In my travels I have seen two HSBC Premier lounges, one in Jakarta and the other at HKIA.yyzvoyageur wrote: ↑Has anyone heard about HSBC Premier airport lounges? There was a post on Flyertalk about a year ago. Just wondering if anyone has heard anything about this happening here in Canada anytime soon.
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The lounge at HKIA is just an HSBC Premier branch with counter services, where they have a seating area, TV, Wifi access, beverages and magazines. No different than most HSBC Premier branches around HK (being a cheap guy, sometimes I just go in to get free coffee and water and use the wifi). It is only open normal banking hours 9-5 on Monday-Friday, so not an airport lounge like an airline one.
Personally, I don't think the HSBC Premier customer base in Canada is large enough to justify a lounge, although they could give something like Priority Pass access or partner with an airline to extend lounge access to credit card holders (I believe the Premier credit card in some countries come with these benefits). I've heard from the Premier account managers that the new marketing campaign has been pretty successful among the crowd from HK/Taiwan/China ever since they eliminated the fee and reduced the requirement.