GarudaMiles goes into the wallet

Best Loyalty Credit Card — Middle East & Asia Pacific · Garuda Indonesia UOB Card

Apparently four airline awards weren’t enough.

The Garuda Indonesia UOB Card wins Best Loyalty Credit Card in Middle East & Asia Pacific.

This completes a remarkable 2026 Freddie showing around the GarudaMiles ecosystem.

Airline loyalty long ago escaped the airplane.

Today members can build balances during breakfast, commuting, shopping and dinner without getting within ten miles of an airport.

Co-brand cards transformed airline economics because they turned loyalty currency into an everyday product.

Garuda and UOB have done exactly that.

The result?

Another Freddie.

If GarudaMiles charged excess baggage for trophies, 2026 could become expensive.