On September 12th WestJet signed an interline agreement with Israel’s El Al Airlines. The agreement will allow consumers to purchase one ticket for flights from Israel to Toronto on El Al and connect to WestJet flights within Canada and to Florida and the Caribbean. To celebrate El Al Matmid Club members can earn 20% bonus […]
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KLM starts codeshare service on select WestJet routes
It didn’t take KLM long to get their codeshares onto WestJet flights after receiving CTA approval a week or so ago. Starting on September 26, KLM will be placing their flight numbers on the following routes (you’ll notice they all originate in cities that KLM serves to connect to/from their Amsterdam flights): Calgary – Abbotsford […]
$350 Sign Up Bonus for the WestJet RBC World MasterCard extended
You may recall our post from July 15th announcing the larger sign up bonuses for the WestJet MasterCards from RBC. At that time the offer was to run only until August 31 but the offers of $350 for the World MasterCard and $100 for the regular WestJet MasterCard have been extended to November 14. For […]
RBC ups the sign up bonus for WestJet MasterCards
One of the weakest components of the WestJet RBC MasterCards has been the relatively low sign up bonus. Most premium travel rewards credit cards in Canada offer a large enough bonus to get a free flight within Canada or North America (short haul or long haul depending on the card), the premium card for WestJet […]
WestJet’s Frequent Guest Program turns one and we ask them 15 questions about the program
The WestJet Frequent Guest program recently celebrated its first birthday and I had the chance to talk to WestJet about the program, how the first year went and what the future of the program may hold. Many thanks to Richard B. and Lauri F. over at WestJet for taking the time to answer these questions. […]
WestJet and American kick off code sharing on select routes
WestJet and American announced yesterday the launch of their code-sharing partnership (see our previous post on the initial announcement) with American placing their codes on WestJet flights between Montreal and Winnipeg and between Toronto and Edmonton. This will ultimately be expanded to cover nearly 20 cities in Canada. WestJet on the other hand will initially […]
Westjet, American Airlines expand relationship with code share agreement
Following an earlier interlining announcement in October 2010, WestJet and American Airlines have announced a new code share agreement between the two airlines. The agreement will allow each airline to place their codes on the other airlines flights. At this point this means American customers will be able to connect to up to 20 cities […]