A world of priceless privileges with World MasterCard

MANILA, Philippines - Nothing can be quite as rewarding as traveling. If you’re a World MasterCard cardholder, you will get to enjoy privileged access and a host of other exclusive privileges that benefit your distinct status when you visit the world’s most exciting locale.

Begin enjoying what the world has to offer via the World Privilege Access Program 2011, which is managed and serviced by a world’s leading luxury lifestyle group. 

Ongoing until end-2011, your World MasterCard is your passport to a wealth of privileges and access to great offers and exciting events, some of which have included invites to the Cartier International Polo in London, priority access to exotic Hermès bags, and privileges at Diamonds International in Barbados.

For the most exclusive hotels, World MasterCard fast-tracks you to the elite tier of the loyalty program of Starwood Hotels & Resorts. Enjoy a waiver of the usual qualification criteria for the prestigious Starwood Preferred Gold Membership, widely acknowledged as the hotel industry’s best loyalty program. This exciting offer is ongoing until Dec. 31, 2012.

World MasterCard lets you enjoy the diverse specialties, healing arts expertise and superior value of Banyan Tree Hotels & Resorts and Banyan Tree Spas.

For the wine connoisseur, get to experience wine like never before with Destination Cellars. Founded in 2006, Destination Cellars is the first and only luxury wine club that offers wine, food and travel enthusiasts with exclusive and personalized access to prestigious wineries and experiences at more than 100 wineries worldwide.

Ongoing until June 15, enjoy a complimentary membership worth $10,000 with your World MasterCard and gain access across A-list vineyards and wineries at Napa Valley, Sonoma Valley, Oregon, France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Portugal, Australia, Austria, New Zealand, Chile, Argentina and South Africa. 

In addition, you also enjoy a complimentary accommodation upgrade, private lunch and/or dinners at the wineries, cooking lessons, exclusive tours and tastings, wine blending sessions and the chance to purchase and ship wine directly to your front door. 

Your World MasterCard also helps you cruise without care in a world without boundaries via Hertz Car Rental. Until September 2012, use your World MasterCard to enjoy waived annual fee on the #1 Club Gold membership, 10 percent discount on Hertz Affordable Rates (leisure rental rates) at participating locations worldwide, free one car-class upgrade at participating locations in the US, Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Asia with maximum upgrade to full-size, four-door vehicle (minimum four-day rental).

Enjoy the diverse specialties, healing arts expertise and superior value of Banyan Tree Hotels & Resorts and Banyan Tree Spas with your World MasterCard until Dec. 31. Stay for two nights based on the available rate and enjoy a complimentary room upgrade and a bottle of wine. Stay for three consecutive nights or more and enjoy a complimentary 90-minute spa massage for two persons. 

Purchase the MasterCard Spa Splendor package (two-and-a-half-hour session) at $150 per person and receive a complimentary spa gift.

Moreover, enjoy 20 percent off a la carte spa treatments and spa packages at Banyan Tree Bangkok, Bintan, Phuket, Vabbintaru and Seychelles, 10 percent off promotional items, and spa packages at Banyan Tree Lijiang, Ringha, Sanya and Shanghai.

With your World MasterCard, enjoy 10 percent off selected gourmet experiences featured on www.gourmetontour.com.

Gain privileged insights into the business world with Forbes Asia, one of the leading business magazines in the region. Use your World MasterCard to subscribe and enjoy six additional issues with an annual subscription at $49.95, giving you 62 percent discount on the newsstand price or 30 percent savings off the regular subscription rate. Or you can enjoy 20 percent discount off the regular subscription rate for an annual subscription. Offers are available until Dec. 31.

Finally, embark on an epicurean adventure in Ubud in Bali, Sonoma and Beyond in California, the French Riviera and Margaret River in Australia and relish epicurean pleasures and the romance of travel for truly priceless experiences. 

With your World MasterCard, enjoy 10 percent off selected gourmet experiences featured on www.gourmetontour.com as well as complimentary upgrade, champagne lunch, one-spa treatment per person, and a bottle of champagne until Dec. 31.

With your World MasterCard, a world of priceless privileges is worth exploring.