PIA unveils Awards Plus programme

[Abbas Ali]

KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), in its continued quest for excellence to be a world class airline, has been providing services to its customers with Awards Plus being an exclusive programme for customers who frequently travel with PIA. It allows travellers to earn points for traveling with PIA based on distance travelled, class of service purchased and membership tier status. These points can be exchanged for free tickets, excess baggage vouchers, cabin upgrades and many other exciting rewards, says a PIA press release issued here on Tuesday.

The programme offers three membership tiers based on point accumulation and segments traveled. The first membership, Emerald tier is a basic level for new members offering benefits such as 500 bonus points upon enrollment, 10 per cent bonus points for traveling in Economy Plus class, 25 per cent bonus points for traveling in Club Class.

The second membership that passengers can acquire is Sapphire Tier upon accumulation of at least 30,000 points or 25 segments in a calendar year. In addition to Emerald tier privileges, Sapphire status offers benefits like 25 per cent bonus points for traveling on any PIA segment, check-in at business class counters, 50 per cent extra free baggage allowance (not applicable for journeys to the US and Canada).

The third and highest membership offering is the Diamond tier, where members acquire Diamond tier status upon accumulation of at least 70,000 points or 50 segments in a calendar year. In addition to Emerald tier privileges, Diamond status offers benefits including 50 per cent bonus points for traveling on any PIA segment 100 per cent extra free baggage allowance (not applicable for journeys to the US and Canada), check-in at business class counters, access to all business class airport lounges, regardless of class of services traveled and kerb-side check-in facility at airports, where available.

Source: The News

On the Net: www.piaawards.com