A CERTAIN MEME about traveling is making us lose our minds: “Yeah, if it was free, I will be out there and you wouldn’t even catch me.”
What that meme fails to make us realize is that you shouldn’t wait forever for that “free trip,” because you can actually make it happen sooner.
How? It’s easy, but it depends on your lifestyle. Don’t worry, we’ll share everything you need to know to get that free trip going. This dream-turned-reality promise comes from the recent partnership between Union Bank Philippines and GetGo rewards by Cebu Pacific.
We attended the launch of the partnership at Bonifacio Global City in Taguig on May 30, and we were in awe knowing every Pinoy can now travel without spending a dime, simply by living their kind of lifestyle.
GetGo rewards by Cebu Pacific can now be availed through three beautifully designed UnionBank cards, which is basically what we mean by getting your free travels faster depending on your lifestyle. Here they are.
The Debit Lifestyle
Your next staycation comes with extra points usable for your next trips. Enjoy your lifestyle and fly for free faster with this debit card from Unionbank and Cebu Pacific.
This lifestyle comes through the Cebu Pacific GetGo Debit Card by UnionBank (blue). It’s the first and only debit card in the country that lets you earn points for free travel while you use your card for your usual, everyday transactions. And when we say transactions, we don’t mean large sums of money: you earn 1 GetGo point for spending only 88 pesos. The card is also a savings account with no minimum maintaining balance, and you get advance alerts of Cebu Pacific seat sales, exclusive sales, and other promos.
You only need to be a current resident of the Philippines to apply. Your points are automatically transferred to your GetGo account monthly, and this VISA card is accepted worldwide, including for transactions abroad and online. There’s also wide, convenient ATM access in the country through Bancnet.
Every purchase counts: a P88 spend with this debit card equals one GetGo point, so you earn points to #FlyForFreeFaster. We shopped for our first points during the launch of these cards, buying travel essentials for our next trip at R.O.X. at Bonifacio Global City.
Using the Cebu Pacific Debit Card for the first time to buy travel essentials at ROX in BGC.
The Gold Lifestyle
Like the first lifestyle, this one comes through the Cebu Pacific GetGo Credit Card by UnionBank (gold). No more swiping your credit card and feeling guilty afterward: with the GetGo Credit Card, you earn travel points every time you spend. You get what you paid for, plus 1 GetGo point for every 30 pesos spent. Yes, you read that right: for as low as P30, you start seeing your free Cebu Pacific trip materialize.
You also get worldwide use of the VISA card, automatic monthly GetGo points transfer, and early updates on Cebu Pacific seat sales and promos.
Nik Laming, General Manager of the Loyalty Division of Cebu Pacific, said they’re happy with the public’s reception of GetGo when it launched last year, and believes this partnership will make traveling Pinoys even more excited.
Mike Szucks, Cebu Pacific’s Chief Executive Adviser, welcomes Unionbank to Cebu Pacific’s big network of GetGo rewards partners.
Unionbank Philippines’ President and COO Edwin Bautista said the partnership with Cebu Pacific is a welcome development for the bank, and hopes more Filipinos will maximize the campaign.
The Platinum Lifestyle
Last, but certainly not the least, is the Cebu Pacific GetGo Platinum Credit Card by UnionBank (black). It gives you everything the other two lifestyles get, and more. As long as you’re a current resident of the Philippines, you get GetGo points for every P30 spent, worldwide VISA access, and advance updates on Cebu Pacific seat sales and promos.
But wait, there’s more. This lifestyle also entitles you to priority check-in on all your Cebu Pacific flights, a free 5kg excess-baggage allowance on all your Cebu Pacific flights, complimentary airport lounge access, and complimentary comprehensive travel insurance worth up to 10 million pesos. It’s the best lifestyle of the three.
All you need to live any of these lifestyles are your usual documents: name-bearing IDs, proof of address, and proof of income.
So whoever made that meme implying you can never travel for free knows nothing. Cebu Pacific’s GetGo and UnionBank PH are basically serving your much-deserved free trips on a silver platter. All that’s left is to grab your papers and apply. What are you waiting for?
This blogger with fellow bloggers during the launch of another milestone for Cebu Pacific and Unionbank.
A fun night with friends at the GetGo and Unionbank cards launch. We’ll be flying for free faster soon enough.
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