AirAsia to accept American Express online
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Industry leaders AirAsia, American Express and Maybank 27-Apr-09 announced the roll out of AirAsia’s acceptance of American Express Cards for bookings starting from on-line and through its Call Centres and sales counter.
AirAsia, junto con American Express y Maybank, acaba de anunciar (27 Abr 09 ) que a partir de ahora aceptará el pago con tarjetas de crédito American Express para las reservas realizadas online, a través de call centres o en mostradores de venta de billetes.
This new partnership will further ease convenience for both consumer and corporate travel and improve tourism.
The partnership extends world-class value-for-money travel benefits on AirAsia to all consumers who carry American Express-branded Cards. The partnership is expected to grow inbound and outbound travel by attracting high-spending American Express Cardmembers to fly with AirAsia.
AirAsia is supporting the partnership by also extending its popular low fares to American Express Cardholders. Flights from Kuala Lumpur are as low as RM5 to Singapore, RM25 to Kuching and Bangkok, RM45 to Jakarta, RM500 to Tianjin (Beijing) and Perth, RM800 to Melbourne and Gold Coast, and RM1,500 to London. These fares are valid for bookings made from April 27 to May 3, 2009 at www.airasia.com for travel between 1-Jul-09 and 30-Nov-09.
The partnership harnesses the power of three leading brands in their respective industries. AirAsia, recently voted the World’s Best Low Cost Airline in a survey of 16.2 million traveler interviews, is the leading low-fare carrier in Asia. It has great flight frequencies and an extensive network of destinations that span across Southeast Asia and reaches China, India, Bangladesh, Australia and the UK. Maybank is the largest financial services group in Malaysia offering extensive banking products and services. It is the sole issuer and manager of the American Express Charge Card and merchant acquiring businesses in Malaysia. American Express is a recognized global leader of travel and payment services, with a presence in over 140 countries and products accepted by millions of merchants in over 200 countries and territories.
AirAsia Group CEO Tony Fernandes announced “AirAsia is pleased to offer 5-star service for low fares to a previously under-tapped market segment, American Express Cardmembers. We saw a 21% year-on-year increase in our passenger volume for the first quarter of this year, when we flew 3.1 million guests. We are confident that this number will grow now that American Express Cardmembers are able to easily book seats with us. We increased seat capacity by 25% in the last quarter, and we are well positioned to cater to more guests. Anticipating American Express Cardmembers’ enthusiasm to fly with us, we will be serving more high-spending guests, including more business executives.
“AirAsia will benefit American Express Cardmembers as they now can fly with AirAsia to more destinations for lower fares and choose from more flight schedules. AirAsia will continue to excite guests with new routes and better flight frequencies.
“American Express has been continuously pursuing an airline partnership strategy in key markets around the world to help enhance our partners’ product offerings. The partnership with AirAsia and Maybank leverages American Express’ leadership position and heritage in both corporate travel and premium consumer segments.
American Express Cardmembers are sophisticated travelers who look for travel services with value for money, convenience and efficiency. The partnership with AirAsia and Maybank not only fulfills the needs of American Express Cardmembers, but also reaffirms our long-term commitment to offering innovative products and services to the affluent customers in Malaysia and world travelers,” said Kula Kulendran, Senior Vice President, Head of Global Network Services, Japan, Asia Pacific & Australia, American Express.
Head of Cards & Payments at Maybank Ashraf Ali Kadir explained “Maybank is pleased with this partnership as it expands the range of convenience and benefits that we offer to our American Express Cardmembers for their travel needs,“We are offering a much higher 2 times reward points to enable Cardmembers to get more while spending less and within a shorter timeframe, translating into significant overall savings for them.”
“This latest facility also reinforces our brand promise of distinct value that comes with being an American Express Cardmembers. We will work closely with both Air Asia and American Express to promote even more exciting offers to Cardmembers in the coming months,” he added.
(c) Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation. Date posted: 29-Apr-09
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