
With on-site gift packages, online cash discounts and credit cards, cardholders can save a lot of travel expenses before departure.
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The annual ITF Taiwan International Travel Show kicked off on the 6th. Commonwealth Bank launched a number of credit card discounts during the travel show, including on-site top-up gifts, branded gifts at designated booths, online cash discounts on Yiyou.com and Trip.com, and card bonus events before the end of the year.
The annual "ITF Taiwan International Travel Fair" has been launched on the 6th, and discounts on air tickets, accommodation, and travel agencies have begun. In addition to comparing prices to grab bargains, you can also save money by using the right credit card. Commonwealth Bank offers multiple discounts this year, including travel exhibition purchases, online ordering gifts, and card swiping credits, allowing cardholders to earn discounts and save a large amount of travel expenses before setting off for travel.
Commonwealth Bank pointed out that it has planned multiple gifts for this year's "ITF Taiwan International Travel Fair". As long as you swipe your Commonwealth credit card on-site and accumulate the balance in a single day, you can go to the gift booth to exchange for limited gifts. If you spend 8,000 yuan or more, you will get a 100 yuan coupon, if you spend 18,000 yuan, you will get a LINE FRIENDS wireless mouse, and if you spend 100,000 yuan, you will get a Philips hair dryer. In addition, at designated booth brands such as Lion, Coke, Southeast, Wufu, Grand Hotel, Caesars Hotel Chain and other selected travel agencies and hotels, if you spend 8,000 yuan or more in a single transaction with a federal card, you will receive an additional 100 yuan coupon for the entire joint, which is a double gift and a great feedback.
Even if you can't come to the travel show in person, you can still grab discounts online. Commonwealth Bank, Easy Travel and Trip.com jointly launch online travel discounts. From now until November 11, swipe your federal card on the Yiyou.com APP and enter the designated discount code to get a discount of 800 yuan for a single transaction of 6,000 yuan or more; and cooperate with Trip.com to launch the "Thursday Federal Day" event from November 12 to 116 On March 6th, every Thursday, you can get a limited discount code on the exclusive website and use a Federal Visa credit card to settle the bill. You can get a 2,000 yuan discount on global air tickets and an 800 yuan discount on selected Asian routes. Use the Federation Points Card to get an unlimited 3% overseas rebate.
In addition to travel show discounts, you can also use the "Federal Card to travel around the world with ease" campaign to maximize rewards by swiping the Federal Card. Before the end of the year, you can get a card bonus through designated travel channels including airlines, travel agencies, hotels and booking websites. If you accumulate the balance across channels and complete the login process, you will receive a bonus of NT$150 for every NT$15,000 you spend in a single installment, up to a maximum of NT$9,500.

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