The bonus Aeroplan miles that members have earned for booking flights online at AirCanada.com over the past few years will come to an end on February 15, 2011. While the bonus was not huge for many of the fares unless you bought really expensive business class flights (1 Bonus Aeroplan Mile for every $3 spent […]
LAN Airlines to cancel Tororto service
Chile’s LAN Airlines will stop serving Toronto as of April 2, 2011. The airline has served the city for the past couple of years with a 5x weekly service from Santiago that went via New York. Source: Airline Route Updates
COPA Airlines to launch Toronto – Panama City service
According to Airline Route Updates, Latin American carrier COPA Airlines will launch a 4X weekly service between Toronto and Panama City on Jun 16, 11. COPA has ties with Continental Airlines (you can earn/burn OnePass miles on COPA) and is set to join the Star Alliance sometime in 2012.
Aeroplan Expiry Rules
As a follow up to our recent appearances in the Globe and Mail and on Global Vancouver we want to give our readers some insight on the Aeroplan expiry rules that are making waves in the news right now: The news revolves around the 7 year shelf life of Aeroplan miles that the company announced […]
Marriott keeps Elite Rollover for 2011
Marriott heralded an industry first this past year when they introduced Elite Rollover nights that essentially allowed you to keep any extra nights over and above your latest elite level and use them towards your elite status for the following year. Earlier this week Marriott was please to announce via their Marriott Rewards Insiders forum […]
US Airways to award lifetime Silver Elite Status to Million Milers
US Airways has introduced a million miler program (much like Air Canada did recently) where they will offer lifetime Silver Elite status to Dividend Mile members who have flown 1,000,000 status miles. To achieve the lifetime status the miles must have been flown on US Airways metal only which means that just like Aeroplan’s program, […]
US Airways joins Star Alliance Upgrade Award program
US Airways is the second North American Star Alliance carrier to announce this month (Air Canada did so earlier) their participation in the Star Alliance Upgrade Award program. Basically allows you to use miles to upgrade full fare economy or business class flights based on each carriers availability. For complete details please see US Airways […]