In July 2022, Air Canada & Emirates announced plans to form a strategic partnership. That partnership officially launched as of November. We’re now seeing the introduction of reciprocal points earning and redemption opportunities, as well as reciprocal elite perks, so I wanted to recap everything about the partnership in this post.
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Emirates will be in Star Alliance soon. The writing is on the wall between this and the United partnership.
I would imagine AI, and to a lesser extent maybe SQ and TK, would not be happy at such a development, as EK joining could put a damper on AI's expansion plans...
Aeroplan, the king of the mixed cabin itinerary. Did a quick check and not seeing any outright business class fares (out of IAD at least). The one big flaw in Aeroplan is the charging of the same number of miles for a mixed business class as a full business class itinerary.
There's no way that LH Group (and consequently United) will allow Emirates to join Star Alliance. Their long-haul market and TATL joint venture are much too valuable for this.
Not totally correct. Sometimes the 10% business fares are much higher in price than the 90% business fares.
The advice is always caveat emptor - check each offer for routing and fare. In the list of options provided to Canadians there is often one fare slipped in that might be possible acceptable surrounded by flights in the 400k range (EZE-YLW). And the 400k fares are often the 25% J fares to boot.
Hopefully Aeroplan will fall on its face when the rush to travel is over and other airlines take their business away. Possibly then we can see some decent rewards. But certainly not now. No fuel surcharges has resulted in fares in the 10 - 20X range as far as the points are concerned. Unacceptable.
If we book award Emirates flight in J from Aeroplan, will we be able to upgrade it to First by skyward miles?
In Dubai, access to the Business Class Lounge was denied because I was flying on an Emirates ticket that was not code-shared with Air Canada (I have Super Elite status with Air Canada). So, unless the ticket is code-shared with Air Canada, it looks like there is no lounge access for Aeroplan members in Dubai.
how do I claim my air canada miles if I am already part of the Emirates skyward
As Business Class Passenger, while arriving from India by Emirates and then going to Canada by Air Canada flight, can I use Emirates Business Lounge
I’m flying in F from DXB to YYZ. Upon arrival, can I access the AC Signature Suite, or any AC lounge in YYZ? I have a few hours to kill before my next flight back to the US.