counter, they're 10% off.
The offer covers adult tickets at every GSC cinema except Aurum Theatre, in 2D, IMAX, 4DX, Premiere Class, Dolby Atmos and ScreenX. It covers up to 12 tickets per card each day. Advance bookings and midnight shows qualify. GSC's offer page says the discount applies to screenings every day except Wednesday.
Choose "Debit/Credit Card" as the payment method at checkout. Click-to-pay checkout doesn't qualify unless you choose that option, and payments at the cinema's self-service kiosks don't qualify at all. GSC's booking fee is RM0.60 per ticket, or RM1 for Premiere Class, and the discount doesn't cover it.
Hong Leong's terms leave out these screenings.
- Discounted screenings and film festivals
- Concerts, plays and special screenings
- Re-runs and some films restricted by the distributor
Hong Leong's terms list every exclusion.
How Many Tickets Cover The Hong Leong Card Fee
New Hong Leong cardholders get 5 GSC tickets with the Gold card and 10 with the Platinum card. These work on one normal 2D adult ticket per transaction. You can use up to 3 codes per card each day, and the codes last six months from card activation. Booking fees still apply. Reward points are 3x at GSC, overseas and online, and 1x on other spend. You earn an extra 1x once your other retail spend passes RM1,000 in a month.
Both cards charge RM25 in service tax on top of the annual fee. At RM6 off, you need 30 online tickets a year with the Gold card and 55 with the Platinum card before the discount covers the fee.
| Card | Annual Fee Plus Tax (RM) | Online Tickets To Cover The Fee | Minimum Annual Income (RM) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 175 | 30 | 24,000 |
| Platinum | 325 | 55 | 60,000 |
The Platinum count leaves out the 10 welcome tickets. If you spend RM8,000 a year on the Gold card or RM15,000 on the Platinum card, Hong Leong waives the fee and only the RM25 tax is left. That takes 5 tickets at RM6 off to cover the tax. Banks check your credit record when you apply. Read how a credit score works and what banks look for in our guides on credit scores and applying for a credit card.
Alliance Bank Cards Get Buy 1 Free 1 GSC Tickets On Thursdays
Alliance Bank's GSC campaign runs from 1 April to 31 December 2026, or until the monthly reward caps run out. It covers Alliance Bank credit cards and debit cards linked to a current or savings account. It also covers the Visa Virtual Credit Card, a card that lives in your phone wallet. You book on the GSC website or app, and the Visa Virtual Credit Card has to be used through Samsung Pay or Google Pay. Alliance's terms don't name the eligible credit cards, and they exclude business cards. Alliance Bank credit cards on RinggitPlus include the Alliance Bank Visa Infinite, which is free for the first year, then RM438, and requires RM60,000 in annual income, and the Alliance Bank Visa Signature, which is free for the first year, then RM148, and requires RM48,000.
Tickets bought on a Thursday are buy one get one free. You can buy adult tickets in Premiere Hall or Standard Hall at any GSC cinema. You can use the tickets for a show on any day. Velvet x Alliance Bank tickets are 50% off, and dine-in at Velvet Restaurant is 20% off, excluding alcohol, service charge and taxes.
Rewards go to the first cardholders each month. For November 2026, Alliance's terms set 133 Premiere Hall rewards, 200 Standard Hall rewards and 300 Velvet rewards. You also pay GSC's booking fee. Alliance Bank's terms list every condition.
Affin Credit Cards Give A Free GSC Or TGV Ticket On Fridays And Saturdays
Affin Credit Card holders get one free ticket when they buy one ticket online on a Friday or Saturday. The offer runs from 17 April to 31 December 2026, or until each chain has given out 5,000 free tickets. You book on the GSC or TGV website or app. You can use the free ticket for a show on any day, subject to availability. Affin's terms don't name the eligible cards. Affin credit cards on RinggitPlus include the AFFIN DUO Visa Cash Back and the AFFIN DUO+ Visa. Both are free for the first three years, and Affin lists RM24,000 as the minimum annual income for its DUO cards.
The ticket you buy is a 2D ticket at GSC or an Adult Deluxe single seat at TGV. Each chain gives out 100 free tickets a day, first come, first served, and each cardholder can redeem one a day. GSC offers four halls: Aurum Theatre at Exchange TRX, The Gardens Mall, The Mall Mid Valley Southkey in Johor Bahru and Velvet Cinema at Sunway 163 Mall. Affin's terms exclude no TGV cinemas, and you need a MovieClub membership. TGV's own page lists extra limits, such as no hall bookings, special screenings, events or concerts, so check at booking. You also pay the booking fee, and you can't combine the offer with other promotions. Affin's terms list every condition.
