Earlier this month we let you know that WestJet began to offering refunds for those travellers who had flights to the U.S. and U.K. cancelled by the airline. In the article here we detailed how and when you could approach WestJet for a refund from waiting to get the email from them to the time […]
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More details on the pause and future evolution of WestJet Rewards Member Exclusive Fares
Last Friday we brought you the news that WestJet will be pausing their Member Exclusive Fares as of June 25. At the time there were questions on whether it is a pause or if that redemption feature of the program was going to go by the wayside. I can tell you the good news that […]
WestJet nixes Calgary to Rome route for summer 2020
It came with a lot of hype back in October 2019 and everyone was very excited for it. What was it? It was WestJet announcing a new direct non-stop route between Calgary and Rome on their Boeing 787 Dreamliner. But then Corona Virus happened. And the planned launch of the route this past May was […]
WestJet Rewards Member Exclusive Fares being paused as of June 25
Thanks to long time Rewards Canada reader CanadianPilgrim for alerting us to this news from WestJet Rewards. The news is that of June 25 WestJet is pausing their Member Exclusive Fares reward option. This is one of the lesser known yet most valuable redemption options in the WestJet Rewards program. If you are unfamiliar with […]
WestJet announces summer flight schedule – 102% increase in flights including the return of select U.S. and Mexico routes
WestJet announced their summer flight schedule yesterday which will see the airline more than double the number of flights they are currently operating. Even with that doubling they will only be flying about a quarter of their schedule that was seen in July 2019. The summer flights include the resumption of some flights to the […]
June 9 Update: Fairmont Le Manoir Richelieu now part of Stay Close offer, Best Western members in Manitoba receiving a free $25 gift card, WestJet refund email came in sooner than expected
One more Canadian hotel has been added to Fairmont’s Stay Close offer. The Fairmont Le Manoir Richelieu is now part of this deal as well as two Fairmont Mayakoba properties in Mexico. The Stay Close offer is slightly different than the Explore Canada offer we discussed last week in that the booking window for Stay […]
WestJet will provide refunds for U.S. and U.K. tickets cancelled between March 1 and June 30
Late last week the Canadian media picked up the news that WestJet will begin to offer refunds for those travellers who had flights booked with them for travel to the U.S. or the U.K.. This policy started to emerge slowly in May as it confirms an email that FlyerTalk user rowdyfeifer received stating their U.S. […]