Movie prices that are so 1990s

Save! Potentially $5 per movie ticket. That's a savings of $60 a year assuming 1 movie a month for an average moviegoer. But... if you're a movie nut like me, this works out to massive savings.

The long and the short of it

Sign up for the GV Mr Popcorn card and watch movies on Tuesdays!

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If you've lived in Singapore since the 1990s, you'll be like me and lament that movie ticket prices are going through the roof. I still remember the good old days when you could get a movie at $4 (this was at the then new Yishun GV cineplex). Those days are now long gone (as with $1 chicken rice).

However, GV has an offer out there that only a few people know of, that is the $6.50 Movie Tuesday offer for GV Movie Club members. 

Here's the most important part of the T&C for the GV membership:

13. How do I enjoy my members' price of $6.50 movie tickets every Tuesday?
Simply log in to purchase your tickets online or at any GV Box Office. Members' priced tickets cannot be issued from telephone bookings and AXS Stations as those channels are not able to identify you as a member beforehand.
Member's price applies to all regular films and is not valid on "eve of" and "day" of Public Holiday. Please note that members' price cannot be enjoyed in conjunction with any other promotions or discounts.

You just need to sign up, which is, of course FREE! (Otherwise why would I recommend it right...) 

Sign up here. Get the card and start watching movies on Tuesdays!

$6.50 for a movie ticket! *Giggles like a kid high on smack*

Now... to scheme on how to smuggle in home made popcorn...

Money from your shopping mall - CapitaStar points

 Save! - About $50/yr if you spend about $200/week at malls 

Update! You can now scan using your phone! So easy and hassle free so you have absolutely no excuse not to do this.

The long and the short of it

Sign up for CapitaStar and use it to accumulate points. 

Local tips!

Sign up for the CapitaStar programme, always spend above $20 (Get extra toilet paper or chocolate if you need to top-up or plan your mall runs) and scan your receipts, scan your receipts, scan your receipts.

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CapitaMalls really wants your money and is working hard to increasing the footfall in their malls. Their CapitaStar program essentially throws money (Loose change is also money ok) at you for buying stuff in their malls.

You can scan at their booths to earn points for every $20 spent in each receipt and you can redeem $5 Capitaland voucher for every 5,000 points earned. Each $1 nets you 5 points so that's basically an extra savings of 0.5% on top of whatever discounts and offers you get.

Yes yes. 0.5% isn't much to crow about but hey this 0.5% is FREEEEEEE. You can be buying important daily essentials like toilet paper may even be on discount! Think of all the discounts you can stack!

For gamers out there, it's like having a +2 enchanted sword that stacks with a +5% attack speed buff.

If you're still not convinced, here's an example of how much you can save.

If you spend $50 a week, you will save $12 annually.

If you spend $100 a week, you will save $24 annually.

If you spend $200 a week, you will save $48 annually.

It's not hard to hit $200 in groceries a week for a family of 4. Even more so if you eat out once a week. Every cent counts!

Yes, you will spend some time queuing for the machines to scan your receipt but hey, freeeeee money! Is my 5min worth the few cents savings? Yes it is. Unless you're earning boatloads of cash per month and have no time for meals. And since I'm not loaded. Yet. I shall slowly working my way up by saving and so should you. And I don't know you, but I would go as far as to pick up someone else's discarded receipt from the trash to scan. You don't have to do that by-the-way.

P.S. There's even some lame mini-games during promotional periods which means you get a chance to save even more if you're lucky enough to win anything. I've personally won $10 from these games. It's lame but hey, I won't argue with free money!

Using the Starbucks Card

Save! - About $20/yr if you drink Starbucks once a week

The long and the short of it

If you drink often at Starbucks, get their card and don't forget to use the card when you need a caffeine fix

Local tip!

Buy a working card off a 2nd hand forum to get a discount!

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This is idiot proof. You will get 1 free drink on registering with them online and a free cake on your birthday month when you order a drink. You also get a free drink after buying 12 drinks from them. If you have friends *ahem cough cough suckers* who don't have a card, add their drink purchases to your card so you can reach the free drink faster! What are friends for right? Heh heh heh

Added tip. What's better than getting points and a free drink? Getting a Starbucks card at a discount! How? Go visit some 2nd hand forums lor. I personally got mine via the Carousell App on iPhone. Saved a $1 :)

Getting a free drink after 12 drinks. Assuming each drink is $5, you will save $5 for every $60. You get a 8.33% savings. Not too shabby.

Now if you also drink in a CapitaMall shopping mall and manage to hit $20 in a receipt… It will be 8.83%!

(Update: Read the CapitaStar article)

So if you're a Starbucks caffeine fiend who needs espresso brews daily or even once in awhile. Or you just love to have a good work space away from home or the office and need to get a cuppa to enjoy their wifi and air-con, get the Starbucks card.