Maybank Mastercard Credit Cards Get RM10 Off TGV IMAX Tickets
Maybank Mastercard credit cards get RM10 off a TGV 2D IMAX ticket every day until 31 December 2026, while stocks last. TGV's promotion page gives the same dates. Maybank's page carries an "expired" label, but both pages state 31 December 2026 as the end date. Maybank's page doesn't name the eligible cards. Maybank Mastercard credit cards on RinggitPlus include the Maybank Cash Back Mastercard Platinum, which has no annual fee and needs RM24,000 in annual income, and the Maybank World Elite Mastercard, which costs RM800 a year and requires RM190,000.
Maybank's terms say you must sign in with a TGV MovieClub membership and buy on the TGV website or app. You pick the Maybank Mastercard IMAX ticket and pay with the card. The discount covers standard seats at 2D IMAX shows, not hall bookings, special screenings, events or concerts, and it can't be combined with other promotions. You can buy up to 2 tickets per transaction. Maybank's page says 300 IMAX tickets a week and TGV's says 350. Maybank's TGV page has the full terms.
It's the only bank offer built for TGV that we found on a bank's page. Affin's free ticket offer above also works at TGV.
Maybank 2 Gold Cards Pay 5% Cashback On Weekend Spend
The Maybank 2 Gold Cards have no annual fee for life, apart from the RM25 service tax. You need a Maybank account and RM30,000 in annual income, or RM60,000 if you're an expatriate. Spend on the Maybank 2 American Express card on weekends and you earn 5% cashback on any amount, locally or overseas. The cashback is capped at RM50 a month, which is RM1,000 of weekend spending. On weekdays, the American Express card earns 5x TreatsPoints (Maybank's points), while the Mastercard or Visa earns 1x.
A cinema ticket is ordinary spend on this card, so the cashback isn't tied to GSC or TGV. It works wherever American Express is accepted.
UOB EVOL Pays 10% Cashback On Online Tickets, Up To RM15 A Month
The UOB EVOL Card pays 10% cashback on online spending, but only once you've spent RM1,000 in retail that month. The cashback is capped at RM15 a month, so it stops at RM150 of online spend. That's RM180 a year at most.
Tickets bought on the GSC or TGV website or app count as online spend. Tickets bought in person at a cinema earn 5X UNIRinggit (UOB's points) for every RM1 instead, with no minimum spend and no cap. UOB puts entertainment bought online under the online category, so one purchase earns cashback or the 5X points, not both. The 5% e-wallet cashback is for e-wallet top-ups only, so tapping Apple Pay or Google Pay at a cinema doesn't earn it.
The annual fee is RM90 plus RM25 service tax, and you need RM36,000 in annual income. UOB's card page lists a waiver for the first 12 months. After that, one retail transaction each statement month waives it, not counting FPX online banking payments or instalments. UOB's terms list every exclusion. Our cashback credit card comparison shows other cards with higher monthly caps.
RHB Rewards Cards Earn 10X Points On Movie Tickets
The RHB Rewards Visa Credit Card earns 10 LoyaltyPlus Points for every RM1 you spend on movie tickets, under RHB's terms effective 27 January 2026. RHB counts cinema tickets in its entertainment category, so an online ticket earns 10 points, not the online rate of 3. Overseas spending earns 4 points per RM1, online spending 3, shopping, health and insurance 2, and other retail spending 1. The card needs RM24,000 in annual income. The annual fee is RM200 plus RM25 service tax. RHB waives it in the first year, and afterwards, when you spend RM10,000 a year.
RinggitPlus also lists the RHB Rewards MasterCard Credit Card and the RHB Islamic Rewards Visa Credit Card-i with up to 10x points. RHB's terms give no ringgit value for a point. You redeem points through RHB Superdeals; you can't swap them for cash, and they expire three years after you earn them. Our rewards credit card comparison lists other points cards.
