Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – 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

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