Cathay Pacific Instant Rewards by HSBC Philippine
Feb 28, 2011, 9:52 am
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Cathay Pacific Instant Rewards by HSBC Philippine
One free round-trip ticket on CX from Manila to
- HK; 5 charge slips worth Php 10k (roughly usd 220) each
- Other Asia; 10 charge slips worth Php 10k (roughly usd 220) each
- Long-hauls; 15 charge slips worth Php 10k (roughly usd 220) each
http://www.hsbc.com.ph/1/2/personal/...01#page=page-1
Recently offered. Only applicable to holders of credit cards issued by HSBC Philippines. Any Php consumption, indefinite offer period, unlimited nos. of free ticket per holder, taxes/surcharges up to usd 100 shouldered by HSBC. T&C;
http://www.hsbc.com.ph/1/2/personal/...01#page=page-2
For me as a resident in Manila, too good to believe in...
- HK; 5 charge slips worth Php 10k (roughly usd 220) each
- Other Asia; 10 charge slips worth Php 10k (roughly usd 220) each
- Long-hauls; 15 charge slips worth Php 10k (roughly usd 220) each
http://www.hsbc.com.ph/1/2/personal/...01#page=page-1
Recently offered. Only applicable to holders of credit cards issued by HSBC Philippines. Any Php consumption, indefinite offer period, unlimited nos. of free ticket per holder, taxes/surcharges up to usd 100 shouldered by HSBC. T&C;
http://www.hsbc.com.ph/1/2/personal/...01#page=page-2
For me as a resident in Manila, too good to believe in...
Last edited by Oorinara; Feb 28, 2011 at 10:12 am
Feb 28, 2011, 6:55 pm
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The redemption proceedure is classically Filipino - you have to take the unfaded, original credit card transaction slips in person, with your card to one of the four ticketing offices in the Philipppines where the CX staff will manually match the slips to the card! No doubt they will photocopy everything for their records.
I guess it would be too hard for HSBC to look up the transaction history on their system!
Not a bad promo I guess -- but economy class only.
I guess it would be too hard for HSBC to look up the transaction history on their system!
Not a bad promo I guess -- but economy class only.
Mar 1, 2011, 1:32 am
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Exactly, very Filipino way: face-to-face manual transaction, non-paperless, possible manipulation, and no reconciliation thereafter. Only Y class, but not bad for short hauls such as MNL-HKG.
Btw, HSBC Phils. has similar generous offers with Starbucks and Cebu Pacific.
Get any tall beverage or 3-pack Starbucks VIA Ready Brew with your everyday spend of at least P2,000
http://www.hsbc.com.ph/1/2/personal/...02#page=page-1
P1,000 gift certificate from Cebu Pacific with just 5 charge slip worth P3,000 each
http://www.hsbc.com.ph/1/2/personal/...ds#page=page-1
Btw, HSBC Phils. has similar generous offers with Starbucks and Cebu Pacific.
Get any tall beverage or 3-pack Starbucks VIA Ready Brew with your everyday spend of at least P2,000
http://www.hsbc.com.ph/1/2/personal/...02#page=page-1
P1,000 gift certificate from Cebu Pacific with just 5 charge slip worth P3,000 each
http://www.hsbc.com.ph/1/2/personal/...ds#page=page-1
Mar 3, 2011, 3:24 pm
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The redemption proceedure is classically Filipino - you have to take the unfaded, original credit card transaction slips in person, with your card to one of the four ticketing offices in the Philipppines where the CX staff will manually match the slips to the card! No doubt they will photocopy everything for their records.
I guess it would be too hard for HSBC to look up the transaction history on their system!
Not a bad promo I guess -- but economy class only.
I guess it would be too hard for HSBC to look up the transaction history on their system!
Not a bad promo I guess -- but economy class only.
HSBC set up desks in both malls where they manually matched sales receipts to card slips, hand wrote the card numbers and amounts into a register and stamped the card slips to void them for re-use in the promotion.
I still haven't gotten my $200 rebate on a $2,000 suit I bought at IFC Zara's.
My other manager tried queuing at the NTP desk for this with his toddler - he gave up queuing.
Mar 3, 2011, 3:43 pm
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Speaking of HSBC, here's their latest HK spending promo.
Spend at HSBC dining discount restaurants and get min 3X RewardCash
http://www.hongkongcard.com/forum/fo...ow.php?id=4936
http://www.hsbc.com.hk/1/2/special/cards/prom206
Normally HK$250 spending = 1 RC and 1 RC = 15 mile so in effect the earn rate is $16.67/mile. Hardly justifies the $300 annual fee you have to pay for the privilege of converting to miles.
This promo will take the rate down to $5.55 per mile. But it is restricted to restaurants offering HSBC discounts. I'll only go to those restaurants occassionally so it doesn't justify me signing on to convert RC to miles.
Spend at HSBC dining discount restaurants and get min 3X RewardCash
http://www.hongkongcard.com/forum/fo...ow.php?id=4936
http://www.hsbc.com.hk/1/2/special/cards/prom206
Normally HK$250 spending = 1 RC and 1 RC = 15 mile so in effect the earn rate is $16.67/mile. Hardly justifies the $300 annual fee you have to pay for the privilege of converting to miles.
This promo will take the rate down to $5.55 per mile. But it is restricted to restaurants offering HSBC discounts. I'll only go to those restaurants occassionally so it doesn't justify me signing on to convert RC to miles.
