I wouldn't get too excited if I were you. Firstly, the rewards are terrible, and I calculated that to get a flight to London (not including the taxes) i would need to charge over 270,000QR to my credit card in purchases. That's rather a lot.
To get a 100 riyal voucher for a shop means you need to charge about 15,000QR to your card to get enough points.
I find the scheme quite insulting actually. Consider that HSBC cards are REALLY expensive with the charges and in the real world you can find loyalty schemes which actually give rewards worth something. I tried to pay for a return flight using part miles and part cash.. they said "we'll charge you 30,000 miles + 2,350 QR + taxes and charges"; I checked the airline website for that flight and the flight was on sale for 2,390QR so I just cut the card up and threw it away!
Try Commerical Bank or QNB cards - you get actual real QPoints for your purchases, as opposed to meaningless numbers sent through the mail on patronising leaflets!
I wouldn't get too excited if I were you. Firstly, the rewards are terrible, and I calculated that to get a flight to London (not including the taxes) i would need to charge over 270,000QR to my credit card in purchases. That's rather a lot.
To get a 100 riyal voucher for a shop means you need to charge about 15,000QR to your card to get enough points.
I find the scheme quite insulting actually. Consider that HSBC cards are REALLY expensive with the charges and in the real world you can find loyalty schemes which actually give rewards worth something. I tried to pay for a return flight using part miles and part cash.. they said "we'll charge you 30,000 miles + 2,350 QR + taxes and charges"; I checked the airline website for that flight and the flight was on sale for 2,390QR so I just cut the card up and threw it away!
Try Commerical Bank or QNB cards - you get actual real QPoints for your purchases, as opposed to meaningless numbers sent through the mail on patronising leaflets!