The Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has backed Airtel Nigeria on the AirtelRedHot Promo Season 3 tagged: #LetsGoToDubai.

Speaking at announcement of winners of the  groundbreaking promo initiative by the leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, in Lagos, Mr. Camillus Anyanwu‎, head of Enforcement, CPC, Lagos Operations, said that the Council appreciates Airtel’s resolve to reward customers loyalty with such promo.

He described Airtel subscribers’ participation in the process as satisfactory and value addition  to them.

Anyanwu further charged Airtel not to relent on quality of service provisions, adding that CPC will not accepted any service short of customers’ expectation.

According to Airtel, this year’s edition has produced Obi Victoria and Nnamdi Oji as first set of winners on amazing Emirates Holiday in Dubai  and to be accompanied by any three of their loved ones on the all-expense paid trip to Dubai.
 
To add to the excitement, Airtel will presented mock cheques to five other customers as winners in the “sixty instant millionaires over sixty days” by giving out, one million Naira to each of them.

The telco added that everyone – customers and telecoms consumers – stand a chance to win big as the promo offers lots of opportunities and prizes, including millions in airtime, smartphones and other mouth-watering prizes.

Speaking on the initiative, Ahmed Mokhles, chief commercial officer, Airtel Nigeria,  said the telco is committed to connecting Nigerians to their dreams.

Mokhles said, “Airtel’sRedHot Promo is a reward programme that seeks to excite and delight Nigerians. It demonstrates our commitment to rewarding our customers for their continuing patronage and loyalty while also welcoming new users to our network.”
 
To participate and win in the Red Hot promo, customers need to accumulate points by recharging their lines, buying any TalkMore bundle, buying any data bundles, registering for Access Money or even calling 141 (MAMO).

With a point-based system, customers can improve their chances of winning by increasing their recharges.

A higher recharge earns customers more points and increases their chances of winning.
 
For instance, recharges between N100 – N199 will give one point, while N200 – N499 give 3 points. N500 – N999 give 10 points, while N1000 – 4999 earn 25 points.To get 60 points, customers need a recharge of N5000 and above.

Bundle subscriptions such as Talkmore, Premier Connect, data bundle, Android bundle, SMS bundle, International or Roaming bundle gets 10 points each.

With just Access Money Registration or MAMO fulfillment of bundles, a customer can score 20 points, while a transaction on Access Money, MAMO call in, use of extra credit or Value Added Subscriptions like Magic Voice, Airtel Radio earns a subscriber 10 points each.

To check the points earned, customers can send “POINTS” as text to 576. Points scored are accumulated throughout the promo which runs from December 4th, 2015 to February 1st, 2016.

It would be recalled that a truck driver, AbiodunAdio, won the grand prize of a 2015 Range Rover Vogue in the Season 2, while Danjuma Ibrahim Yakubu, a National Assembly correspondent with Radio Nigeria Precious FM, in Lafia, Nasara‎.

On his part, Mr. Akinwale‎ Akingbade, founder, TC-QA Associates, lauded the transparent measures adopted by Airtel to selecting winners as the promo lasts.

According to him, “Airtel has done well by adopting the right technology to ensure every customer stands the chance to win either a trip to Dubai or N1million. Meanwhile, Airtel has ensured that the staff and contractors are excluded from the promo. We are not in doubt about the credibility and integrity of the Company and people involved in this”.

He said the Company is aware that Airtel combines auditing software applications and testing to show no “coded” numbers are allowed in the process.