Visa offers Premium Cardholders with Exciting New Rewards - Elite group of cardholders to enjoy exclusive benefits

Karachi, 18 October 2010: Visa, one of the leading global payment solution providers, has revealed a tempting new line up of rewards and privileges for its premium cardholders in Pakistan.

The leading payment solutions provider has partnered with BCD Travel and Gerry International’s holiday packages, as part of its Visa Premium Privileges Programme in Pakistan which rewards all Visa Gold and Visa Platinum cardholders with rewards stretching from discounts, meet and assist, free ticket delivery and VISA processing. 

Travel in style with Visa Premium Offers

A busy travel schedule is not uncommon among Visa’s Premium cardholders. To make their travel a more rewarding and pleasurable experience, Visa is offering a 25% discount on BCD/Gerry International’s holiday packages, a complimentary Meet & Greet service in Karachi, Pakistan for Cardholder and his/her spouse on arrival and departure along with 2 family members, 10% Discount on International Marhaba Greeting services, door step ticket delivery for International and Domestic tickets) and VISA processing and assistance through call center & outlets.

Commenting on the promotion, Amer Pasha Visa’ Pakistan Country Manager: “Visa continuously strives to enhance customers’ experiences by offering added value promotions to our growing premium cardholder base. Visa works with leading travel partners across the region to ensure that we deliver unique and memorable experiences for our premium cardholders.”

Visa Premium cardholders are offered an extensive array of benefits including, merchant privileges, extended warranty, purchase protection, medical and legal referral service, lost and stolen reporting and the sought after Concierge service which provides Visa Infinite cardholders with complimentary round the clock personal assistance and caters to needs ranging from last-minute restaurant reservation requests to organising travel arrangements and planning special occasions.

These reward programmes which runs till end of December 2010, is in collaboration with all the Visa Gold & Platinum issuing banks in Pakistan like Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) Pakistan, Bank Alfalah, HBL and UBL.

In addition, all Visa premium cardholders now have around-the-clock access to research and book accommodations at luxury properties around the world - from celebrated hotels and resorts to new boutique gems, by booking through HotelClub.com, the global online accommodation specialist, can enjoy up to 75 percent off 50,000 hotels worldwide in over 130 countries.

Visa also recently launched the Visa Luxury Hotel Collection, giving Visa Signature and Visa Infinite cardholders a way to now find, book and enjoy unique benefits at a hand-selected group of prestigious hotel properties throughout the world. 

Benefits can be accessed through either www.visasignaturehotels.com  or www.visainfinitehotels.com. 

For more information on the Visa International Pakistan and their offers visit: www.visa.com/pakistan

About Visa

Visa is a global payments technology company that connects consumers, businesses, financial institutions and governments in more than 200 countries and territories to fast, secure and reliable digital currency. Underpinning digital currency is one of the world’s most advanced processing networks—VisaNet—that is capable of handling more than 10,000 transactions a second, with fraud protection for consumers and guaranteed payment for merchants. Visa is not a bank, and does not issue cards, extend credit or set rates and fees for consumers. Visa’s innovations, however, enable its financial institution customers to offer consumers more choices: Pay now with debit, ahead of time with prepaid or later with credit products. For more information, visit www.corporate.visa.com.