Keep using Hsbc easy (or was a few years back) to open an account with them.
Best to pay for the air fare with a credit card she holds as they can ask for it although rarely happens.
Surely its worth keeping an account open if you can and a small amount of money in it as you never know when you may need an account when visting or if you move over there in the future. As you never know. Surely would save a lot of hassle already having a account for x years than having to open one in the future? Although name change may cause issues but im sure with proof of id can soon be changed?
