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.

 

[Cynicor]

Heard an interesting one on another forum-
Someone being denied their gold status unless they took a flight within 3 months first, with KF. Very bizarre, not sure what to make of it.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Heard an interesting one on another forum-
Someone being denied their gold status unless they took a flight within 3 months first, with KF. Very bizarre, not sure what to make of it.

That is odd.

Wonder if they got their status matches mixed up? There are some that require a round trip on SQ.

Or maybe the KF agent was unfamiliar with HSBC?

 

[Cynicor]

That is odd.

Wonder if they got their status matches mixed up? There are some that require a round trip on SQ.

Or maybe the KF agent was unfamiliar with HSBC?

They seemed to get an email direct from star saying there were issues processing the gold. Very odd

 

[N860CR]

Heard an interesting one on another forum-
Someone being denied their gold status unless they took a flight within 3 months first, with KF. Very bizarre, not sure what to make of it.

If that came from the SQ call centre, then I’m not overly surprised.

 

[RooFlyer]

Just got approved for the card, as a retiree, and experience pretty much mirrored what has been told here.

In my case, I make ad-hoc withdrawals from my SMSF for living expenses - basically to pay off my existing 2 cards monthly. I got my accountant to provide a letter saying that my annual withdrawals exceeded the min income required over the past 4 years to 6/2023 and the balance of my SMSF had remained static.

Submitted on-line. As HSBC don't exist in Tas, went into a branch in Brisbane while I was there and they accepted an image I have of my passport photo page as ID, as I had forgotten to take it with me.

Couple of days later I got a call basically wanting me to confirm my particular arrangements.

Couple of days later got a call asking me to send bank statements showing payments IN from my SMSF 7/23 to present. Strangely, they didn't ask to see the balance of my SMSF - so as far as they knew, I might have drained it!.

Approved the next day. A little bit tedious, but I'm impressed overall.