Air Canada Aeroplan has done an incredible job adding airline partners outside the Star Alliance in recent months, as the program has added Etihad, Azul, Vistara, and Air Serbia. Aeroplan has now announced yet another new partner -- Virgin Australia…
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I wasn't going to write a story about this, but I feel like perhaps some balance is needed compared to how I've otherwise seen this incident portrayed in the media. My mom even asked me about this story yesterday, because she saw it in the news -- "did…


The Air Canada Aeroplan program was recently refreshed, and it has some fantastic sweet spots. I love the ability to redeem on Star Alliance airlines with no fuel surcharges, and to have a stopover on a one-way award for just 5,000 extra miles. For those…


The new Aeroplan program has launched this week, and that has included the introduction of refreshed co-branded credit cards. In this post I want to focus on what's perhaps the most intriguing card of the collection, the American Express Aeroplan Reserve…


Back in August, Air Canada revealed the full details of its new Aeroplan frequent flyer program. Well, the new program has just gone live as of today. In this post I wanted to recap all the changes, because there's a lot to love about the program. I'll…


This week the all new Air Canada Aeroplan program is launching. A new points program and approach to redemptions are all well and good, but most of us aren’t earning all those Aeroplan points with our butts in seats. Credit cards, even in Canada’s tight…


In positive news for both Canadian airlines decimated by COVID-19, the federal government has announced that it will commence talks this week with the industry about providing federal assistance. There's a catch, however, and it's one many Canadian fliers…


Air Canada Aeroplan has done an incredible job adding airline partners outside the Star Alliance in recent months, as the program has added Etihad, Azul, and Vistara. Well, Aeroplan has now announced yet another new partner. As of Monday, November 9,…


Only a day before the formal launch of its revamped program, Aeroplan has announced a day's delay to "complete adequate testing" with its partners. This pushes the launch from tomorrow afternoon to noon on Monday, November 9. Aeroplan's site and app…


Here's a route I didn't expect Air Canada to launch... Air Canada will be launching 3x weekly flights between Toronto and Doha as of December 15, 2020. The flight will operate with the following schedule: AC58 Toronto to Doha departing 8:10PM arriving…


O (Air) Canada... Many airlines around the world have been absolutely awful when it comes to providing passengers with refunds in the event of flight cancelations during the pandemic. It's at least worth acknowledging that there are two sides to this:…


Airlines are trying to find new ways to utilize planes given how the industry has changed. A few months back Air Canada offered all business class service from Toronto to both Montreal and Ottawa, and now the airline is extending this concept to popular…


Well, I guess there's some small silver lining to the coronavirus pandemic for Air Canada. In June 2019 it was announced that Air Canada would acquire Canadian low cost carrier Air Transat: Initially Air Canada was going to pay $13 per share, for a total…


This November Air Canada is introducing an entirely new loyalty program, which includes a new approach towards award redemptions, new elite perks, and new credit card benefits. In addition to all of the changes that have already been revealed, a new…


Air Canada has just started selling passes for unlimited monthly flying within Canada, and that sure is interesting... Airlines around the globe are in a cash crunch and have a lot of empty seats on planes, so are trying to get innovative. That's where…


Air Canada's Aeroplan program has just made it significantly easier to redeem miles on the North American airline I most want to fly... Canadian North is an Inuit-owned airline with the most service to the Canadian Arctic. Canadian North has been a partner…


The million (or perhaps multi-billion) dollar question is how travel restrictions can be eased without greatly increasing risk. We've seen a countless number of airlines call for border restrictions to be relaxed and for there to be more robust testing,…


The Air Canada Aeroplan program is continuing its trend of adding new partner airlines. In June Aeroplan added Etihad Airways as a partner, in July Aeroplan added Azul as a partner, and now the program is adding another partner. This is all in addition…


Yesterday the details of the new Air Canada Aeroplan loyalty program were announced, and now the program has launched a lucrative promotion for new members. Aeroplan is offering 2,500 bonus miles if you join Aeroplan through this link and earn your first…


After two years of talking about it, Air Canada finally unveiled its new frequent flyer program this morning and it’s called… Aeroplan. Market research with thousands of people showed the brand had huge value, so they’ve kept it, but make no mistake,…


Air Canada Aeroplan has launched yet another promotion, which is valid whether you're booking a paid or award flight. With this, you can get up to 40% of miles back on award tickets, or up to 150% bonus miles on paid tickets. Air Canada Aeroplan is offering…


Aeroplan has just announced a significant improvement to its mileage expiration policy. This developments comes ahead of the new Aeroplan loyalty program launching in the fourth quarter of this year. Effective immediately, Aeroplan miles expire after…


Our first flight enroute to Bodrum was from Fort Lauderdale to Montreal on Air Canada. Let me share the itinerary that we booked to get to Bodrum, and then I'll get into my review of Air Canada's updated business class service. Understandably airlines…