Points International

is pleased to welcome
Cathay Pacific’s Asia Miles, a leading global travel reward program, to pointsxchange?, the world’s first online loyalty program exchange. Asia Miles

is the first Asian based loyalty program to participate in pointsxchange.

Points International also celebrates the launch of a custom technology solution for Asia Miles. Through its pointspurchase? solution, Points International now powers the online Gift Miles features for Asia Miles.

 

“A portfolio of Points Solutions offers great enhancements for Asia Miles,” said Rob MacLean, CEO of Points International. “Points Solutions are fully developed, reliable and quickly implemented for Asia Miles, our first partner in Asia.”

 

The Points International team launched the Asia Miles solutions with a technology development phase of under 30 days, using Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE). “The new enhanced J2EE technology simplifies our architecture and shortens the development lifecycle,” said MacLean. “We can now launch Points Solutions faster, with enhanced power to adapt to changes in the operating environment.”

 

Through pointsxchange, Asia Miles members in North America can consolidate other loyalty program currencies into Asia Miles, or exchange their Asia Miles for the currencies of other loyalty programs. Asia Miles joins over 28 pointsxchange partners, including Air Canada, American Airlines, Six Continents Hotels, Alaska Airlines, America West Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Midwest Express Airlines, Sprint, Esso Extra, FTD.COM and GiftCertificates.com.

 

“The ability to send Asia Miles as a gift and to exchange Asia Miles with other leading travel reward programmes adds utility, and value to the Asia Miles currency,” said Ron Mathison, General Manager, Cathay Pacific Loyalty Programmes Ltd. “These new options, powered by Points International, will be welcomed by our existing and prospective members.”

 

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