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HSBC Advance £125 bonus + £80
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Apple Pay "considered" is a touch of a weasel word. It really should say "included" or "covered". Anyway, we will see.0
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I messaged them on live chat earlier about the same issue & they said.it has to be 5 transactions with the physical card! Aleready made 3 purchases using apple pay card too!danco said:Apple Pay "considered" is a touch of a weasel word. It really should say "included" or "covered". Anyway, we will see.
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Same here.rbailss said:
I messaged them on live chat earlier about the same issue & they said.it has to be 5 transactions with the physical card! Aleready made 3 purchases using apple pay card too!danco said:Apple Pay "considered" is a touch of a weasel word. It really should say "included" or "covered". Anyway, we will see.
But the £125 should be paid within 20 days of qualifying (incl 5 spends), hence there is plenty of time to wait and see if ApplePay counts, and then add some more physical card spends still within the 60 day overall time limit.0 -
Good shout - annoying as it was things I needed & wasn't just buying to complete the offer.BreakingGlass said:
Same here.rbailss said:
I messaged them on live chat earlier about the same issue & they said.it has to be 5 transactions with the physical card! Aleready made 3 purchases using apple pay card too!danco said:Apple Pay "considered" is a touch of a weasel word. It really should say "included" or "covered". Anyway, we will see.
But the £125 should be paid within 20 days of qualifying (incl 5 spends), hence there is plenty of time to wait and see if ApplePay counts, and then add some more physical card spends still within the 60 day overall time limit.0 -
But I just used HSBC chat to ask the same question and eventually got this response:

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In contrast to mine… i’m sure they have no clue themselves!BreakingGlass said:But I just used HSBC chat to ask the same question and eventually got this response:
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In contrast to mine… i’m sure they have no clue themselves!

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Agreed!
We will find out the answer from other users on here once their 20 days is up. I hope to receive the £125 on 30 Nov.1 -
Please update the thread once you hear anything! Have you only used apple pay for transactions?BreakingGlass said:
Agreed!
We will find out the answer from other users on here once their 20 days is up. I hope to receive the £125 on 30 Nov.0 -
Will do - two of my five purchases were ApplePay.rbailss said:
Please update the thread once you hear anything! Have you only used apple pay for transactions?0
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