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Accordingly, FlySmiLes members can now earn 200 FlySmiLes Miles per night at Heritance Ahungalla, Heritance Kandalama, Heritance Tea Factory and Heritance Ayurveda MahaGedara; and 100 FlySmiLes Miles per night at Earl’s Regency, The Sands, Hotel Hilltop and Bandarawela hotel.
Aitken Spence Hotels’ Vice President – Sales and Marketing, Althaf Mohamed Ali said, “We are delighted to sign this partnership with SriLankan Airlines; being able to provide our guests with the facility to earn and redeem FlySmiLes miles while staying at our hotels and resorts in Sri Lanka, is an exciting opportunity. We believe that the strategic alliance formed complements our synergies which will prove to be mutually beneficial to all stakeholders.”
SriLankan Airlines Head of Commercial Operations Mohammad Fazeel said, “SriLankan Airlines, as the national carrier, has always been looking for new avenues to reward its FlySmiLes members. With the latest partnership with Aitken Spence Hotels, FlySmiLes members will have access to more rewards, benefits and more ways of earning and burning miles. With the Airline’s entry to oneworld alliance on 1 May this year, they will also have the privilege of earning and redeeming miles whenever they fly with any of the oneworld member airlines.”
With the new partnership, FlySmiLes members can also redeem their Miles by obtaining vouchers in denominations of LKR 1,000, 5,000, and10,000 from FlySmiLes, to settle in full or in part for their stays at any Aitken Spence hotel. In order to earn miles members are required to quote the FlySmiLes Membership number at the time of the reservation and also produce the FlySmiLes membership card upon check-in. To redeem miles members are required to call FlySmiLes Call centre on +94(0) 19733 3333. For more details log on to www.flysmiles.com and www.aitkenspencehotels.com.
Aitken Spence Hotels operates a chain of 24 hotels and resorts in Sri Lanka, Maldives, India and Oman. With many years in the hotels industry, the company’s’ expertise in hotel design, building and management is complimented by its dedication and commitment to excellence in everything on offer. Located in some of the key tourist locations each of the chains leading hotels caters to a diverse client base.
From 1 May, FlySmiLes will include two new membership tiers to its program – Platinum and Classic. Thereon, membership tiers will progress from the entry level Blue, to Classic, Silver, Gold and its new top-level Platinum.
The top tier frequent flyer categories of Platinum, Gold, and Classic – the new FlySmiLes Club – will be matched with the corresponding oneworld tiers, Emerald, Sapphire, and Ruby respectively. Holders of these top level cards will receive benefits, privileges and recognition across the entire oneworld network, when they fly with any oneworld member airline.