HSBC Live+ Pays Cashback On Cinema Spend
The HSBC Live+ Credit Card counts cinema spending as entertainment. The cashback rate depends on your monthly eligible spend.
| Monthly Eligible Spend (RM) | Cashback Rate |
|---|---|
| 1,000 | 1% |
| 2,500 | 2% |
| 5,000 | 5% |
Entertainment cashback is capped at RM30 a month, which is RM600 of spend at 5%.
The card needs RM102,000 in annual income. The annual fee is RM300. HSBC waives it at RM24,000 of retail spend a year, but only for cards applied for between 1 August 2024 and 31 December 2025, so new applicants don't get the waiver. The full tiers are on the HSBC Live+ card page.
How To Apply For A Cinema Card Through RinggitPlus
Check whether you need a new card at all. Alliance Bank's deal covers its credit and debit cards, Affin's covers its credit cards, and Maybank's TGV offer covers Maybank Mastercard credit cards. Only the Hong Leong welcome tickets need a new card, and they go to people who don't already hold a Hong Leong credit card.
If you do apply, you need to be 21 or older. The cards on this page ask for between RM24,000 and RM102,000 a year in income.
- Select Apply Now on the card you want and give your name as on your IC, your mobile number and your email. Say what you want the card for.
- RinggitPlus sends cards that match your profile to you on WhatsApp.
- The bank assesses your application and contacts you with its decision. It checks your CCRIS report and whether you can afford the repayments, and it asks for your IC and proof of income.
Apply for one card at a time. Pending applications show on your CCRIS report, so applying to several banks at once can count against you. Our application guide has the full document list.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which credit cards have buy 1 get 1 free movie tickets?
Two offers are buy one get one free right now. Alliance Bank's GSC deal is for tickets bought on Thursdays and covers Premiere Hall and Standard Hall. It runs to 31 December 2026, or until the monthly rewards run out. Affin's deal gives a free GSC or TGV ticket when you buy one on a Friday or Saturday. It also runs to 31 December 2026, or until its ticket cap is reached. Maybank's TGV offer is RM10 off IMAX tickets, not a free ticket.
Does HSBC still have a GSC promotion?
HSBC's own page gave 30 August 2026 as the end date for its weekend GSC discount. We haven't found a renewal as of 12 November 2026. HSBC's GSC offers page shows the current status.
Does Maybank have a GSC promotion?
Maybank's Aurum Theatre discounts at GSC ended on 28 June 2026. Maybank's current cinema offer is RM10 off TGV 2D IMAX tickets for Mastercard credit cards, until 31 December 2026. The Maybank 2 Gold Cards also pay 5% cashback on weekend spend with the American Express card, capped at RM50 a month.
Can I get free movie tickets as a welcome bonus?
Yes, with the GSC Hong Leong cards. New Hong Leong cardholders get 5 tickets with the Gold card and 10 with the Platinum card. They work on one normal 2D adult ticket per transaction, and booking fees still apply. Other cards may offer free tickets through sign-up campaigns, so check our sign-up offers page.
Do credit cards give discounts on popcorn and drinks?
The GSC Hong Leong cards do. You get 30% off popcorn, snacks and drinks bought online and 10% off at the GSC counter. Maybank's 20% discount on Aurum counter snacks ended on 28 June 2026. We haven't confirmed a current popcorn discount on any other card.
Are card offers valid for all halls and formats?
Usually no. The GSC Hong Leong discount covers adult tickets at every GSC cinema except Aurum Theatre. Maybank's TGV offer covers 2D IMAX standard seats only. Alliance Bank's deal covers Velvet x Alliance Bank, Premiere Hall and Standard Hall. Affin's deal leaves out four GSC halls, including Aurum Theatre at Exchange TRX. Cinemas can also exclude selected titles.
Can I combine a card offer with other discounts?
Usually no. The GSC Hong Leong terms say the discount can't be used with other promotions, vouchers or promo codes. Maybank's terms say the same about vouchers and loyalty cards.
What spend do I need for cinema cashback?
It depends on the card. UOB EVOL needs RM1,000 of retail spend in the month before it pays 10% on online spend. HSBC Live+ starts paying entertainment cashback at RM1,000 of monthly eligible spend, and reaches 5% at RM5,000. Maybank 2 Gold needs no minimum spend for its weekend cashback.
Before You Add A Cinema Card
Read how many credit cards you should have before you add another. If you can't clear the balance each month, interest can cost more than any ticket discount, so see when not to use your credit card. And if a cinema card stops earning its fee back, our guide on what to check before you cancel a credit card covers the service tax timing.
