New programme enhancement at JetPrivilege: Extend the validity of all your JPMiles from 3 to 5 years by using any of our co-brand cards

All JetPrivilege members who hold a Jet Airways or JetPrivilege co-brand card will enjoy extended validity from 3 to 5 years on all the JPMiles earned by them.

Mumbai December 15, 2014:

JetPrivilege, the internationally acclaimed, award-winning loyalty, rewards and frequent flyer programme of Jet Airways, today announced an exclusive unique benefit for all it’s Co-brand Card holders – The Extension of the validity of JPMiles. All co-brand card holders, existing and new, will now enjoy a 5 year validity on their JPMiles as against the normal JPMiles validity of 3 years. An additional 2 years of validity will help a member to identify bigger and better redemption opportunities for using their accumulated JPMiles.

About Jet Airways or JetPrivilege’s Co-brand Cards

JetPrivilege members, who are Co-Brand card holders, can earn JPMiles every time they swipe their Co-brand Debit or Credit Cards for any travel related activities across Jet Airways, Etihad Airways or any of our airline partners. Furthermore, members will also continue to earn JPMiles every time they swipe the co-brand cards across any of the 100+ programme partner network as well.

JetPrivilege has over the years formed strategic partnerships and alliances with 4 leading Indian & Global banking partners – American Express, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank & IndusInd Bank. In all JetPrivilege has a total of 11 customized Co-brand cards, each offering unique benefits and rewards in the form of JPMiles. Co-Brand card holders earn JPMiles on virtually every rupee they spend on the Card and earn JPMiles at an accelerated rate when they use the cards while transacting with any of JetPrivilege’s participating 100+ brand partners from different categories like airlines, hotels, retail, lifestyle, telecom dining to name a few. Now, in addition to providing members a way to earn JPMiles when they are not flying, the Co-Brand Cards make it possible for members to accumulate JPMiles without worrying about expiry dates.

The benefits of owning a co-brand credit card are as follows –

• Extension of the validity of JPMiles from 3 to 5 years
• Upto 15,000 Bonus JPMiles as a welcome gesture
• Airport Lounge Access: Courtesy Priority Pass and Network Partners
• 5% discount on booking online at jetairways.com
• Dedicated check-in for all domestic flights of Jet Airways

Apart from the above mentioned core benefits, there are other benefits which vary by card variants across banks like fuel surcharge waiver, excess baggage allowance on all Jet Airways domestic flights and complimentary Jet Airways domestic ticket.

That’s not all, the above benefits are also available with JetPrivilege’s Co-brand Debit card as well. For members who prefer Debit cards, JetPrivilege has a product which rewards the usage of debit card for every day purchase in the form of JPMiles. In fact anyone who spends approx. Rs. 18,000 pm on household expense such as grocery, fuel, utilities etc. has the potential to accumulate JPMiles as rewards and redeem them for award flight tickets for themselves or their family members to their dream destination.

The members can avail all the above benefits including extension of JPMiles’ validity as long as they have used any of our Co-Brand Debit and Credit cards at least once over the last 12 months.

Cramer Ball, Chief Executive Officer, Jet Airways said, “Jet Airways has always been at the forefront of product innovation and has continuously evolved through strategic partnerships & alliances. We are confident that along with our loyalty and rewards programme, JetPrivilege and our esteemed banking partners we have created a suite of Co-Brand Debit and Credit cards that offer our existing JetPrivilege members an attractive & compelling value proposition. We believe that the timing for this novel programme feature of extending the validity of JPMiles is apt given our renewed focus on developing a rewarding proposition for our JetPrivilege members under the Jet Airways Single brand approach.”

Manish Dureja, Managing Director, JetPrivilege, said, “We are constantly looking at opportunities as to how we can exceed member expectations. All our co-brand debit and credit cards have been designed to meet the diverse needs and realities of today's traveler - with a real focus on service and conveniences. By extending the validity of JPMiles from 3 years to 5 years, our JetPrivilege members can now take full advantage of all the benefits of the JetPrivilege program. The accumulated JPMiles over a longer period to time can be used to plan multiple trips across 6000 destinations of your choice.”

About Jet Airways

Jet Airways currently operates a fleet of 113 aircraft, which include 10 Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft, 8 Airbus A330-200 aircraft, 4 Airbus A330-300 aircraft, 73 next generations Boeing 737-700/800/900/900 ER aircraft and 15 ATR 72-500 and 3 ATR72-600. With an average fleet age of 5.20 years, the airline has one of the youngest fleet of aircraft in the world. Flights to 74 destinations span the length and breadth of India and beyond, including Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Bangkok, Brussels, Colombo, Dammam, Dhaka, Doha, Dubai, Hong Kong, Jeddah, Kathmandu, Kuwait, London (Heathrow), Muscat, New York (Newark), Paris, Riyadh, Sharjah, Singapore and Toronto.

About Jet Privilege Private Ltd

Jet Privilege Private Limited is a specialized loyalty and rewards management company - a joint venture between Jet Airways and Etihad Airways to develop, manage, operate and market JetPrivilege – an internationally acclaimed, award winning loyalty and rewards programme.

JetPrivilege the proud recipient of the prestigious Freddie Awards in 2012 and 2013 will continue to be a Frequent Flyer and rewards programme with Jet Airways as its key anchor partner - offering exclusive privileges to members when they travel on Jet Airways, Etihad Airways and its tie-ups with other international airlines. The programme offers the unique benefit of accelerating JPMiles accumulation through use of co-branded credit and debit cards, book & stay across domestic and international hotel partners, and various other partnerships with other leading consumer and retail brands across industries like retail, telecom, lifestyle, dining, entertainment to name a few.