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As the effects of the pandemic slowly eases and the government is relaxing quarantine restrictions that allow Filipinos to travel more, the Philippines' leading mobile wallet GCash officially announced its partnership with the world's best low-cost airline and Southeast Asia's growing superapp AirAsia to deliver safety and convenience to travelers when paying for their flight, hotel bookings and travel retail items. The partnership will enable customers to pay for their AirAsia plane fare and accommodation in partner hotels using their mobile devices and opt for contactless payments at AirAsia counters via the GCash app.
“At GCash, we have pioneered a number of digital payment innovations to help Filipinos during the pandemic, and this partnership with Airasia is a continuation of its thrust to provide users with safe and convenient payment solutions. Airasia supports this thrust as it continues to provide its customers with convenience and safety when flying with them,” said GCash President and Chief Executive Officer Martha Sazon. “With this partnership, GCash users can now enjoy exclusive exciting promo offers from airasia.” On the other hand, for AirAsia Philippines' chief executive officer Ricky Isla, “Providing convenience through digital and contactless solutions while observing the highest standards of safety has always been Airasia’s commitment to our guests. Our partnership with Gcash, the country’s leading e-wallet empowers our guests with flexible cashless options as we all gear up to fly again to our favorite leisure destinations. This is also an added convenience that makes the airasia super app even more appealing to the consumer as the fastest growing super app in Asean. We look forward to strengthening this partnership with GCash as airasia continues to embark on its journey to becoming more than just an airline."
For AirAsia which makes flying accessible to a greater number of Filipinos through its low-cost plane offers, the partnership will bring safe and affordable travel even more within reach of Filipinos through exciting promos and discounts that are slated to be exclusively available to more than 40 million GCash users. Customers booking flights on AirAsia can secure mobile payments online through either the GCash app, the AirAsia super app or logging on to AirAsia.com. On the AirAsia website, they can select their preferred flights and add-ons and proceed to the payments page where they can pay via GCash on the wallet tab. Customers can also use the GCash app to pay conveniently for travel essentials available at the AirAsia shop and at AirAsia payment counters nationwide when paying for additional luggage, meals and other add-ons when checking in. They can simply open the app, scan the QR code, enter the amount and pay.
