Indian carrier Jet Airways has announced Doha resident Shantanu Kumar as the grand prize winner of ‘The Billion Miles Festival’ held by the airline between February 21 and March 31.
Kumar has won 1mn JPMiles, which can be redeemed for Award flight tickets on Jet Airways and partner airline flights across the globe, according to a press statement.
Jet Airways has also announced 40 daily winners – one for each day of the promotion – who have earned 100,000 JPMiles. During the campaign, Jet Airways rewarded members of JetPrivilege, its loyalty programme, with 1bn JPMiles.
Kumar, who is from Patna in India, currently resides in Doha. Using the 1mn JPMiles, he can make 100 return trips between Mumbai and Goa, or 58 return trips between Mumbai and Delhi, or 29 return trips between Doha and Mumbai/Delhi, or 11 trips between Mumbai and London/Paris/Amsterdam, the airline has said. As a special gesture, all the JPMiles awarded under the campaign can be used for life and will not expire.
Jayaraj Shanmugam, chief commercial officer at Jet Airways, said: “‘The Billion Miles Festival’ was our way of thanking our valued guests for flying us. The campaign received a tremendous response from our guests and we saw significant additions to our JetPrivilege programme. Guests earned bonus JPMiles on every journey they undertook for bookings made under the offer across our entire network, and can now redeem those against future travel with Jet Airways and our partners.” Manish Dureja, managing director JetPrivilege, added: “We are delighted to celebrate the success of ‘The Billion Miles Festival’ with Jet Airways.” Guests who are not yet members can enrol in the JetPrivilege programme by visiting jetairways.com or jetprivilege.com and start earning JPMiles on all the travels with the airline and its strategic codeshare partners.