I'm so impressed by everything that Air Canada Aeroplan has been doing to engage members in the coronavirus era, ranging from extending elite status and even giving people the option to gift status to others, to providing innovative ways to earn status…
I have to say, Air Canada Aeroplan is impressing me more than just about all other airline loyalty programs combined nowadays. The amount of innovation and positive changes we're seeing from Aeroplan is simply fantastic. Last month Air Canada and Etihad…
Air Canada’s Aeroplan program has a solid promotion for any new member who joins and completes eligible activity. Aeroplan is offering 1,000 bonus miles if you join Aeroplan through this link and complete your first mileage accumulation activity…
Air Canada Aeroplan is back with yet another awesome promotion. We've just seen the launch of what Air Canada Aeroplan calls the program's "best redemption offer ever." I'm not sure that will be the case for everyone, but it's a pretty noteworthy promotion…
Air Canada Aeroplan and Uber Eats have announced a new partnership, allowing members to earn Aeroplan miles for Uber Eats spending. Between June 9 and June 15, 2020, Aeroplan will offer 10x miles for every dollar spent at Uber Eats via the Aeroplan eStore…
Yesterday Air Canada Aeroplan and Etihad Guest launched a new partnership, opening up reciprocal mileage earning and redemption opportunities. I'd argue that by far the most interesting part of this new partnership is the ability to redeem Air Canada…
Air Canada Aeroplan and Etihad Guest have launched an exciting new partnership as of today. This was initially hinted at back in April 2019, so the partnership is a bit over a year late, but it has now happened. Better late than never, right? ;) With…
Air Canada hasn't exactly been the most forthcoming airline when it comes to refunds in situations where they cancelled flights throughout this pandemic. However, the airline has just introduced a generous new policy for those who book a ticket with…
Air Canada will temporarily add some all business class jets to its fleet, though the business class seats will be sold as premium economy. Air Canada has a charter division called Air Canada Jetz, with a fleet consisting of three Airbus A319s. These…
As of today Air Canada's Aeroplan program got into the business of selling miles directly to consumers, and that started with them selling miles for as little as $0.01 USD each, in very limited quantities, as follows: For the first 10 million Aeroplan…
After cutting its overseas flights and sharply limiting service within North America over the past month, Air Canada announced today that it will be halting all flights to and from the United States effective April 27. The move comes in response to an…
While people aren't flying much right now, there's plenty of opportunity for loyalty programs to engage with members while they're at home. In that sense I have to give Air Canada a ton of credit, because they just announced a creative and lucrative…
You can now add Canada to the list of countries requiring passengers to travel with face masks. Canada's Minister of Transport has announced some new travel restrictions that kick in as of 12PM EDT on Monday, April 20, 2020. Essentially this requires…
Yesterday we saw Delta SkyMiles and United MileagePlus announce that they'd extend current elite status for members by 12 months (and more), and now Air Canada is announcing a similar initiative. Air Canada is even getting a bit creative, so let's take…
Most government functions have either screeched to a halt or been re-directed to address pandemic-related concerns, but the Canadian Competition Bureau is still ticking along. Today it released its findings in a review of Air Canada's proposed acquisition…
Canada improved protection for air passengers back in 2019. In light of the current situation, though, the Canadian Transportation Agency is giving airlines a lot of leeway. The Canadian Transportation Agency decided yesterday that airlines no longer…
After the announcement yesterday that Air Canada would be cutting huge swathes of its flight schedule beginning April 1, it was inevitable that there would be some significant layoffs. The sheer scale, however, is a little mindboggling. The airline has…
Airlines have been adjusting their service in light of the coronavirus outbreak. In general I support this for both passengers and crew, as I can see merit to limiting the service, in order to minimize interaction, and provide as much social distancing…
Air Canada announced today that it would be shutting down the vast majority of its international and transborder flights effective April 1, 2020, as well as curtailing some of its domestic flights.
Porter Airlines, one of the most loved airlines in North America, has just announced that they'll be suspending operations. While we've seen airlines around the globe suspend operations, so far we've only seen North American airlines reduce operations,…
A few weeks ago I wrote about how Air Canada will be opening a Signature Suite in Vancouver, available exclusively to paid long haul business class passengers. This is a heads up that this lounge opens tomorrow, Saturday, March 14, 2020. While Air Canada's…
Air Canada introduced its newest plane Wednesday at its Montreal headquarters, and I (Kate!) was lucky enough to get a sneak peek at the event. The timing was perfect as I had already planned on being in Eastern Canada visiting family, and since I'd…
Yesterday Aeroplan sent out an email to members that has caused a fair bit of confusion. The email had the subject line "Upcoming changes to our Terms and Conditions." I think the reason it caused such confusion is because it seems like this should have…
Aeroplan is Air Canada's spun off loyalty program. Back in the day it was probably my single favorite program to transfer points to (they partner with Amex Membership Rewards and SPG), though after many devaluations, it's more of a niche program that…
