(Inside the Photo) Fly to Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan or Southeast Asia to enjoy buy-one-get-one-free privilege. Fly to Europe, US, Australia, Japan, or Korea for the half-price-on-second-ticket offer!

　　Worried about how much it would burden your wallet to travel with family and friends over the holiday? Fret no more as MasterCard and China Eastern Airline’s newest offer will enable cardholders to bring along a loved one on the same fight for a joyful and romantic vacation.

　　The Chinese tourism department recently released a survey showing that the number of Chinese citizens visiting overseas destinations reached a staggering 54 million in 2010, a 7% increase from the previous year. Eager to capitalize on the growing tourism market, many corporations have introduced special offers for a share of the business. As a payment solution leader, MasterCard, in partnership with China Eastern Airlines, is offering this year’s most valuable flight privileges—“Buy One Get One Free/50% Off”.

　　This flexible offer enables participating MasterCard cardholders to enjoy buy-one-get-one-free or half-price-on-second-ticket offers. From 1 December 2010 to 31 December 2011, MasterCard cardholders can enjoy an exclusive Buy-One-Get-One-Free/50% Off program for all bookings on first and/or business class through CEA’s official website, www.ceair.com. The program is limited to all flights departing from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan to the destination cities within Greater China and Southeast Asia. For all flights to destination cities in US, Europe, Australia, Japan, and Korea, MasterCard cardholders will enjoy an exclusive buy one ticket and get the second ticket for half price. For more information, please visit the MasterCard VIP channel on www.ceair.com 

　　In order to entice MasterCard cardholders to use their MasterCard cards for their cross-border travels, MasterCard has partnered with many airlines throughout the year to offer tailor-made promotions which have been extremely well received by consumers. These include the “Swipe your MasterCard Card and Enjoy 5 Different Airline Benefits Package” for holders of MasterCard Platinum cards or above. Participating cardholders are entitled to a chance to receive as much as 50% discount on tickets if they purchased tickets (limited to specified ticket classes and flight dates) from any of 5 different airlines, including United Airways, Air Canada and Shanghai’s JuneYao Airlines.