Air Canada’s FlyerTalk Ambassador, Andrew Yiu posted last week that there are still some delays in getting the new top tier benefit packages out to all of the airlines elite members. The packages were to include some additional paper upgrade certificates to cover the time period before the electronic upgrade system went live. However, due […]
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Coast Hotels now an Aeroplan Partner
Western Canada based Coast Hotels has joined ranks with Aeroplan to become the latest hotel partner of Canada’s largest frequent flyer program. The hotel chain boasts over 40 hotels in Alberta, B.C., NWT, Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California and Hawaii. Aeroplan members will earn anywhere from 250 to 500 Aeroplan miles per qualifying stay and if […]
Air Canada to stop awarding Aeroplan Miles for online bookings
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 […]
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 […]
2011 Air Canada Top Tier Program – Modifications to Benefits
Less then a week after initially being released, Air Canada has listened to their top flyers and have adjusted some parts of the 2011 Top Tier program due to the numerous complaints they received. The primary changes come in the number of credits required for upgrading certain fare classes with Air Canada lowering the amount […]
Air Canada reveals 2011 Top Tier program
Air Canada has officially released the details of the 2011 Top Tier Program, and to most frequent flyers who participate in online communities the reaction is the same: the Top Tier program has been devalued once again. We will get to this point shortly, but to start, I will repost what Air Canada’s online representative […]
Air Canada Aeroplan Top Tier Qualification to require flights on Air Canada
A new development in the ongoing quest of achieving top tier status with Aeroplan for 2011 will be the requirement of actually flying on Air Canada. Up to now, one could fly any Star Alliance airline and post all the status miles to Air Canada to achieve top tier status with Air Canada/Aeroplan. This meant […]