APRIL 13, 2005

Paramount’s Kings Island, Carowinds, and Kings Dominion
join Membership Rewards Program

 

There can be no better way to spend an afternoon hurling over hills and taking sharp turns at 60 mph;  that is, if you’re a roller coaster junkie. America’s theme parks offer much more than just roller coasters. With shows and rides of a more relaxed tempo, there’s something for everyone, and our latest partners in the Scottish Rite Membership Rewards program are three of the best examples of what can be found at today’s theme park.
Paramount’s Kings Island, Carowinds, and Kings Dominion have recently joined our efforts to provide Scottish Rite Masons and their families with discounted admission prices. If you’re traveling to any of these three parks this summer to get your fill of roller coasters, merry go rounds, and great shows, you’ll want to visit the park’s web site and order your tickets online to save a few dollars. We’ve chosen Paramount’s Kinds Island in Cincinnati, Ohio, as our demonstration site for this article, but all parks are reachable through this site.

Here’s all you have to do:

  1. Go to www.pki.com
  2. Click on Tickets and choose Corporate Partners from the drop down menu
  3. In the space below “Please enter your company ID’ enter SRMason and click on Submit
  4. Use your Scottish Rite Visa Platinum card to pay for your tickets and enjoy your trip!

In 2004, an estimated 328 million people attended theme parks across the United States.   According to the International Association of Amusement and Theme Parks, this represents $10.8 billion in revenue. You don’t have to pay “retail” prices for your next trip thanks to your Scottish Rite Membership Rewards program.
MARCH 24, 2005

Membership Rewards and Marketplace Page Provides Discounts to Scottish Rite Members and Families

Who has time to go to the mall any more? According to the Department of Commerce 4th Quarter E-Commerce Sales Report, in 2004 Americans spent $69.2 billion shopping on the Internet, an increase of 23.5% from 2003. Because of this growing trend, your Member Services Team has been working to make your next Internet shopping trip more lucrative for you. Discounts and special offers for Scottish Rite Masons and their families can be found at http://www.supremecouncil.org/ and clicking on the Member Services link. Use your Scottish Rite Visa while you save money by shopping online, and you’ll provide additional funds to the Scottish Rite Charities.

At the Membership Rewards and Marketplace, you’ll find national department stores like Wal-Mart and Target, travel discounts at Cheaptickets.com and Orbitz, and even theme park discounts for Universal Orlando and Paramount Parks (coming in April).

Our spotlight offer to kick-off this new resource is our new membership with Working Advantage providing members and families access to exclusive discounts for movie theatres, movie rentals, theme parks, ski tickets, Broadway theatre, special family events, online shopping and much more. 

Registering is easy.  Simply go to the Working Advantage website at www.workingadvantage.com and click on "Register."  Using our Member ID (221346685), you may complete your one-time registration for free and create your own personal account with a password of your choice.  Once you have registered, you can order either online or by phone at 1-800-565-3712 Monday through Friday 8am - 6pm EST or Saturdays 9am - 5pm EST.

We hope you will take advantage of their discount offers so you can save up to 50% on popular attractions such as Sea World, Loews Cineplex Theatres, AMC Theatres, BLOCKBUSTER®, sporting events and some of the hottest shows on Broadway!  If you have any questions about any discounts, please call Working Advantage at 1-800-565-3712.

You’ll also want to bookmark the Membership Rewards and Marketplace as new partnerships are being formed regularly.  For more information about becoming an affiliate partner with your business, please contact Dave Olmstead at dolmstead@supremecouncil.org or by phone at 781-726-3550.


March 14, 2005

New Scottish Rite Charities Visa Platinum Cards Available

We are very excited about this new opportunity to expand this incredibly successful program and provide rewards back to you, our member. Your Scottish Rite Charities have significantly benefited from you and your fellow brethren’s support of this program, but time is of the essence and a change must be made.

You can  go online to www.suprmecouncil.org/ or call 1-800-853-5576 x 8431 and complete your application.

If you currently have an MBNA credit card, please note that effective January 1, 2005, your Scottish Rite Charities no longer receive any royalty payments from your purchases. To continue your on-going support of Scottish Rite, switch to the new US Bank Visa Card today!

After careful consideration of our relationship with MBNA, the leadership of Supreme Council determined that a change was needed when our contract ended as of 12/31/2004. Working expeditiously to set up a new program yet meet the terms of our contract with MBNA our new program was conceived and contracts approved in January. US Bank has worked diligently with the Supreme Council staff to launch this program in record speed!

The start up of this program includes an advance on future royalties of the program from US Bank to your Scottish Rite Charities.  After you submit an application, receive approval, and activate your new US Bank/Scottish Rite credit card, US Bank will give Scottish Rite Charities an instant cash payment. Additionally, every time you use your new US Bank Scottish Rite credit card, US Bank will donate a percentage of what you spend back to the Scottish Rite Charities.

US Bank has made it very easy for you become a part of this spectacular new program by providing very attractive promotional rates (see www.supremecouncil.org/ ) You’ll receive all these benefits, plus enjoy no annual fee. What reasons could you have to not open an account today?

Febuary 24, 2005

New Scottish Rite Charities Visa Platinum Cards Available

“We are very excited about this new opportunity to expand this incredibly successful program and provide rewards back to our membership,” said Commander Webber. The new and improved Credit Card Program with our new bank associate, U.S. Bank, will now also feature a Visa® Rewards Card, which will provide members with unique opportunities to earn points toward merchandise or an additional donation to the Scottish Rite Charities.  U.S. Bancorp is the 10th largest financial services holding company in the world, the 7th largest financial services holding company in the U.S., and is listed in the New York Stock Exchange as USB.

The start up of this program includes an advance on future royalties of the program from U.S. Bank to your Scottish Rite Charities.  After each member signs up, receives approval, and activates his new U.S. Bank/Scottish Rite credit card, U.S. Bank will give Scottish Rite Charities an instant cash payment. Additionally, every time you use your new U.S. Bank Scottish Rite credit card, U.S. Bank will donate a percentage of what you spend back to the Scottish Rite Charities.

If you have a Scottish Rite MBNA credit card, U.S. Bank has made it very easy for you become a part of this spectacular new program. You’ll receive all these benefits, plus enjoy no annual fee. What reasons could you have to not open an account today?

If you currently have a MBNA credit card, please note that effective January 1, 2005, your Scottish Rite Charities no longer receive any royalty payments from your purchases. To continue your on-going support of Scottish Rite, switch to the new U.S. Bank Visa Card today!

The creditor and issuer of the Scottish Rite Visa Rewards Card is U.S. Bank National Association ND.

Click here to download an application for any of these credit cards:



For further information about the Scottish Rite Visa card please send an email to:dolmstead@supremecouncil.org  Please include the words Credit Card in the subject.

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