OREANDA-NEWS. July 25, 2011. The users of the SuperJob.ru web-site, students and postgraduates of institutes of Moscow and Moscow Region, have taken part in the contest "The Best Vacations with the ICE Credit Card" organized by the Bank of Moscow and the the SuperJob.ru web-site. The prizes have been awarded to the authors of the most interesting and thoroughly thought over tourist routes displaying to the maximum the opportunities provided by the ICE Credit Card of the Bank of Moscow.

The winners chosen by the votes of the SuperJob.ru visitors and the Bank’s jury are Artyom Zh. ("Not leaving the ground" – a railway journey across Italian cities), Daniil Mikhalevich ("The Big Apple" – a trip to New York) and Lyubov Terekhova ("Berlin, the place of dissonance" – a week in Berlin).

Artyom Zh. who has won the first place, will be presented by the Bank of Moscow with a trip for two to Italy and a free ICE Credit Card for two years. In accordance with the conditions of the contest the amount of RUR 50 thousand will be transferred to the winner’s account. In addition the participants who have won prize places will be presented by the Bank of Moscow with a two year (2nd place) and one year (3rd place) free servicing of their ICE Credit Card.

The participants of the "Best Vacations with the ICE Credit Card" contest had to work out a detailed plan of their summer journey specifying the route, transport and places of stay. Preparing the plan the advantages of the ICE Credit Card had to be taken into account that in receiving discounts granted by the ISIC Discount Programme and by its partner, Startravel Operator, and in using the Bank’s credited funds amounting to RUR 10 thousand. The trip cost limit should not have exceeded RUR 50 thousand.

In April 2011 the Bank of Moscow in collaboration with the ISIC, International Student Association, that provides its members with discounts all over the world launched a co-band card promotion project specifically aimed at the young audience. To date the Bank has issued over 800 cards for students of Moscow and Moscow Region.

ISIC is a card combining the functions of an international student ID, a discount card and a credit card. Card holders are offered a credit limit to the amount of RUR 10 thousand with an opportunity to increase the limit in future.

The card also provides for a transport option (cashless payment of the Moscow underground fare), free of charge Web-banking and provision of SMS information. The monthly fee for the servicing of the card account is 69 rubles only.

A passport and a memo from the institute or a student certificate or a postgraduate certificate are enough to receive a card.