MAB, Visa Collaborate To Offer MH Visa Weekend Deals

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 25 (Bernama) -- Malaysia Airlines Bhd (MAB) Thursday signed a strategic commercial partnership with digital payment leader, Visa, to offer customers better travel offers through its MH Visa Weekend Deals. In a joint statement, the companies said the partnership would promote offers to all Visa credit, debit and prepaid cardholders with discounted fares globally on selected markets. Cardholders can enjoy additional discounts of up to 20 per cent on all-inclusive fares for both business and economy class travel on every Friday, Saturday and Sunday beginning Oct 26, 2018 to Jan 13, 2019 when they book their tickets on www.malaysiaairlines.com/visa. “We are very excited to embark on this partnership, with Malaysia Airlines being one of the first airlines in the Asia Pacific region to collaborate with Visa on a signature weekend promotion for our customers,” said MAB’s Chief Executive Officer, Captain Izham Ismail. He said all deals include unlimited pieces of checked-in baggage, within the 20 kg for domestic and 30 kg for international weight allowance on economy class, plus complimentary meals and in-flight entertainment. Meanwhile, Visa Country Manager for Malaysia, Ng Kong Boon said its Global Travel Intentions study showed that Malaysians had taken an average of 5.4 international trips in the last two years, which is higher than the Asia Pacific and global average. “Travel is an extremely popular activity for Malaysians and we believe this partnership will greatly benefit our cardholders as they can now assess a range of exciting travel deals through the MH Visa Weekend Deals,” he added. -- BERNAMA