Thanks for that - I missed that somehow when I looked at the first announcements.

HSBC's rewards programme really is completely rubbish isn't it?

Like you, I only use my HSBC card where it gets a discount, and even that can be a pain in the neck - I was recently simply refused the promised discount at Scirocco restaurant where the staff seemed to just want to vary the rules any way they could to avoid giving me a $60 discount.