JetPrivilege Enters into Reciprocal Frequent Flyer Arrangement with airberlin

JetPrivilege, the award-winning frequent flyer programme of Jet Airways has added airberlin’s topbonus as its 24th frequent flyer programme partner.

Effective June 01, 2015, JetPrivilege and topbonus will commence a reciprocal frequent flyer arrangement whereby JetPrivilege members will enjoy expanded connectivity, and can earn and redeem JPMiles across airberlin’s network. Similarly, members of airberlin's topbonus programme can earn and redeem mileage points across Jet Airways’ extensive network in India and across the world. 

Especially beneficial for JetPrivilege Platinum, Gold and Silver members, the new partnership will offer premium customer benefits such as excess baggage allowance, dedicated airport check-in counters and access to lounges. These exclusive benefits can be availed by JetPrivilege members travelling on codeshare flights operated by airberlin to Berlin and Dusseldorf via gateway Abu Dhabi and on qualifying airberlin flights to over 150 destinations worldwide, including popular European destinations such as Nice, Munich, Vienna, Paris, Venice, Rome and Madrid

Raj Sivakumar, Chief Commercial Officer, Jet Airways, said: “The new codeshare destinations with airberlin are an important extension to the Jet Airways international network, enhancing our product offering and providing greater choice and convenience to our guests. The partnership between JetPrivilege and airberlin will further enrich the experience for our guests.”

Manish Dureja, Managing Director, JetPrivilege, said, “We are pleased to add Germany’s second largest airline, airberlin, to our loyalty program JetPrivilege. Our members will benefit from access to more award flights across airberlin’s network, as well as opportunities to earn JPMiles on all airberlin flights and Jet Airways codeshare flights operated by airberlin.”

“While flying on airberlin, our elite members will continue to enjoy consistent privileges such as dedicated check-in counters, excess baggage allowance, accrual of tier points and many such benefits.”

“As an award winning loyalty and rewards programme, we will continue to work with partners for the benefit of our members and bring the best value for them”

About Jet Airways

Jet Airways currently operates a fleet of 116 aircraft, which include a mix of state-of-the-art Boeing 777-300 ERs/Airbus A330-200/300 aircraft, Next Generation Boeing 737s and ATR 72-500/600s, and has one of the youngest fleet in the region with an average of 6.01 years. Flights to 73 destinations span the length and breadth of India and beyond, including Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Bangkok, Brussels, Colombo, Dammar, Dhaka, Doha, Dubai, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Jeddah, Kathmandu, Kuwait, London (Heathrow), Muscat, New York (Newark), Paris, Riyadh, Sarah, Singapore and Toronto.

Jet Airways is a member airline of Etihad Airways Partners.

About airberlin

airberlin is one of the leading airlines in Europe and flies to 150 destinations worldwide each year. The second largest airline in Germany carried more than 31.7 million passengers in 2014. airberlin offers a global route network through its strategic partnership with Etihad Airways, which has a 29.21% share in airberlin, and through membership of the oneworld® airline alliance. topbonus, the frequent flyer program of airberlin is one of the leading programs in Europe with more than 3.5 million members. The airline with the award-winning service operates codeshare flights worldwide with 20 airlines. The fleet is among the most modern and eco-efficient in Europe. Together with other airlines, airberlin belongs to Etihad Airways Partners, a new brand with which Etihad has been uniting shared activities since the end of 2014.”

About Jet Privilege Private Ltd        

Jet Privilege Private Limited is a specialized loyalty and rewards management company, a joint venture between Jet Airways and Etihad Airways, established to develop, manage, operate and market JetPrivilege – an internationally acclaimed, award winning loyalty and rewards programme.

JetPrivilege, the proud recipient of the prestigious Freddie Award in 2013 and ‘Best Loyalty Program in Service Sector’ in the 7^th Loyalty Summit Awards in 2014,  continues to be the Frequent Flyer programme of Jet Airways, offering exclusive privileges to members when they travel on Jet Airways and any of its partner airlines. The programme offers the unique benefit of accelerating JPMiles accumulation through use of co-branded credit and debit cards, book & stay across domestic and international hotel partners, and carry out transactions with any of the 150+ programme partners  from different industries like retail, telecom, lifestyle, dining, entertainment to name a few. JPMiles can be redeemed for Award flights to over 6000 destinations across the world.