{"id":438485,"date":"2020-10-06T14:00:33","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T12:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=438485"},"modified":"2020-10-06T14:00:33","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T12:00:33","slug":"mtn-launches-new-yellobucks-rewards-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/telecommunications\/438485\/mtn-launches-new-yellobucks-rewards-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"MTN launches new YelloBucks rewards programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MTN has launched its new YelloBucks programme which will offer loyalty points and rewards to customers.<\/p>\n<p>The group said that users will be able to use the rewards to access savings on more than 300 catalogued products and offering from 31 partners.<\/p>\n<p>All rewards will be accessible through the MyMTN app or by dialling the *234# USSD code.<\/p>\n<p>Every R1 spent on recharge bundles or subscriptions earn customers 1 YelloBuck. One YelloBuck is allocated for every day a customer is active on the MTN network.<\/p>\n<p>Customers can also earn additional YelloBucks by registering on digital services such as MusicTime or CallerTunez.<\/p>\n<p>MTN said that rewards will be introduced in a staggered approach, as they are developed. Some of the current benefits include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Expanded offers for redemption in the MyMTN Rewards catalogue &#8211; including music streaming, video and entertainment offers;<\/li>\n<li>The ability to redeem YelloBucks for social media bundles including YouTube, Facebook and Twitter;<\/li>\n<li>Multiproduct bonuses and milestone rewards;<\/li>\n<li>Gifting and games.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>MTN said that it will launch the following features over the coming months:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A tiering system with greater redemption benefits and bonuses for higher tiers;<\/li>\n<li>A family consolidation feature &#8211; the ability to earn and spend as a family by pooling earned YelloBucks;<\/li>\n<li>Partner discount vouchers;<\/li>\n<li>Booster rewards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;As tough economic conditions continue to impact the prices of goods and services everywhere, more South African consumers are looking to rewards to stay ahead,&#8221; said Mapula Bodibe, chief consumer officer at MTN South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We want to ensure our loyal customers can enjoy additional opportunities to save and benefit from our wide catalogue of offers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The foundation of the programme has an easy to understand catalogue that explains how to earn and redeem points, allowing customers to work towards exiting redemption options.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/telecommunications\/432284\/regulations-should-allow-mobile-networks-to-become-your-next-bank-commission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Regulations should allow mobile networks to become your next bank: commission<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MTN has launched its new YelloBucks programme which will offer loyalty points and rewards to customers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":411955,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[26,28],"class_list":["post-438485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-telecommunications","tag-headline","tag-mtn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438485"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":438507,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438485\/revisions\/438507"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}