Last edited by percysmith; Mar 3, 2011 at 3:52 pm
Mar 3, 2011, 9:11 pm
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Thanks for that - I got 10X reward cash, which (since reward cash can be converted 1:1 to Octopus rewards) is in effect a 4% rebate on spending at the restaurants. It's not enough to change my choice of where I eat, but it would cause me to change the card I pay with to HSBC if I do eat at one of those places (and remember the deal!). For me HSBC rewards always just get converted back to Octopus rewards rather than miles these days. The mileage redemption rate and fee just isn't worth it.
Mar 3, 2011, 11:34 pm
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completely agree with what u said. I got 4X only which is worse than Shacom Titanium. But if there's a HSBC disc, I'll be using HSBC anyway, with or without this promo.
Originally Posted by christep
Thanks for that - I got 10X reward cash, which (since reward cash can be converted 1:1 to Octopus rewards) is in effect a 4% rebate on spending at the restaurants. It's not enough to change my choice of where I eat, but it would cause me to change the card I pay with to HSBC if I do eat at one of those places (and remember the deal!). For me HSBC rewards always just get converted back to Octopus rewards rather than miles these days. The mileage redemption rate and fee just isn't worth it.
Mar 10, 2011, 1:15 am
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Wow! This is truly one hell of a promo! ^
I still can't believe it but just converted 15 of my transaction slips for a RT ticket to NY in Vclass. Unbelievable!
A free (almost, just paid $230 for taxes & surcharges) mileage earning ticket!
DM here I come :-:
I still can't believe it but just converted 15 of my transaction slips for a RT ticket to NY in Vclass. Unbelievable!
A free (almost, just paid $230 for taxes & surcharges) mileage earning ticket!
DM here I come :-:
Mar 10, 2011, 4:17 am
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What? V Class?!?! I thought it would be some stupid class like E Q O
Originally Posted by luial
Wow! This is truly one hell of a promo! ^
I still can't believe it but just converted 15 of my transaction slips for a RT ticket to NY in Vclass. Unbelievable!
A free (almost, just paid $230 for taxes & surcharges) mileage earning ticket!
DM here I come :-:
I still can't believe it but just converted 15 of my transaction slips for a RT ticket to NY in Vclass. Unbelievable!
A free (almost, just paid $230 for taxes & surcharges) mileage earning ticket!
DM here I come :-:
Mar 10, 2011, 7:05 pm
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http://www.hkexnews.hk/listedco/list...218.pdf#page=3
"The Philippines routes did not perform well. Demand was weak and was particularly affected by the hostage incident in August."
Last edited by percysmith; Mar 10, 2011 at 7:11 pm
Mar 10, 2011, 7:52 pm
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I am not too surprised. Cathay annual results for 2010:
http://www.hkexnews.hk/listedco/list...218.pdf#page=3
"The Philippines routes did not perform well. Demand was weak and was particularly affected by the hostage incident in August."
http://www.hkexnews.hk/listedco/list...218.pdf#page=3
"The Philippines routes did not perform well. Demand was weak and was particularly affected by the hostage incident in August."
Mar 10, 2011, 8:09 pm
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Not just Philippines - remember the HSBC Christmas Red Hot Promotion in IFC Mall and New Town Plaza on Saturdays and Sundays?
HSBC set up desks in both malls where they manually matched sales receipts to card slips, hand wrote the card numbers and amounts into a register and stamped the card slips to void them for re-use in the promotion.
I still haven't gotten my $200 rebate on a $2,000 suit I bought at IFC Zara's.
My other manager tried queuing at the NTP desk for this with his toddler - he gave up queuing.
HSBC set up desks in both malls where they manually matched sales receipts to card slips, hand wrote the card numbers and amounts into a register and stamped the card slips to void them for re-use in the promotion.
I still haven't gotten my $200 rebate on a $2,000 suit I bought at IFC Zara's.
My other manager tried queuing at the NTP desk for this with his toddler - he gave up queuing.
i really think they just wanted to make this as hard as possible. a few times i simply gave up when my cashback is around 50-100....
Mar 11, 2011, 1:41 am
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Putting out gimmicky promotions that doesn't cost them much is more of the same.
But the Christmas IFC, NTP and Sogo (I forgot about Sogo) promotion is not as gimmicky as it could be. It didn't require registration for Sogo; you can argue registration is required for IFC and NTP cos it'll be hard to capture all Merchant IDs in the malls.
Citi's recent Sogo promotion does.
Mar 24, 2011, 7:48 am
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Exactly, very Filipino way: face-to-face manual transaction, non-paperless, possible manipulation, and no reconciliation thereafter. Only Y class, but not bad for short hauls such as MNL-HKG.
Btw, HSBC Phils. has similar generous offers with Starbucks and Cebu Pacific.
Get any tall beverage or 3-pack Starbucks VIA Ready Brew with your everyday spend of at least P2,000
http://www.hsbc.com.ph/1/2/personal/...02#page=page-1
P1,000 gift certificate from Cebu Pacific with just 5 charge slip worth P3,000 each
http://www.hsbc.com.ph/1/2/personal/...ds#page=page-1
Btw, HSBC Phils. has similar generous offers with Starbucks and Cebu Pacific.
Get any tall beverage or 3-pack Starbucks VIA Ready Brew with your everyday spend of at least P2,000
http://www.hsbc.com.ph/1/2/personal/...02#page=page-1
P1,000 gift certificate from Cebu Pacific with just 5 charge slip worth P3,000 each
http://www.hsbc.com.ph/1/2/personal/...ds#page=page-1
HSBC sent that client a letter and charged the full fare to that person's credit card.