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Get 50% Off Your CNY Feast, Plus 2 Other Reasons To Use The MAE App To Prep For CNY

From exclusive discounts to daily cashbacks, you can enjoy these perks with the MAE app. :D

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With Chinese New Year coming up, you know what that means — time to stock up the home with CNY food and goodies, teehee!

Whether you're planning to cook up a feast or order in, you can count on online delivery platforms like Sama-Sama Lokal to get your daily food essentials to prepare for CNY!

If you haven't heard of Sama-Sama Lokal before, it's a super convenient feature available on the MAE app, where you can order food and groceries for deliveries and self-pickups. It's an awesome way to support our local vendors, especially since they get to keep 100% of their earnings, with zero commission or fees.

In addition to Maybank's Sama-Sama Lokal, there are other features on the MAE app that give you the most bang for your buck.

Here are three reasons why you should prep for Chinese New Year via MAE:

1. Enjoy discounts up to 50% off when your order your Chinese New Year feast from Sama-Sama Lokal

From now until 28 February, you can get 28% off your orders with a minimum spend of RM30, wahh. All you have to do is apply the promo code SSLCNY28 and you're all set! 

There's even an exclusive, one-time use promo that gives you 50% off your orders, gais! Applicable between 17 to 31 January, this promo is only available for selected merchants offering CNY food, from yee sang to bak kwa. Apply the code KONGSIMAE when you spend a minimum of RM20 to enjoy up to RM15 off, okie?

If you're ordering for delivery, you'll get up to RM10 off your delivery fee. It will be applied to your deliveries automatically during the campaign, yay!

Simply open the MAE app and tap 'Order Now' to start ordering from Sama-Sama Lokal!

Here's a sneak peek at some of the merchants you can find on Sama-Sama Lokal this CNY:

1. Good Chen

Get pineapple tarts, almond crispy flakes, white almond cookies, and more from Good Chen.

Image via Maybank (Provided to SAYS)
2. Washoku

Washoku has many CNY dishes such as Golden Yee Sang, Golden Tiger Blessing, and Prosperity Lucky Bag.

Image via Maybank (Provided to SAYS)
3. Yum Thong Sui

For refreshing local desserts such as longan tofu and peach gum, order from Yum Thong Sui.

Image via Maybank (Provided to SAYS)

2. Oh, and did we mention you'll get the chance to win 5g of 999.9 gold every Tuesday with the MAE app? Ong ah, huat ah!

Wahhh, so shiny. :D And, there's even more prizes to be won every day.

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All you have to do is order a minimum of RM30 worth of CNY food or groceries to be delivered to your doorstep with Sama-Sama Lokal, and you'll earn chances to play Fu-ture Fortune, a festive game where you can win gold every Tuesday. There's even cash prizes and shopping vouchers to be won every day! Basically, the more you order your CNY goodies, the more chances you'll earn to play.

Aside from ordering via Sama-Sama Lokal, there are sooo many other ways to earn even more chances to play the game.

Here's how you can play Fu-ture Fortune:

STEP 1: Earn chances to play by performing eligible transactions such as paying your bills, reloading your mobile prepaid credit, launching the MAE app every day, sending e-Angpao, using Scan & Pay when you shop at stores, and ordering food with Sama-Sama Lokal

STEP 2: Launch the Fu-ture Fortune Game on the MAE app, and tap on a Golden Orb of your choice to reveal your prize

STEP 3: Be sure to activate your MAE account to claim your prizes, if you haven't already

Btw, on special days, you'll earn twice the amount of entries! Just remember to switch on push notifications on the MAE app so you'll be notified about the double entries.

3. Don't forget to check out all the other CNY-exclusive promos the MAE app has to offer this festive season

From weekly lucky draws where you could win up to RM888 with e-Angpao, to daily cashback up to RM88 by using Scan & Pay, the Fu-ture Fortune campaign will be available up until 27 February, so be sure to start reaping the rewards while you can!

Ready to try your luck with Maybank's Fu-ture Fortune? Head over to their website to find out more about this campaign!

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