Your vacation gets better with CBK BA MasterCard
KUWAIT: As the National and Liberation Days are getting closer, this is the best time to use your British Airways credit card from Al-Tijari.
As the only British Airways-branded MasterCard credit cards in the Middle East, the products combine a worldleading card concept with a global loyalty program, offering cardholders the opportunity to collect Avios points (the reward currency of the British Airways Executive Club) for every 1KD they spend using their card and redeem them for flights and upgrades.
More clarification from Hameed Ibrahim Salman, Assistant General Manager of the Retail Banking sector at Commercial Bank of Kuwait that the cards come in 3 types: MasterCard World, MasterCard Platinum and MasterCard Prepaid, and offer several benefits to their holders. Upon card issuance, cardholders will receive an initial bonus Avios as a welcome gift to get them started. The initial bonus Avios can, depending on the card type, reach 12,500 Avios which can be enough for a one-way flight from Kuwait to London.
Hameed continued that cardholders will then-on be able to collect Avios for every KD 1 spent on purchases locally and internationally, from booking flights to paying for dinner or fuel or everyday shopping. Upon collecting enough Avios, customers can redeem them with reward flights with British Airways and oneworld 13 airline partners (such as Qatar Airways, Royal Jordanian, SriLankan Airlines, among others), or seat upgrades on British Airways flights, or part-pay with Avios when booking a flight on British Airways.
The cards are also loaded with benefits depending on card type, such as Lounge access, concierge service, free global travel Insurance (on all 3 cards), free nights in more than 1,200 hotels of luxury Starwood hotels around the world (SPG hotels), spa offers, and discounts at Luxury Serviced Apartments, including access to MasterCard Priceless Cities, which offers VIP treatment and unique experiences in entertainment, dining, hotels and shopping in cities around the world, and several other benefits.