PAL awards Carlos Yulo 150,000 Mabuhay Miles for life

Flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) has awarded Filipino gymnast Carlos Yulo “Forever Flyer” status, as he is set to receive 150,000 Mabuhay Miles annually for life after bagging two gold medals in the recent Olympic Games.

Yulo will receive 150,000 Mabuhay Miles per year, the maximum that can be credited to a single account within a calendar year, which he may then use for flight tickets and other perks from the local carrier.

This comes after Yulo secured his second gold after scoring 15.166 points in the vault — 15.433 on his first pass, and 14.800 in the second. This is the country’s third gold medal to date in the Olympics. He earlier won gold in the men’s floor exercise.

PAL also awarded 80,000 Mabuhay Miles annually for the next three years to Filipino athletes who won Olympic bronze medals, boxers Aira Villegas and Nesthy Petecio.

With the four medals, the Philippines posted its best showing in the Olympic Games since joining 100 years ago.

Under Republic Act 10699, Yulo is set to receive P10 million for each of his two gold medals, while Villegas and Petecio will receive P2 million each. 

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. extended P1 million each to the rest of the Olympians and P500,000 each to their coaching teams.

PAL carried home members of the Philippine Olympic delegation from Dubai to Manila in flight PR 8888, which landed in Manila on Tuesday, August 13.

“It is a great honor to carry home the heroes of the nation — our Filipino champions who represented their countrymen with pride and distinction on the global stage of the Olympics,” PAL Holdings Inc. president and chief operating officer Lucio Tan III said in an emailed statement.—AOL, GMA Integrated News