{"id":14850,"date":"2023-02-19T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-19T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/?p=14850"},"modified":"2023-02-19T13:25:01","modified_gmt":"2023-02-19T13:25:01","slug":"hsbcs-luxury-thank-you-gift-unboxed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/2023\/02\/19\/hsbcs-luxury-thank-you-gift-unboxed\/","title":{"rendered":"Unboxing HSBC’s LUXURY thank you gift!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

(The original post was submitted by a friend and published here<\/a>. This is my attempt to coarsely translate it!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I applied and was approved for the HSBC Elite Credit Card<\/a> (US-issued) last year, which comes with an annual fee of $395.<\/p>\n\n\n

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One main incentive for me to apply for this card was the mysterious Luxury Thank You Gift – each year when you spend $50K, $75K and $100K on the card you will earn a “surprise luxury gift”, a suspense or marketing trick they’ve created for this product.<\/p>\n\n\n

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I did my research using Google and going through all the blogs and forums, yet shockingly couldn’t find any answer to what the gift actually is. Even the customer representatives from HSBC knew no more than “it’s something from Tiffany”, which was why I started putting a lot spend through the card out of curiosity.<\/p>\n\n\n

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I finally reached all three targets in November 2022, and was looking forward to the arrival of my gifts!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a long wait as they needed to courier the gifts to China, but I received the package in February 2023 eventually. <\/p>\n\n\n

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They are indeed Tiffany boxes as expected!<\/p>\n\n\n

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My three gifts are shipped in the same package, with a lovely thank-you card in each of them.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Hold your breath while I reveal the grand LUXURY gifts!!!<\/p>\n\n\n

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This is definitely not something that I had expected or hoped for. So it turns out that each gift is pair of Tiffany wine glasses, and I got a package of six. Don’t forget that I spent $100,000 in order to receive them!<\/p>\n\n\n

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They look much better IN the boxes.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The retail price is $125 per pair on Tiffany’s website.<\/p>\n\n\n

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If you’ve been wondering what the luxury thank you gifts are from the HSBC elite credit card, now you have the answer. Whether it is worth spending at least $50,000 annually will be totally up to you\ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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