Al Salam Bank-Bahrain, a pioneering Shari’a-compliant bank in the Kingdom, said it has signed an agreement with national carrier Gulf Air offering its Visa debit and credit cardholders the opportunity to enjoy an exclusive 10 per cent discount when purchasing their tickets online.

Speaking at the signing ceremony, Anwar Murad, the Deputy Group CEO of Banking at Al Salam Bank, said: "At Al Salam Bank, we are delighted to extend our partnership with Gulf Air that brings value-added benefits to our Visa debit and credit cardholders with an exclusive 10 per cent discount when purchasing economy or business class tickets at gulfair.com.”

"In addition to this, the Visa credit cardholders, who are frequent travellers or plan to travel soon, can avail the special discount offer with Gulf Air and earn miles on their everyday purchases that can directly be redeemed towards Gulf Air’s Falconflyer loyalty program for a number of benefits including free flights, upgrades, lounge access and excess baggage as well as membership upgrades and more," he added.

Gulf Air chief commercial officer Ahmed Janahi, said: "We are pleased to offer Al Salam Bank Visa debit and credit cardholders with exclusive discounts that will further enhance their travel experience when flying to any Gulf Air destination."

Mohammed Buhijji, the acting head of Retail Banking at Al Salam Bank-Bahrain and Kavita Al Jassim, the  senior manager, Customer Experience, also attended the signing ceremony.-TradeArabia News Service