In this year, the National Day follows the Mid-Autumn Festival closely, and the 8-day holiday is a good period for traveling and doing shopping. Recently, the reporter learned that the Credit Card Center of Industrial Bank (IB) had released a number of special card-swiping concessions for traveling and doing shopping, which would make the longest golden week one with greatest concessions.
Multiple Concessions for Traveling
“I plan to travel abroad in the long golden week this year”, said Mr. Chen of an enterprise about his arrangement during the long holiday.
Considering the travel plans of customers, IB has designed a variety of concessions.
In collaboration with Mangocity, the bank launched the program of “swiping IB UnionPay credit card to enjoy 3 gifts presented by Mangocity”. From this day to October 31, the holders of IB UnionPay credit cards may enjoy the preferential treatment of “3 gifts for card-swiping consumption”, including direct reduction of travel cost, coupon gift pack and ocean liner travel prize, while purchasing travel products through the UnionPay online payment platform at the “Special Concession Zone for UnionPay Cards” of Mangocity or the outlets of Mangocity branches.
During the long holiday for the two festivals, cardholders who book designated tour routes with special concessions at www.lvmama.com, and can enjoy the deduction for “Suixingyou” (interest-guided tour) if you use IB credit card under your own name to pay the selected group tour cost and join the tour as scheduled. The concession may be as much as RMB 500 yuan.
Targeting at those customers who love independent travel, IB releases the activity of “gifts for air ticket and hotel booking”. Customers may enjoy preferential cash back up to 5% of the actual payment if they successfully book hotels via the business travel reservation platform at IB website (http://cctour.cib.com.cn) and check in with IB credit cards. They may be awarded 500km air travel or 15,000 credit card points for each air ticket if they successfully book it and finish the air journey.
From September 30, a customer with consumption abroad (including Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan) by swiping IB credit cards can be awarded with returns of 2%-4% of the amount of money swiped if it reaches the set amount. During the long holiday, the customer collecting each three sales slips for consumption by swiping IB credit card in Taiwan, with each transaction amounting to NTD 1,500 or more, he or she can exchange the three slips for a scratch card at the service outlet designated by IB at Taipei Taoyuan Airport or Taipei Songshan Airport. With the card, he or she may have an opportunity to receive a coupon worth NTD 150-500 for designated airport merchants.
For those cardholders who need to have consumption in foreign currency but do not have US dollars when they are traveling abroad, IB Credit Card Center reminder them that, besides purchasing foreign exchange over counter, they may choose the personal internet banking system to buy foreign exchange with credit card or dial 95561, the 24h customer service hotline, for consultation.
Large Concessions for Shopping
Targeting at those men and women who love to stay at home, IB also offer surprising gifts.
The Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day coincide with anniversary celebration of IB-Taobao.com co-branded credit card this year. From the beginning of the long holiday till the end of this year, any customer shopping at Taobao.com via the fast payment of IB-Taobao.com co-branded credit card at each Tuesday, with a single transaction amounting to RMB 128 yuan or more, he or she has the opportunity to enjoy the concession of “direct deduction of RMB 5 yuan”.
From the long holiday to October 14, IB will launch the wide campaign of “Concentrated Concession upon the National Day”, providing three gifts for purchasing electrical appliances by swiping IB credit cards: customers may enjoy unexpected low price to buy customized products by swiping IB credit cards; customers purchasing electrical appliances may enjoy the direct deduction subsidy of RMB 100 yuan if their transactions reach the given amount; and cardholders may participate in the lucky draw program for free while doing shopping at any store of Gome, and RMB 4,999 yuan may be refunded from the transaction amount after winning the highest prize.
After a big purchase during the long holiday, how can you use your awarded points in a more cost-efficient way? From this day to October 31, all cardholders may also participate in the activity of “Season of Rewarded Points – Thanksgiving Gift Returns for Rewarded Points at the Discount up to 44%” offered by IB, enjoy more concessions for exchanging gifts with rewarded points. Targeting at those customers who are used to use the business of credit card repayment in installment, IB releases the activity of “Wonderful 10 Benefits for Transactions Reaching Given Amount” so that customers handling the installment can both alleviate their pressure of repayment and receive marvelous gifts.