Caltex unveils latest partnership with MVP Rewards; takes loyalty programs a notch higher

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MVP Rewards members now earn cash back every time they fuel up at Caltex 

Rising prices of basic goods haveconsumers’ pockets hurting. Filipinos work hard for their money and are always looking for ways to bring more to the table.

Caltex, marketed by Chevron Philippines, Inc. (CPI) has long understood the value of giving more to the motorists who fuel up with them with the various rewards programs that they have rolled out through the years. Now they are giving their customers even more reasons to keep coming back with their latest rewards program in partnership with MVP Rewards and Loyalty Solutions, Inc. 

MVP Rewards is exclusive to customers of PLDT, SMART, Sun, TNT, Cignal and Bayad Center. Everyday expenses can be rewarding because you earn points when you pay your bills or load up and so much more. Just by being a member, enjoy exclusive deals, discounts, and privileges. “We have designed the MVP Rewards program with one audience in mind – our customers. We have taken what’s best across industries and put it in one powerful program leveraging on the PLDT group that has the unique ability to provide this level of convergence owing to the breadth of our combined services”, said Juan Victor Hernandez, Director of MVP Rewards and Loyalty Solutions Inc. and SVP, Head of Enterprise Business for PLDT and Smart.

Starting April 15, MVP Rewards members can earn cash back when they fuel up at Caltex stations nationwide. Customers can get Php1 cash back equivalent for every 5 liters of Platinum with Techron, Silver with Techron or Diesel with TechronD of fuel purchase. All they need to do is to present their MVP Rewards card powered by PayMaya when they pay, to earn their cash back. 

“Caltex is always aiming to be the best value fuel in the market and coming up with different and exciting ways to give back to our loyal customers is one of the many ways we achieve this goal,” said Louie Zhang, CPI Country Chairman. “We take a very holistic approach when it comes to our rewards program too, covering food, groceries and with the addition of MVP Rewardscash back.”

Fuel up and get cash back today with Caltex and MVP Rewards. Not yet an MVP Rewards member? Simply visit www.mvprewards.ph/signup to create your rewards profile and enroll your PLDT, Smart, Sun, TNT, and Cignal accounts to start enjoying points, rebates, raffles, and so much more. You can also visit the nearest PLDT and Smart Store or Bayad Center to sign up and get your rewards card.

Now that is loyalty that pays, literally! 

About Caltex Philippines

Caltex™, the retail brand of Chevron Philippines Inc., offers high quality products and services. There are over 600 service stations strategically scattered throughout the Philippine archipelago and employees working in several areas of business such as Marketing, Lubricants and Terminal operations. The Chevron products that are available in the Philippines include Caltex with Techron® fuel and Caltex Diesel with Techron®D, Havoline® and Delo® oils. More information on Chevron Philippines Inc. is available at www.caltex.com/ph.

About Chevron Philippines Inc.

Chevron Philippines Inc. has been operating in the country for more than 90 years. Caltex™, its retail brand, offers high quality products and services. There are over 600 service stations strategically scattered throughout the Philippine archipelago and employees working in several areas of business such as Marketing, Lubricants and Terminal operations. The Chevron products that are available in the Philippines include Caltex with Techron® fuel and Caltex Diesel with Techron®D, Havoline® and Delo® oils. More information on Chevron Philippines Inc. is available at www.caltex.com/ph.

One Rewards Card: Limitless Possibilities

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Rewards programs are designed to create a mutually beneficial relationship between brand and customer.

In return for the customer’s continued patronage, they get rewarded in the form of points and perks. 0n the surface, it’s a win-win situation that many customers find value in. In fact, studies show that Filipinos keep up to 11 rewards cards in their wallets or purses to ensure that every purchases, whether groceries, pizza or coffee, counts.

The rewards programs being offered today award points that expire and provide a list of redemption partners.

Imagine a program with limitless possibilities no points expiring, no redemption venues and one that offers more than just rewards.

Be rewarded for paying your most important bills 

Earn points for paying something essential and inevitable like your monthly bills. And not just points – points AS GOOD AS CASH. It’s a simple yet innovative approach that goes beyond rewarding consumers, and now, it’s a reality.

