HSBC Star Alliance credit card in Australia

[flyingmachine]

Has anyone tried to cancel this card? I read a few posts that seem to suggest the star alliance account with the points remain open even though the card itself is closed? Does that mean we can keep the points in there until we need to convert it to an airline for use?

Also, the Air canada 50k status - does that cancel right away once the card is cancelled? Doesn't stay around until the end of the year (which is the current expiry for that status)?

 

[georgie23]

Yes cancelled the card when it was coming up to the year anniversary at end of July
Star alliance rewards account is open - I still have 4 points left but don't know when you lose the ability to transfer - it looks like in theory if I had points still there I would be able to convert them now so potentially would be able to store them there - hopefully they would tell you to move them before you lose the ability to move them

 

[flyingmachine]

Yes cancelled the card when it was coming up to the year anniversary at end of July
Star alliance rewards account is open - I still have 4 points left but don't know when you lose the ability to transfer - it looks like in theory if I had points still there I would be able to convert them now so potentially would be able to store them there - hopefully they would tell you to move them before you lose the ability to move them

Thank you! that's good to know. i didn't really want to decide which airline to push the points to until i have a use for them. so this is great to know.