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 […]
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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. […]
WestJet Rewards elite status policy update – select members whose status expires in June will have it extended
As the end of the month approaches we reached out to WestJet Rewards to see if they have plans to further extend their policy for elite status members as it only covered March, April and May. The current policy was put in place on March 24th and provided elite status extensions and upgrades to those […]
WestJet further extends Transborder & International flights suspension to June 25 plus provides domestic schedule updates
In yesterday’s WestJet media brief they provided details of their planned flight schedule for travel between June 5 and July 4. As can be expected the airline will continue to not fly many routes within Canada outside of those that are critical for essential travel and cargo. WestJet has also confirmed that they are further […]