--- title: DBS Places date: 2011-08-28 16:50:28 permalink: https://lesterchan.net/blog/2011/08/28/dbs-places/ author: Lester Chan categories: - Endorsement tags: - check-in - DBS - Facebook - giveaway - iOS - places - Spinelli - voucher --- DBS Bank has just launched the first regional Facebook Places and Check-in Deals campaign in Asia (Singapore, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Jakarta, Taipei). - The campaign is open to anyone who owns a supported mobile device (Facebook App On iPhone/Android/Blackberry or Facebook Mobile through your mobile phone browsers). - Users just have to visit the [DBS Facebook Fan Page](https://www.facebook.com/dbs) to get started. - Users checking in to [“DBS Places” Facebook App](https://www.facebook.com/dbs?sk=app_224458777596784) will be able to earn points and redeem merchant deals throughout the campaign. - At the end of the campaign (5th September 2011), the highest point earner of each country will earn a 3 days 2 nights vacation of their destination (Singapore, Hong Kong, China, India, Indonesia or Taiwan) of choice. It may sounds complicated at first (which is how I felt when I first read it) and hence I have put up a tutorial on how to participate in this campaign using Facebook App on iPhone. **Registration Stage** - Step 1: Go to [DBS Facebook Fan Page](http://www.facebook.com/dbs) and “Like” the page. - Step 2: Go to [“DBS Places” Facebook App](https://www.facebook.com/dbs?sk=app_224458777596784) and allow the app to access your Facebook details like all other Facebook Apps. - Step 3: Register your details like last 4 digits of your NRIC number and mobile numbers [with DBS](http://apps.facebook.com/dbsplaces/?language=en&invitationId=). **Check-in Stage** ![](https://farm7.static.flickr.com/6208/6075763300_6a5def496b.jpg)![](https://farm7.static.flickr.com/6183/6075763286_19090db02d.jpg) - Step 1: Launch Facebook App on iPhone - Step 2: Tap On “Places” - Step 3: Tap On “Check In” ![](https://farm7.static.flickr.com/6183/6075763078_dddd88759e.jpg)![](https://farm7.static.flickr.com/6079/6075225303_1996aa85f9.jpg) - Step 4: Search For “DBS Places” - Step 5: Select The “DBS Place” you want to check-in - Step 6: Tap “Check In” ![](https://farm7.static.flickr.com/6072/6075767926_b34b4b082a_z.jpg) To see how much points you have accumulated and how many check-ins you made, you can go to using your desktop’s browser. The statistics should be updated in real time. Every check-in to a DBS Place may allow you to redeem some rewards, like for example, checking-in to “DBS Places – Spinelli Coffee” will allow you to purchase a fresh brew of coffee at S$1.50. Of course terms and conditions applies! > Terms: Valid until 4 Sept 2011, from Mon to Fri 3pm – 5pm only. Check-in to “DBS Places – Spinelli” to redeem deal. Valid at Orchard Central, Heeren, Forum, Suntec City, Great World City & Velocity @ Novena Square. Not valid with other promotions, vouchers & Friend’s Card. Payment with cash only At the end of the campaign on **5th September 2011**, the highest point earner of each country will win! As mentioned earlier, the winner will win a 3 days 2 nights vacation of their destination (Singapore, Hong Kong, China, India, Indonesia or Taiwan) of choice. Below is the breakdown on the points system. - Check-In Points – Earn 5 points when you check-in to a new DBS Places location in Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Singapore or Taiwan. - Refer A Friend Points – Recommend DBS Places to your friends on Facebook and earn 3 points for every successful referral. - Network Points – For every Facebook friend in your network participating in DBS Places, you get 1 extra point just for being so connected! Facebook Page: [DBS Places](https://www.facebook.com/dbs) Facebook App: [DBS Places](https://apps.facebook.com/dbsplaces/) Giving Away 10x S$10 Spinelli Vouchers Thanks to DBS, I will be giving away S$10 Spinelli Vouchers to 10 lucky readers/twitterers. All you have to do is retweet this post using the Twitter button located under the “Social” box below this post! **Fine Print** - This Giveaway is open to all readers of [lesterchan.net](https://lesterchan.net/) who are **based in Singapore**. - I will [search Twitter.com](http://twitter.com/search) for tweets and retweets to tabulate the data and randomly pick the winners using [MySQL RAND()](http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/mathematical-functions.html) function. - Winners will be contacted via Twitter’s Direct Message (DM). Make sure you are following **[@gamerz on Twitter](http://twitter.com/gamerz)**. - Winners will receive the Spinelli vouchers via snail mail. - Details of winners such as name and blog URL may be posted on [lesterchan.net](https://lesterchan.net/). - My decision on all matters related to this giveaway is final and no correspondence will be entertained. - I reserves the right to amend these terms and conditions at anytime without prior notice. - This giveaway ends on **11:59pm (23:59), Wednesday, 31st August 2011 (GMT+8 Singapore Time)**.