Maximise your Avios, air miles and hotel points
HSBC issues two credit cards that come with travel rewards: a basic free card and a World Elite card with a £195 annual fee.
Both cards are only available to existing HSBC Premier current account holders and offer a variety of benefits including a sign-up bonus and airport lounge access.
You can read our review of the free HSBC Premier Mastercard here and our review of the HSBC Premier World Elite Mastercard here.
Our overview of what HSBC Premier credit card points are worth is here.
It is time for our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel credit card sign-up deals. Our updated directory of all 23 UK travel credit cards can be .....
It is time for our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel .....
8 Jun 20178 June 2017 • 78 comments
Yesterday I did my best to begin answering the question commonly asked by beginners to this hobby – ‘What is the best credit card for earning Avios points?’. Because you can earn .....
Yesterday I did my best to begin answering the question commonly asked by beginners to this hobby .....
25 Apr 201725 April 2017 • 40 comments
What is the best Avios credit card? With 13 different credit and charge cards offering Avios points, either directly or indirectly, and issuers starting to reduce the rewards on Visa and .....
What is the best Avios credit card? With 13 different credit and charge cards offering Avios points, .....
13 Mar 201713 March 2017 • 92 comments
It’s time for our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel credit card sign-up deals. Our updated directory of all 23 UK travel credit cards can .....
It’s time for our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and .....
6 Mar 20176 March 2017 • 109 comments
Our ‘Credit Card Offers’ tab lists all of the card deals currently available. What I thought might be interesting, in very mercenary terms, would be to rank the sign-up bonuses in terms of .....
Our ‘Credit Card Offers’ tab lists all of the card deals currently available. What I thought might be .....
21 Feb 201721 February 2017 • 125 comments
If you have a large chunk of self-assessment income tax due this month, there is an upside. Last April, HMRC slashed its credit card fee to roughly 0.4%. One of the biggest jokes, since the EU cap on .....
If you have a large chunk of self-assessment income tax due this month, there is an upside. Last April, HMRC .....
11 Jan 201711 January 2017 • 97 comments
The current marketing gimmick among credit card companies is to offer 0% interest on new purchases for a long period of time. 0% interest offers on balance transfers – albeit usually with a 3% .....
The current marketing gimmick among credit card companies is to offer 0% interest on new purchases for a long .....
8 Jan 20178 January 2017 • 49 comments
Hyatt has announced that a second Hyatt Place hotel at Heathrow to complement the existing property in Hayes, will open in 2017. This hotel will actually be close to the airport …. The company .....
Hyatt has announced that a second Hyatt Place hotel at Heathrow to complement the existing property in Hayes, .....
13 Nov 201613 November 2016 • 10 comments
This is my review of the HSBC Premier World Elite Mastercard credit card. It is part of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether or not they are worth .....
This is my review of the HSBC Premier World Elite Mastercard credit card. It is part of my series of articles .....
3 Nov 20163 November 2016 • 29 comments
This is my review of the HSBC Premier Mastercard credit card. It is part of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether or not they are worth applying .....
This is my review of the HSBC Premier Mastercard credit card. It is part of my series of articles looking at .....
3 Nov 20163 November 2016 • 13 comments
18 months ago I ran this post on ‘What is your credit card ‘end game’ strategy?‘. This was fundamentally about which cards you should, long term, end up keeping in your wallet .....
18 months ago I ran this post on ‘What is your credit card ‘end game’ strategy?‘. This .....
24 Oct 201624 October 2016 • 191 comments
Back in June, Tesco launched the Tesco Premium Credit Card. You can check out the details here. The representative APR is 56.5% variable, including the fee, assuming a £1200 credit limit. I was, .....
Back in June, Tesco launched the Tesco Premium Credit Card. You can check out the details here. The .....
15 Oct 201615 October 2016 • 75 comments
Yesterday I ran an extra article to share the news that the MBNA Diamond Club (ex bmi British Midland) credit cards will stop accruing Avios points on 30th September. This is a big blow for many .....
Yesterday I ran an extra article to share the news that the MBNA Diamond Club (ex bmi British Midland) credit .....
1 Sep 20161 September 2016 • 160 comments
Two of most interesting travel credit card offers around at the moment come from two newly released cards: HSBC Premier World Elite Mastercard comes with a bonus of 20,000 Avios points (or Cathay, .....
Two of most interesting travel credit card offers around at the moment come from two newly released cards: .....
1 Aug 20161 August 2016 • 67 comments
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