Etihad Guest Partners With Emirates NBD on Loyalty Programme

Press release

Published September 16th, 2019 - 06:42 GMT

Etihad Airways

Highlights

Etihad Guest and Emirates NBD have partnered to allow the bank’s customers to convert their credit card loyalty programme points, Plus Points, into Etihad Guest Miles.

Etihad Guest, the award-winning loyalty programme of Etihad Airways, and Emirates NBD, a leading bank in the Middle East, have partnered to allow the bank’s customers to convert their credit card loyalty programme points, Plus Points, into Etihad Guest Miles.

Starting 15 September, Emirates NBD customers will be able exchange 1 Plus Point for 10 Etihad Guest Miles upon converting a minimum of 500 Plus points. To celebrate the launch, Emirates NBD customers will be able to enjoy a 20 per cent bonus miles reward as well as enter a draw to win one of 20 prizes of 50,000 Miles each from 15 September to 31 October 2019. The bonus of 20 per cent Etihad Guest Miles will be credited within 15 working days, at the end of the launch campaign.

Yasser Al Yousuf, Vice President Commercial Partnerships, Etihad Aviation Group, said: “Partnering with an institution like Emirates NBD gives our customers a variety of choices to enhance their Etihad Guest Miles balance, which can be utilised for free flights or upgrades simply by continuing their everyday spending.

“We provide many opportunities to use Etihad Guest Miles, such as redeeming them for flights or upgrades, using them to book over 300,000 hotels worldwide, to purchase hundreds of products online on the Etihad Guest Reward Shop, or to donate their miles to charity.”

Suvo Sarkar, Senior Executive Vice President & Group Head – Retail Banking and Wealth Management, Emirates NBD, said: “Emirates NBD’s partnership with Etihad’s award-winning Guest Miles programme demonstrates our commitment to work with leading partners to continuously enhance our customer offering. We are pleased to offer card members additional options to get the most out of their rewards as they can now convert Plus Points to fly to over a hundred destinations worldwide.”

Plus Points is the loyalty and rewards programme for Emirates NBD card members, offering a wide variety of redemption options. For more information on Plus Points, visit www.emiratesnbd.com/cards

Etihad Guest has recently been named the top programme in Reward Seat Availability for long-haul flights, offering economy class reward seats on 98% of Etihad Airways flights. For further information on how to convert points to Etihad Guest Miles, please visit: https://www.etihadguest.com/en/earn-miles/points-transfer.html

Background Information

Etihad Airways

As an airline, Etihad has come a long way in a short time – just like its home Abu Dhabi.

The airline was established by Royal (Emiri) Decree in July 2003 and is wholly owned by the Government of Abu Dhabi with a mandate to operate safely, commercially and profitably.

Company Profile

Emirates NBD

Emirates NBD, the leading banking group in the region, was formed on 19 June 1963, when H.H. Late Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum signed the Charter of Incorporation of the National Bank of Dubai (NBD) which became the first National Bank established in Dubai and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). With the blessings of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, NBD merged with Emirates Bank International (EBI) on 06 March 2007, to form Emirates NBD, the largest banking group in the region by assets. On 16 October 2007, the shares of Emirates NBD were officially listed on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM). The merger between EBI and NBD to create Emirates NBD, became a regional consolidation blueprint for the banking and finance sector as it combined the second and fourth largest banks in the UAE to form a banking champion capable of delivering enhanced value across corporate, retail, private, Islamic and investment banking throughout the region.