Credit Card Offers HSBC Star Alliance Credit Card: Fast-Track to Star Alliance Gold Status

Fast track to Star Alliance Gold status with the HSBC Star Alliance credit card!​

Learn more and apply for this card:

HSBC Star Alliance Credit Card Guide

The HSBC Star Alliance credit card is the first of its kind, allowing Australian cardholders to earn Star Alliance Points and Gold status.

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

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What are the main benefits of this card?

1. Signup bonus: Fast Track to Star Alliance Gold Status, when you spend $4,000 or more on eligible purchases in the first 90 days from account opening
2. Keep your Star Alliance Gold status each subsequent year that you spend at least $60,000 on your card
3. Earn 1 Star Alliance Point per $1 on eligible purchases, up to $3,000 per statement period and 0.5 Star Alliance Points per $1 spent on eligible purchases thereafter, uncapped
4. No annual fee in the first year and $450 p.a. thereafter

Why we like the HSBC Star Alliance credit card

Launched in 2022, the HSBC Star Alliance credit card is the first of its kind anywhere in the world. You'll earn Star Alliance Points which are transferable to a choice of seven Star Alliance member airlines at a time of your choosing. You can also earn Star Alliance Silver or Gold status just by spending on the card, with no flying required!

Once you qualify for the welcome offer and are fast tracked to Star Alliance Gold status with any of the seven participating carriers, you’ll soon be enjoying perks like airport priority lanes and lounge access when flying across the whole Star Alliance network. It is the largest airline alliance in the world with 25 member airlines, including Air New Zealand, Singapore Airlines, United and Turkish Airlines.

Please note that the welcome offer is not available to existing HSBC customers transferring from another HSBC credit card, or if you have previously held a HSBC Star Alliance credit card within the last 18 months. Refer to the full T&C’s for more information:

HSBC Star Alliance Credit Card Guide

The HSBC Star Alliance credit card is the first of its kind, allowing Australian cardholders to earn Star Alliance Points and Gold status.

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

AFF members are welcome to discuss this card in this thread.

 

[N860CR]

Points received. Spend was met on 4 December.

 

[Bruiserh89]

Yes I finally got my points too

 

[kamchatsky]

Got the 50k bonus points also. Now I have to figure out what to do with the points as I am new to Aeroplan

 

[Bruiserh89]

Got the 50k bonus points also. Now I have to figure out what to do with the points as I am new to Aeroplan

45k points will get you one way business from Australia to Bangkok, ho chi min and other destinations in that vicinity with Star Alliance carriers.

 

[adenda]

Achieved minimum spend a few days ago and received confirmation email today prompting me to select an SA member. I'm very likely to go for AC/Aeroplan due to the 50K points offer but curious to know if VA benefits for Aeroplan Gold members are the same as SA/UA.
I've seen in a few places that all 3 allow VA lounge access but only see mention of other benefits (priority boarding etc) as being available to SA/UA - anyone know if this is correct?

 

[doctorstrangelove]

Hi all. Aeroplan cut it fine with the deadline but I can confirm I received my 50k within 8 weeks (52 days to be precise).

 

[robbo135]

Hi all. Aeroplan cut it fine with the deadline but I can confirm I received my 50k within 8 weeks (52 days to be precise).

Starting to panick now, got Aeroplan 50k status on 25 November and here I am 10 weeks later with nothing

I did reach out to Aeroplan on Facebook messenger and got a generic response saying I should contact HSBC, but this promotion actually has nothing to do with HSBC as the bonus 50,000 points is awarded by Aeroplan not HSBC. Given Aeroplan already gave me 50k status, not sure what the issue is. I will wait it out another week but I might need to brave the Aeroplan call centre waiting times ...

 

[sickman112]

Starting to panick now, got Aeroplan 50k status on 25 November and here I am 10 weeks later with nothing

I did reach out to Aeroplan on Facebook messenger and got a generic response saying I should contact HSBC, but this promotion actually has nothing to do with HSBC as the bonus 50,000 points is awarded by Aeroplan not HSBC. Given Aeroplan already gave me 50k status, not sure what the issue is. I will wait it out another week but I might need to brave the Aeroplan call centre waiting times ...

I'm in the same boat. Got the status on 29 Nov (according to the star alliance rewards email) and still nothing. Let me know how you get on or if they eventually do come

 

[MEL_Traveller]

I'm in the same boat. Got the status on 29 Nov (according to the star alliance rewards email) and still nothing. Let me know how you get on or if they eventually do come

Apologies if you’ve already answered this, but with status granted in November, what’s the expiry date?

 

[sickman112]

Apologies if you’ve already answered this, but with status granted in November, what’s the expiry date?

Just checked, end of 2024

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Just checked, end of 2024

Thanks!

 

[ffflyer11]

anyone tried pooling?
"The ability to create a new Family Sharing account is currently unavailable, including by telephone with an Aeroplan representative. This is temporary and does not affect existing Family Sharing accounts, including the ability to add and remove members."

 

[BJReplay]

Got the status on 29 Nov

Got my email 11 Dec.

My points posted overnight, with a narrative "earned on December 10", so almost bang on 8 weeks after getting status, the points posted.

anyone tried pooling

Yes, but it failed as expected. I certainly hope that it is working by the time I am ready to merge the 50,000 points from Mrs BJReplay's little points earning exercise. I expect that we will have between 140,000 and 170,000 points by the time we have to decide how many card accounts to close

 

[Kangamick]

Yes, same here. I got my gold SA on 23rd November, yet as of today, still no points.

I do CC churning and this been the longest after completed spend that I have had to wait for points.

I received my points on the weekend.

 

[aspro2]

A heads-up that the Aeroplan 50K offer has now been extended to June 2024.

 

[Danger]

As I mentioned earlier int his thread, I met the minimum spend in January 2023 and went with Aeroplan 50K. The physical card sent to me shows a 12/23 expiry but online always showed a 12/24 expiry. Today, both the app and online are showing a 12/25 expiry. I didn't come close to meeting the ridiculous $60K spend last year and my annual fee isn't due for about 10 days.

I've now received my new Aeroplan card showing a 12/24 expiry. The app still shows 12/25 expiry.

 

[robbo135]

I received my points on the weekend.

I finally got my points posted overnight, which seems to align with your timing but is out of whack with the timing of some of the others here. Better late than never !

 

[sickman112]

I finally got my points posted overnight, which seems to align with your timing but is out of whack with the timing of some of the others here. Better late than never !

Thanks for the update - just checked mine too and they've come through as well. Glad that sorted itself out

 

[grandir]

Just wondering if anyone's managed to use their HSBC Star Alliance card with ZipPay? More specifically, does HSBC treat ZipPay repayments as cash advances or regular transactions? Am looking to utilise ZipPay to pay bills via BPay then pay the ZipPay balance with my HSBC card to earn points

 

[Www]

Thanks for the update - just checked mine too and they've come through as well. Glad that sorted itself out

Thanks for the updates. Just confirming, for the people who have received their Aeroplan bonus points. That they came through without transferring your HSBC star alliance points to Aeroplan?