As a mileage card, CITIC Bank’s Asia Miles and Cathay Pacific co-branded credit cards have always been my recommended airline co-branded cards worth holding. Especially the CITIC Bank Asia Miles co-branded platinum card. This Mastercard single-label CITIC Platinum card accumulates Asia Miles on U.S. dollar purchases at a ratio of 1:1. It also participates in the cashback activities of CITIC Bank and Mastercard, online and online every month. There is a certain amount of cash back available, so it can be said to be a very value-for-money credit card.

Entering the second half of the year, China CITIC Bank has launched a card application promotion for these two co-branded credit cards. If you have not applied for a CITIC Bank credit card, you are a new customer of CITIC Cathay Pacific and Asia Miles co-branded cards. If so, it’s still worth participating.

From now until December 31, new customers of CITIC Cathay Pacific and Asia Miles co-branded cards who meet any of the following card swiping conditions (only choose one of the two) can receive 500/2000 Asia Miles , each customer is limited to one activity benefit, the quantity is limited, first come first served!

Condition 1: New customers of CITIC Cathay Pacific and Asia Miles co-branded gold cards who have accumulated points transactions of ≥500 yuan within 30 days after card approval can receive a 500 Asia Miles bonus. There is a limit of 3,000 rights and interests per month, and they will be given away in order of meeting the standards every month, with a total of 18,000 rights.

Condition 2: New customers of CITIC Cathay Pacific and Asia Miles co-branded platinum cards who have accumulated points transactions of ≥ 2,000 yuan within 30 days after the card is approved can receive 2,000 Asia Miles as a reward. There is a limit of 100 rights per month, and they will be given out in order of meeting the standards every month, with a total of 600 rights.

Although there is a limit to the activity, in terms of the number of card applications, the General *** has come up with 18,600 rights and interests this time, which is equivalent to developing 18,600 new households. The intensity is worthy of recognition. After all, it can There may not be as many new users applying for platinum cards as we think.

It should be noted that the definition of new customers this time is different from last year’s card application promotion. This time’s new customers are clearly defined as customers who are approved for applying for a CITIC credit card for the first time. In addition, if the customer only has a test card, blue card or business card in his name, or all CITIC credit cards in his name have been canceled for more than 180 days, they also meet the definition of new customers.

Secondly, eligible transactions are offline point-accruing transactions during the event, and other payment channels and online transactions such as Cloud QuickPass and Applepay will not participate in the event. Take the Asia Miles-MasterCard co-branded platinum card as an example. Although this card can accumulate miles through online transactions, it cannot participate in the activity according to the details. The purpose of the activity seems to be to promote offline transactions.

In addition, the qualifications for the event are based on customers. If the cardholder has more than one Cathay Pacific and Asia-Pacific credit card, the customer can only obtain the benefits once, and the mileage rewards obtained will only be given to those who meet the qualifications for the first credit card payment. In the Asia Miles member account bound to the credit card. Bonus Miles will be credited to eligible Asia Miles members’ accounts before the end of the month following the event conditions are met.

Regarding the correct participation posture in the event, according to the official statement of China CITIC Bank, it is mainly divided into the following three situations:

Situation 1: CITIC Cathay and AsiaWan Credit Card Gold Card/ New platinum card customers who meet the card approval and transaction conditions within 30 days in July and are among the top 100/3000 (inclusive) can receive one new customer promotion benefit in July.

Scenario 2: New customers of CITIC Cathay Pacific and AsiaWan Credit Card Gold/Platinum Cards who meet the conditions for card approval and credit card payment within 30 days in July but are not among the top 100/3000 (inclusive) will not be eligible for 7 New customers in the month will receive benefits and cannot participate in the gift rankings in August and beyond.

Scenario 3: New customers of CITIC Cathay Pacific and AsiaWan Credit Card Gold/Platinum Cards have their cards approved in July, but the customer meets the conditions for first purchase within 30 days in August and is ranked within 100/3000 (inclusive). Customers can obtain new customer promotion benefits in August, and so on.

In general, although this event is not as powerful as the event at the end of last year, it is still an event worth participating for new customers of China CITIC Bank. If redeemed for air tickets, 500 Asia Miles are roughly worth RMB 50, while the value of 2,000 Asia Miles for RMB 200 is not a big deal. Relying on the accumulation of miles, it is relatively easy to redeem a free international business class ticket.