Originally Posted by
extramileage
Some colleagues use HSBC which quite a few expats like for its multi-country offerings but has mixed reviews on local offerings and complaints about service (like paying your HSBC CC from your HSBC bank account isn't instantaneous).
HSBC sucks - they have basically abandoned their customers...
Originally Posted by
extramileage
For Credit Cards with Skywards points, would shop around for best intro offers (people usually end up with Citi or ENBD credit cards). Could also be one way to get EK status if interested.
Citi is pretty good (ThankYou points to any airline) but they still won't give anyone in my company a credit card because we are "not listed" in their UAE system, despite having an account with Citi in other countries with hundreds of millions in revenue.