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.
A regular question I receive from readers is about ‘convertible’ points. There is a psychological desire to move, say, your American Express Membership Rewards points to Avios as .....
A regular question I receive from readers is about ‘convertible’ points. There is a .....
8 May 20228 May 2022 • 12 comments
Certain Mastercard World Elite credit cards in the UK offer airport lounge access via the LoungeKey network. The two you are most likely to come across are Curve Metal – which charges £20 for .....
Certain Mastercard World Elite credit cards in the UK offer airport lounge access via the LoungeKey network. .....
1 Apr 20221 April 2022 • 33 comments
This is our review of the HSBC Premier World Elite Mastercard credit card. It is part of our series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether or not they are .....
This is our review of the HSBC Premier World Elite Mastercard credit card. It is part of our series of .....
14 Feb 202214 February 2022 • 34 comments
This is our review of the HSBC Premier Mastercard credit card. It is part of our series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether or not they are worth applying .....
This is our review of the HSBC Premier Mastercard credit card. It is part of our series of articles looking at .....
14 Feb 202214 February 2022 • 8 comments
It’s time for our annual rank of the best UK travel credit card sign-up bonuses in terms of cold hard cash. How do I value my miles and points? The biggest question mark is over the value of the .....
It’s time for our annual rank of the best UK travel credit card sign-up bonuses in terms of cold hard .....
7 Feb 20227 February 2022 • 31 comments
What credit card should you get if you want to redeem for flights with a Star Alliance airline? Let’s find out. Who are the members of Star Alliance? The bulk of major global airlines have .....
What credit card should you get if you want to redeem for flights with a Star Alliance airline? Let’s .....
17 Oct 202117 October 2021 • 20 comments
HSBC Premier has launched a special sign-up incentive on its premium HSBC Premier World Elite Mastercard credit card. Until 30th November, the annual fee for the first year is reduced from £195 to .....
HSBC Premier has launched a special sign-up incentive on its premium HSBC Premier World Elite Mastercard .....
15 Oct 202115 October 2021 • 76 comments
Etihad Guest is currently running another of its occasional transfer bonus weekends. Weekend, this time around, relates to the Middle East weekend so you need to move your points by Saturday evening .....
Etihad Guest is currently running another of its occasional transfer bonus weekends. Weekend, this time .....
27 Aug 202127 August 2021 • 15 comments
We now have confirmation that HSBC has launched a 25% bonus on conversions of HSBC Premier credit card points to Avios. We covered this story over the weekend after readers reported seeing a .....
We now have confirmation that HSBC has launched a 25% bonus on conversions of HSBC Premier credit card points .....
24 Aug 202124 August 2021 • 32 comments
HSBC has launched a secret 25% bonus on conversions of HSBC Premier credit card points to Avios. I say ‘secret’ because no announcement has been made. HSBC has form on this front, .....
HSBC has launched a secret 25% bonus on conversions of HSBC Premier credit card points to Avios. I say .....
21 Aug 202121 August 2021 • 68 comments
Why should you get the HSBC Premier World Elite Mastercard? Today, I want to look at the top 10 card benefits you get if you apply for a HSBC Premier World Elite Mastercard credit card. Here is the .....
Why should you get the HSBC Premier World Elite Mastercard? Today, I want to look at the top 10 card benefits .....
1 Aug 20211 August 2021
Why should you get the HSBC Premier Mastercard? Today, I want to look at the top 10 card benefits you get if you apply for a HSBC Premier Mastercard credit card. Here is the legal information we need .....
Why should you get the HSBC Premier Mastercard? Today, I want to look at the top 10 card benefits you get if .....
1 Aug 20211 August 2021
https://www.headforpoints.com/2023/01/09/why-the-only-thing-better-than-transferable-points-is-instantly-transferable-points-2/One of the key ideas I push on Head for Points is that transferable, or .....
https://www.headforpoints.com/2023/01/09/why-the-only-thing-better-than-transferable-points-is-instantly-transferable-points-2/One .....
9 Jul 20219 July 2021 • 18 comments
Etihad Guest is currently running another of its occasional transfer bonuses. This one is quite restrictive and the top 40% offer is not as good as it seems. Etihad tends to change the partners who .....
Etihad Guest is currently running another of its occasional transfer bonuses. This one is quite restrictive .....
2 Jul 20212 July 2021 • 3 comments
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