HSBC Premier credit card - too good to be true?

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Can I just ask as I think im going mad looking at the small print, the agents ive spoken to are adamant that someone from the UK cannot apply to get a US credit card even if they hold a premier status, apparrantly only a few locations such as Australia and Singapore are eligible as they can only transfer credit history from certain countries and UK is not one of them according to the agents I spoke to.

Ok thanks I will do that, just to double check, at this moment Im not trying to apply for Amex US card just the HSBC US credit card, does that thread have information in regards to that?

You’re probably not asking in the right place if there are different rules between HSBC AU and UK for transferring to the U.S. with this being an Australian forum.

That thread covers how to obtain all sorts of U.S. cards - it started with a focus on Amex then morphed to the whole market. HSBC was one of the easiest ways to get a first card there until they shut down so there’s a fair bit of discussion on it. You’ll need AI to summarise it unless you have a whole day to read through the thread.

When I got mine I just plugged that thread into Gemini and asked it to find any other relevant discussion on the internet then recommend steps and a script for each call. I was told multiple times that I didn’t have enough history with HSBC US but eventually spoke to someone who knew how to do a global transfer.