Pioneered by the PLDT Group, MVP (Most Valuable Partner) Rewards is an innovative program that allows PLDT Home, Smart, Sun and Talk ‘n Text (TNT) customers to earn points that are good as cash just by paying for the basic necessities of modern day living – mobile and Internet. Points earned from different accounts are credited into the MVP Rewards Card powered by PayMaya. With this, customers can choose how they want to enjoy their rewards without ever having to worry about expiration dates. And because points are good as cash, it can be used to shop or dine locally and abroad.

“MVP Rewards is in a category of its own. We’ve taken what is best across industries and put it in one powerful program that offers more than just rewards. And the PLDT Group has the unique ability to provide this level of convergence owing to the breadth of our combined services.” – PLDT Chairman and CEO Manuel V. Pangilinan

One wallet for all your points, the one card you need in your wallet

You can skip your frappuccino for a week or choose not to order pizza for a month. But can you imagine not being able to use your phone or the internet for a single day? Your monthly internet and phone bills are essential and non-negotiable.

Now, with MVP Rewards, if you’re a customer of PLDT Home, Smart or Sun postpaid, every time you pay IN FULL and ON TIME, you are immediately credited with points as GOOD AS CASH. Prepaid Smart, Sun and TNT customers, on the other hand, earn points every time they load up.

The more accounts you enroll in this program, the more points you get AUTOMATICALLY since earned points from each service of each company are credited and consolidated into one wallet.

More than just rewards

With the MVP Rewards program, you can shop or dine anywhere and at anytime you want, just like using a credit card or a debit card. That’s because the points you earn are as GOOD AS CASH and HAVE NO EXPIRATION DATE and the MVP card itself is powered by PayMaya.

This allows it to function as a prepaid card, which makes it your safest choice for shopping, both online and offline. Unlike credit cards, which rack up interest and debit cards, which are connected to your salary or personal savings account, the MVP Rewards Card can help you manage your expenses by loading ONLY WHAT YOU’RE WILLING TO SPEND. So if you’re going out of the country and you want to keep your shopping habits in check, you can conveniently use the card by loading it and by swiping as a VISA card.

You can even use the card to pay your toll fees. The MVP card also has Paywave function which means it can be used as ‘tap card’ when paying for toll fees in Cavitex.

Members get automatic perks and discounts

Just by being a member, you get instant perks.

For starters, customers enrolled in the program are automatically included in regular member-only raffle draws. Here you get a chance to win big rebates for your phone, cable, Internet, and utility bills!

Members also enjoy special discounts when they show their MVP card at various establishments nationwide including restaurants, fitness and wellness centers and retail outlets.

“MVP Rewards is a game-changer in the country’s rewards category. We made sure that the unique benefits and features of the program and the card are truly rewarding for our subscribers. This is only the beginning of a wider roll-out that will include a bigger membership base, more partners and more exciting perks.” – PLDT FVP and Group Head for Loyalty and Rewards Annette W. Tirol

Get your personalized card delivered to your door for free

Qualified subscribers who sign up for the MVP Rewards Card on or before February 28, 2018 will get their very own sleek black personalized card delivered right to their doorsteps for FREE.

MVP Rewards members can also earn more points as good as cash plus enjoy up to 15% savings if they subscribe to the PLDT Best Buy Bundle offer product bundles that enable subscribers to mix and match the best unlimited Internet service from PLDT Home Fibr, fastest LTE from Smart, and Cignal HD TV.

Sign up for your own MVP Rewards Card and enroll your PLDT Home, Smart, Sun and TNT accounts at www.mvprewards.ph.

MVP Announces FREE INTERNET for Smart, Sun Cellular and Talk ‘N Text Prepaid!

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The much awaited announcement by Manny V. Pangilinan made at the Makati Shangrila Hotel, September 26, 2014. It wasn’t about running for public office but the announcement is for an advocacy and promo they want to give more to people - Smart, Sun Cellular and Talk ‘N Text Prepaid subscribers.

