Originally Posted by
abraxis
It's not airport lounges, it's the lounges that the HSBC Premier branches have (at least in Asia) with free coffee and refreshments, newspapers and magazines, comfortable chairs and business TV.
Guess I should have been more specific, sorry 'bout that.
And in HK, the branches also have Wi-Fi which is a nice touch. I've sat in a branch for 2 hours once just surfing the net.
I have this card and use it for purchases in sundry currencies/USD even though I live in Canada. 1% cashback is half decent considering as I found that some Canadian cards charge a lot more than 2.5% for sundry currencies (like CZK, ZAR, KRW, TWD) and only paying the 0.25% to exchange CAD to USD is a much better deal, also considering I save on USD purchases.