FedEx Forms Alliance with Mastercard to Support Thai Businesses in Tapping Overseas Growth Opportunities

FedEx Express (FedEx), a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) and one of the world’s largest express transportation companies, announced an alliance with Mastercard to support local businesses, small-and-medium enterprises, and individual shippers in Thailand who are looking to expand their reach to international markets.

Through the alliance, FedEx is offering a 40% discount off shipping rates to all Mastercard customers in Thailand who open a new personal account and ship with FedEx. Local businesses will enjoy a 45% discount on the activation of a new corporate account. The discount is applicable to a wide variety of services including FedEx International Priority® Express, FedEx International Priority®, and FedEx International Priority® Freight[1], allowing Thai businesses to enjoy fast and affordable international logistics solutions.

At the same time, new customers will also receive an invitation to join the My FedEx Rewards program and earn double welcome bonus points from today until 28 February, 2024. Interested Mastercard cardholders can submit their new account application here.

“FedEx continues to intensify our support to Thai businesses making it easier for them to ship to overseas markets through our global network and differentiated portfolio of services. Our collaboration with Mastercard makes it simpler and more cost-effective for Thai businesses to penetrate new markets with our competitive shipping solutions and advanced digital tools,” said Tien-Long Woon, Managing Director, FedEx Express Thailand and Malaysia.

FedEx continues to expand its logistics solutions to help Thai businesses connect with overseas markets. This includes FedEx International Economy® (IE) services connecting Thailand to 170 markets worldwide and typically delivers within APAC in two to five business days* and to major markets in Europe and the U.S. in four to five business days*. [2] In addition, offering consumers the option to choose where and when their shipments are delivered with FedEx® Delivery Manager International, enables more control and convenience for their deliveries.

[1] Discount is not applicable to 10kg to 25kg box shipments. For more information, see promotional box rate.
[2] FICP is currently available in 14 AMEA markets which include Australia, Hong Kong SAR, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mainland China, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.