Hailo flying high with British Airways Executive Club
September 2015: Hailo, the UK based ‘taxi magnet’ app, has joined forces with Avios to offer British Airways Executive Club members Avios on their taxi journeys in the UK.
As well as collecting 1 Avios for every £1 spent1, until 31 December 2015 new Hailo app users will receive 400 bonus Avios on their first London airport taxi transfer and then 100 bonus Avios on subsequent trips to and from London airports.
Commenting on the new partnership, Andy Jones, Hailo UK General Manager said: “We’re delighted that British Airways Executive Club members are now able to benefit from using Hailo. We’ve been working with Avios and Iberia Plus in Spain since last year and we’re excited to now extend this relationship with Avios into the UK with the British Airways Executive Club to support our continued growth here.”
Katy Dunn, Customer Director at Avios, adds: “This partnership continues our promise of offering customers more ways to collect Avios. It’s a great fit because it’s so relevant to Executive Club members who are frequently travelling in and around London and of course to and from airports.”
To automatically start collecting Avios on journeys, existing customers simply need to add their Executive Club membership number to their account via the ‘my account’ section on the Hailo app. New customers can provide their membership number to Hailo via the sign-up form.
Full terms and conditions of the Hailo/ Avios partnership can be found here: https://blog.hailoapp.com/2015/09/01/hailo-and-avios-fly-together/
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ABOUT HAILO: Hailo is the evolution of the taxi hail - a free smartphone app which puts people just two taps away from a licensed vehicle, and lets drivers get more passengers when they want them.
A Hailo hail is accepted around the world every two seconds from Hailo’s global network of over 60,000 drivers and more than a million passengers. Launched in November 2011, Hailo is available in London, Liverpool, Leeds, Manchester, all across Ireland, Madrid, Barcelona, Osaka and Singapore. Hailo has carried over twenty- five million passengers and grown to annualized sales of well over $100M.
Founded by three taxi drivers and three internet entrepreneurs, Hailo has raised $100M from the best investors anywhere, including Union Square Ventures, Accel Partners, Wellington Partners, Atomico Ventures and Sir Richard Branson.
1 1 Avios per £1 on all taxi journeys except London airport transfers
Hailo is a free download app from the iTunes App Store and Google Play. Search "Hailo". Press images and logos can be found here.
ABOUT THE BRITISH AIRWAYS EXECUTIVE CLUB: The British Airways Executive Club is British Airways’ reward programme for anyone who loves to travel. It's free to join and the benefits include reward flights, cabin upgrades and hotels. Members’ personal details are saved to make booking flights quick and easy and members are offered exclusive deals. Tier points are earned when you fly with BA and oneworld® partners allowing members to move through the membership tiers of the Club unlocking benefits like priority check-in and boarding, fast track security and lounge access. More information at: ba.com
ABOUT AVIOS www.avios.com Avios Group (AGL) Limited operates the Avios currency for the British Airways Executive Club, Iberia Plus and Meridiana Club frequent flyer programmes, as well as the Avios Travel Rewards Programmes in the UK and South Africa. Millions of customers collect Avios in over 220 countries world-wide. Part of the International Airlines Group, Avios is headquartered in the UK, with a global office network in Madrid, Johannesburg and New York City.
Customers can collect Avios when booking cash flights with partner airlines as well as on international hotel chains stays, holidays, car rental and on everyday purchases through partners. Avios can be used for travel rewards including towards flights and hotels, as well as for days out and experiences.
Avios offers customers great value. Those who have collected at least one Avios in the past twelve months will pay just £35pp for return British Airways Economy flights and £50pp for return British Airways Business flights plus the required Avios to all 70 destinations in Avios zones 1-3, including Nice, Milan, Rome and further afield such as Moscow and Istanbul.
CONTACT DETAILS:
Hailo: Andy Lewis, Head of Business Marketing Email: [email protected] Tel: 07775 896030
Avios: Sarah Leaman, Senior Consumer PR Manager Email: [email protected] Tel: 07557 375423