HSBC launches first mobile platform for global credit card offers

HSBC re-introduced its global credit card privileges programme Home&Away via a mobile platform, allowing cardholders to access the new portal using their iPhone/ Android Phone as well as the internet when they travel, in order to view the available privileges offered exclusively for all HSBC credit cardholders.

With overseas travel becoming more frequent HSBC customers will find this to be a convenient tool that will enable them to find credit card privileges both at home and away.

Cardholders can access this new feature by logging onto www.homeandaway.hsbc.com via iPhone /Android phone or internet, to select from a wide range of exclusive privileges and super deals. Using their mobile device, HSBC credit cardholders can view all global privileges as well and search through them by country, card type, merchant category and name.  Cardholders are also able to identify privileges by location via the “Offers near me” feature and can view merchant offers through an online map. The popular ‘Hot Picks’ section lists the entire latest top offers available at any one time.

This convenient portal provides HSBC credit cardholders with over 4,000 exclusive offers from over 19,000 merchant outlets across 160 countries and territories. Across Asia Pacific, home&Away offers over 2,700 travel, dining, shopping, health and beauty deals across 38 markets.

The bank recently introduced a free online restaurant booking service to allow cardholders to make reservations prior to their overseas trip. These include; The Peninsula Group (The Peninsula) in Hong Kong, Coca Group of Restaurants in Malaysia, Amici Authentic Italian Restaurant in Singapore and The Square in Thailand.

Nadeesha Senaratne, Head of Cards & Consumer Assets in Sri Lanka said, “Today’s generation of consumers turn to technology for convenience and information and rely on credit cards both at home and abroad to maximise their lifestyle. They demand access to offers and deals instantly, regardless of location. Hence the Home&Away platform is accessible on the iPhone/ Android phone as well as the internet to connect our customers to the widest selection of global credit card privileges wherever they are, whenever they want. The portal is easy to navigate whether they are searching for a shopping deal in an unfamiliar city, booking a restaurant before their plane arrives or sharing offers with friends via email.”    

Apart from a wide variety of local privileges enjoyed by HSBC cardholders which range from dining, shopping, everyday essentials, 0% instalment schemes, free fuel, travel and leisure and a host of others at www.hsbc.lk, customers can enjoy offers away from home.

As families prepare for their special holiday, home&Away offers the following exclusive deals from 2011 April to June: 20% off  for admission into Fort Siloso at  Sentosa Singapore; Up to 20% off on rooms at Disneyland Hotel in Hong Kong; 20% off on entrance tickets to Sydney Tower, OzTrek, Sydney Aquarium and Sydney Wildlife Park in Australia; Buy 1 get 1 free buffet at the Renaissance Bangkok Ratchaprasong Hotel and Centara Grand at Central World in Thailand and Stay 3 nights, get 1 night free at agoda.com

The latest platform accessible at one’s fingertips is a great way for HSBC customers to search for overseas offers prior to their travel and similarly HSBC customers overseas could log onto the site and search for offers in Sri Lanka that are available to them.