In an unprecedented move, wireless services leader Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) together with Talk ‘N Text and Sun Cellular today announced that they will start providing free Internet access to its prepaid subscriber base via their mobile phones.

Manuel V. Pangilinan, (MVP) chairman of Smart and its parent company PLDT has announced that all subscribers of Smart Prepaid, Sun Prepaid and Talk ‘N Text will be able to use mobile internet for free. He said that these subscribers can post status on Facebook, upload photos on Instagram, listen to streaming music on Spinnr, shopping on Lazada or Zalora, and of course browse your favorite websites.

"We are launching this initiative to provide a much larger number of Filipinos the opportunity to try out and experience the Internet, enjoy its benefits and, as we at Smart like to say, live more," MVP said.

“This special offer is specifically designed to assist our prepaid subscribers who make up the bulk of our population. Many of them have the mobile devices capable of accessing the Internet but have yet to use them to go online,” said MVP.

Through this special offer, all of the 66 million Smart Prepaid, Talk ‘N Text, and Sun Cellular Prepaid subscribers can use their data-enabled cellphones to browse through and post on their Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts, visit their favorites websites, search on Google and Wikipedia, use navigation tools like Waze and Google Maps, book a cab or limo service via Easy Taxi and Uber, or use traffic info sites such as the MMDA's and InterAksyon's.

They can also send and receive emails, read their favorite blogs or update their own blogs, listen to songs via Smart’s Spinnr music service, shop via online stores like Zalora, Lazada, book their travel details through sites like Skyscanner and Expedia, among other things – all without incurring data charges.

Orlando B. Vea, Smart's chief wireless advisor said, "This special offer is in line with our advocacy of 'Internet for All'."

"It complements the affordable mobile Internet packages that Smart has been introducing over the past year. Among the latest of such innovations are PowerApp and PisoNet service which provides 10 minutes of mobile Internet access for one peso."

They’re encouraging prepaid subscribers to go online and experience mobile internet life without having to pay and subscribe for special prepaid data promos.

To avail of this promo, subscribers must:

**  have an available airtime balance of at least PhP 1 or is subscribed to any load bucket or promo

** register each day by sending "FREE" to "9999" (registration is free)

An SMS confirmation will be received upon successful registration.

Once registered, subscribers can enjoy free data of up to 30MB per day. However, data charges apply to peer-to-peer uploads and download, VOIP, and messaging.

Smart, Sun and Talk ‘N Text prepaid subscribers can start using their free mobile data starting today with at least 1 peso in their prepaid balance. Though The Big Boss of PLDT, MVP mentioned and encouraged that mobile browsing and app usage that requires internet connectivity can be used with their free mobile data, accessing streaming videos like YouTube and torrent downloading are not allowed. A paywall would appear and will advise the user to top-up their credits to access those features. “Free” here means no data charges, not unlimited bandwidth.

Smart, Sun Cellular, or Talk ‘n Text prepaid SIM on a data-enabled mobile device, you can enjoy up to 30mb of FREE mobile Internet per day for two months. Subscribers can access the internet either through data-capable feature phones or smartphones running on Android, iOS and Windows operating systems. 

The promo is good up to November 30, 2014.

This move complements Smart’s other affordable Internet access innovations, such as PisoNet, which gives users 10 minutes of mobile Internet access for one peso.

Unrivaled network

Smart’s free mobile Internet offer follows the telco leader’s recent announcement that it has stepped up the deployment of its mobile internet network, to meet the growing demand for mobile data services.

Smart recently reported a 73% hike in mobile data traffic, as smartphone prices continue to fall and innovative services like SmartNet and PisoNet allow more and more Filipinos to gain access to the Internet via their mobile phones.

“The strength and resiliency of our mobile data infrastructure enable us to make this special free internet offer available to our prepaid subscribers. Moreover, we continue to expand the reach of our network so that we can bring the internet to more communities all over the country,” said Napoleon L. Nazareno, president and CEO of Smart and PLDT.

The PLDT Group has thus far rolled out about 90,000 kilometers of fiber optic cables all over the country which provides the transmission facilities needed to support internet services. It has also the most extensive international cable systems needed to connect the Philippines to the rest of the world.