Strategy to obtain US Amex

[georgie23]

Ah my bad. In AU my account is called HSBC Premier Cast Management Account. Also you should be able to click My Relationship Manager under My Banking on website and see that you’re Premier

Cheers
Yep I don’t have that so I’m not Premier yet
Thank you

 

[N0mad]

Cheers
Yep I don’t have that so I’m not Premier yet
Thank you

i have the below when i click on relationship manager after signing up yesterday, so you don't have this?
"Your specialist team of Premier bankers are here for you.
For assistance, please call 1300 301 168 or +61 2 9005 8192 from overseas, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week."

 

[georgie23]

i have the below when i click on relationship manager after signing up yesterday, so you don't have this?
"Your specialist team of Premier bankers are here for you.
For assistance, please call 1300 301 168 or +61 2 9005 8192 from overseas, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week."

thats what I have - I assumed that @djchuckles had an actual name of a representative
I might give them a call

 

[djchuckles]

thats what I have - I assumed that @djchuckles had an actual name of a representative
I might give them a call

No i have that too - i did use to have a named Premium Relationship Manager years ago but i think they watered down that benefit a long while back….. (I lost mine when i moved to Brisbane)

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i have the below when i click on relationship manager after signing up yesterday, so you don't have this?
"Your specialist team of Premier bankers are here for you.
For assistance, please call 1300 301 168 or +61 2 9005 8192 from overseas, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week."

I’d say you’re Premier then…..

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i have the below when i click on relationship manager after signing up yesterday, so you don't have this?
"Your specialist team of Premier bankers are here for you.
For assistance, please call 1300 301 168 or +61 2 9005 8192 from overseas, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week."

Plus that is the Premier specific number

 

[pyramidforce]

were you able to do this immediately when opening your accounts in Oz or did you have to move money through your accounts for 6 months with $9k

That is the rule for HSBC, yes.

Like with wverything, there is a human element involved. With some agents you can just say "trust me bro" and they will make you premier immediately. Others, understandably, will not and you need to do the 9k transfers for 6 months.

 

[blacksultan]

were you able to do this immediately when opening your accounts in Oz or did you have to move money through your accounts for 6 months with $9k

Back when i qualified in 2020 or so the criteria was to have $200 k in your account for a few months or so . I could apply once I was upgraded .

 

[nthd_nthd]

were you able to do this immediately when opening your accounts in Oz or did you have to move money through your accounts for 6 months with $9k

I got it immediately and US premier checking account after 1 month of AU account opened

 

[georgie23]

OK so just called - seemed I was not a premier status but my joint account was so she is upgrading my personal one - not sure why I wasn't seen as Premier as I thought when have joint account both of you become premier

Hopefully that goes through in the next day or so and then I can get a US premier checking account opened as well

Agree with @pyramidforce - human element seemed to work for me here - others may be more strict about the 6 month time limit

DP - If having trouble getting upgraded - I had a personal account and then applied as a joint one with wife and it seemed that one was upgraded immediately as one of us was a known HSBC customer - may work for someone else again in future