Free Flight For Life

PAL, AirAsia Awards "Forever Free Flights" to Diaz

29 July 2021

Olympic champion Hidilyn Diaz can now travel the world anytime for free her entire life as Philippine Airlines and AirAsia Philippines rewarded the weightlifter with lifetime free flights.

After her historic victory at the Tokyo Olympics that gave the Philippines its first-ever Olympic gold medal, Diaz received hefty prizes, including the 80,000 miles per year for life from the flag carrier PAL.

According to the PAL’s Facebook page, this makes Diaz the first “forever flyer” of the airline.

"We will forever honor this feat by giving Miss Diaz 80,000 free miles per year, for life—making her not only the first Filipina Olympic gold medalist, but Philippine Airlines’ first forever flyer as well," PAL added.

Meanwhile, AirAsia Philippines was the first to share the good news with the Pinay athlete, awarding her lifetime free flights.

The budget carrier previously gave Diaz an unlimited flight pass for five years when she copped the silver in the 2016 Rio Games.

“We in AirAsia would like to congratulate Hidilyn for her wonderful achievement of representing our country and earning our very first Gold medal in the Olympics. We thank Hidilyn for being an inspiration to the Filipino people and for uplifting our spirits,” the airlines Philippine CEO Ricky Isla said.