Virgin America and Rocketrip Announce Partnership to Serve Business Travelers

SAN FRANCISCO and NEW YORK, Sept. 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Virgin America and Rocketrip, a platform that rewards employees for saving money on business travel, today announced a new partnership to serve their shared customers. Business travelers can now convert their Rocketrip rewards into frequent flyer points with Elevate, Virgin America's loyalty program. Rocketrip users can also earn extra points for enrolling in Elevate and for flying Virgin America on business trips.

Rocketrip motivates business travelers to save money on trips by rewarding them with points that can be redeemed for gift cards, cash cards and now Virgin America perks. For every trip planned, Rocketrip generates a personalized "Budget to Beat" based on real-time prices for flights, hotels, trains and rental cars. When employees book under budget, they split the savings with their company and earn Rocketrip points.

Business travelers can now convert Rocketrip points into Elevate points. If they redeem 5,000 Rocketrip points they will be granted Elevate Silver Status and if they redeem 10,000 points they will earn Elevate Gold Status. Elevate Silver and Elevate Gold Status perks include seat selection at booking, complimentary upgrades, free checked bags, priority check-in, security and boarding, and much more.

Rocketrip travelers who sign up for Elevate will receive a complimentary 500 Elevate points. When Rocketrip travelers fly Virgin America, they will also earn 500 extra Elevate points per booking, up to 2,000 per year. The combined 2,500 points are enough to book a reward flight with Virgin America. Travelers earn an average of 1,190 Rocketrip points per trip on top of these bonus Elevate points. Rocketrip and Virgin will announce additional campaigns and perks throughout 2015.

"Virgin America was created with the intention of making flying good again and to improve the overall traveler experience in the U.S skies. We are delighted to be partnering with Rocketrip to offer more utility to business travelers and to be associated with a brand that is approaching loyalty in an innovative way," said Sylvie Charbonnier, Head of Partnerships for Virgin America.

"Our mission is to make travel rewarding for our users, and the data shows that they love flying on Virgin America," said Emily Hurd, Rocketrip's VP of Business Development and Marketing. "We're excited to work with Virgin America to put more money and frequent flyer points back into the pockets of road warriors and treat them to enhanced travel experiences."

About Rocketrip

Rocketrip is the first commercially available travel management platform that rewards employees for saving money on business travel. Rocketrip's algorithms integrate a company's travel policy with real-time trip pricing and availability to create a personalized Budget to Beat for each trip. Employees book using their favorite travel websites or a travel management company, and they receive a percentage of the savings when they book under budget. Rocketrip also provides employers with insights and analytics on company spending, savings and employee travel behavior, giving them the ability to optimize their travel policy and rewards program.

Rocketrip is based in New York City and has received funding from Canaan Partners, Genacast Ventures, Crunchfund, Y Combinator and angel investors.

About Virgin America  

Known for its mood-lit cabins, three beautifully designed classes of service and innovative fleetwide amenities --- like touch-screen personal entertainment, WiFi and power outlets at every seat, Virgin America has built a loyal following of flyers and earned a host of awards since launching in 2007 — including being named the "Best U.S. Airline" in Condé Nast Traveler's Readers' Choice Awards for the past seven consecutive years and "Best Domestic Airline" in Travel + Leisure's World's Best Awards for the past eight consecutive years. For more: www.virginamerica.com.

SOURCE Rocketrip

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