Jet Airways' JetPrivilege enters into a reciprocal frequent flyer arrangement with Air Berlin

JetPrivilege members can earn and redeem JPMiles on all eligible flights of airberlin - its 24th airline partner

Mumbai May 29, 2015:

JetPrivilege, the award-winning frequent flyer programme of Jet Airways, adds airberlin’s topbonus as its twenty fifth frequent flyer programme partner.

Effective June 1, 2015, JetPrivilege and topbonus will commence a reciprocal frequent flyer arrangement, whereby JetPrivilege members will enjoy expanded connectivity, as well as earn and redeem JPMiles across airberlin’s network. Similarly, members of airberlin's topbonus programme can earn and redeem mileage points across Jet Airways’ extensive network.

JetPrivilege members can now enjoy greater redemption options as well as JPMiles earning opportunities across the airberlin network. Especially beneficial for JetPrivilege Platinum, Gold and Silver members, the new partnership will offer premium member benefits like excess baggage allowance, dedicated airport check-in counters, access to lounges on eligible flights:

• when members travel on Jet Airways’ codeshare flights operated by airberlin to Berlin and Dusseldorf via gateway Abu Dhabi
• when travelling on qualifying airberlin flights to over one hundred and fifty destinations worldwide, including popular European destinations such as Nice, Munich, Vienna, Paris, Venice, Rome and Madrid

Raj Sivakumar, Chief Commercial Officer, Jet Airways, said: “The new codeshare destinations in Germany with airberlin are an important extension to the Jet Airways international network, enhancing our product offering with greater convenience. We are delighted to partner with an airline that shares Jet Airways' commitment to excellence, and believe that such cooperation will enables us to offer our guests as well as our loyal JetPrivilege members a seamless travel experience as they travel on both airlines.”

Manish Dureja, Managing Director, JetPrivilege, said, “We are pleased to add Germany’s second largest airline, airberlin, to our loyalty program JetPrivilege. Our members will benefit from access to more award flights across airberlin’s network, as well as opportunities to earn JPMiles on all airberlin flights and Jet Airways codeshare flights operated by airberlin. While flying on airberlin, our elite members will continue to enjoy consistent privileges such as dedicated check-in counters, excess baggage allowance, accrual of tier points and many such benefits. As an award winning, loyalty and rewards programme, we will continue to work with partners for the benefit of our members and bring the best value for them”

An Etihad Airways Partners airline, airberlin is one of Europe’s leading airlines.

About Jet Airways

Jet Airways currently operates a fleet of 115 aircraft, which include 10 Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft, 8 Airbus A330-200 aircraft, 4 Airbus A330-300 aircraft, 75 next generations Boeing 737-700/800/900/900ER aircraft and 15 ATR 72-500 and 3 ATR72-600. With an average fleet age of 5.92 years, the airline has one of the youngest fleet of aircraft in the world. Flights to 75 destinations span the length and breadth of India and beyond, including Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Bangkok, Brussels, Colombo, Dammam, Dhaka, Doha, Dubai, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Jeddah, Kathmandu, Kuwait, London (Heathrow), Muscat, New York (Newark), Paris, Riyadh, Sharjah, Singapore and Toronto.

Jet Airways is a member airline of Etihad Airways Partners

About airberlin

airberlin is one of the leading airlines in Europe and flies to 150 destinations worldwide each year. The second largest airline in Germany carried more than 31.7 million passengers in 2014. airberlin offers a global route network through its strategic partnership with Etihad Airways, which has a 29.21% share in airberlin, and through membership of the oneworld® airline alliance. topbonus, the frequent flyer program of airberlin is one of the leading programs in Europe with more than 3.5 million members. The airline with the award-winning service operates codeshare flights worldwide with 20 airlines. The fleet is among the most modern and eco-efficient in Europe. Together with other airlines, airberlin belongs to Etihad Airways Partners, a new brand with which Etihad has been uniting shared activities since the end of 2014.”

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, established to develop, manage, operate and market JetPrivilege – an internationally acclaimed, award winning loyalty and rewards programme.

JetPrivilege, the proud recipient of the prestigious Freddie Award in 2013 and ‘Best Loyalty Program in Service Sector’ in the 7th Loyalty Summit Awards in 2014, continues to be the Frequent Flyer programme of Jet Airways, offering exclusive privileges to members when they travel on Jet Airways and any of it’s partner 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 carry out transactions with any of the 150+ programme partners from different industries like retail, telecom, lifestyle, dining, entertainment to name a few. JPMiles can be redeemed for Award flights to over 1000 destinations across the world.