RIYADH, 23 October 2006 — Saudis and expatriates are being offered a chance to win attractive prizes worth SR20,000 each when they use MasterCard during the holiday season in the Kingdom or in Egypt, if they choose to spend their vacation in that country.
Announcing the launch of the promotional media campaign, Shaun Rashid, vice president for the GCC and Pakistan, MasterCard Worldwide, said the drive would run in the Kingdom through Jan. 17.
When these customers use the ATM terminals of the participating banks and spend a minimum of SR500 in transactions during the entire campaign period, they will automatically enter into a prize draw. Each bank will pick its winners at the end of the campaign and 35 lucky winners will receive SR20,000 each, which will be credited to their MasterCard credit card.
He added that MasterCard is accepted at more than 24 million locations around the world, which include more than one million ATM locations worldwide.
In Egypt, where the promotional campaign is valid till Nov. 7, MasterCard together with the participating customer banks and merchants, are offering customers the chance to benefit from a 10 percent discount when making purchases with their debit or credit card.
During the Eid campaign in Egypt, a number of restaurants and hotels are offering, in association with MasterCard and customer banks, a 10 percent discount on items purchased with a MasterCard card at these retail merchants and restaurants.