A couple of weeks ago we learned that Air Canada made an offer to acquire Aeroplan, which is their spun off loyalty program. For over a decade Aeroplan has been the frequent flyer program of Air Canada, though in 2020 their contract ends. The termination of the contract has led to a lot of uncertainty…
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I applaud Aeroplan for announcing 3 new partners in less than a week after they rejected AC's low ball offer. They have also confirmed they are talking with OneWorld. Not only that but they also provided details on their award chart.
And what has AC announced of their program? NOTHING.
Have they revealed an award chart? Nope.
Will they even have an award chart? Or will they do what Delta has done and go dynamic pricing for awards?
Will they continue to charge scam-charges on their "free" tickets?
Aeroplan is winning in the court of public opinion.
So they keep forming partnerships with LCCs.
I don't collect miles to use them on LCCs.
Such a useless move by Aeroplan.
I can't wait to find the premium cabin sweet spots on these marquee international carriers......
never heard of Flair. So Aeroplan is going from a worldwide network of *A flights to...some turbo props to YTZ, vacation package flights, and ??? Not sure how that's supposed to make AC jealous.
@iv I don’t know how you think they’re winning the court of public opinion. I was worried about my AE balance before, and I’m even more worried now. This coming from an AC SE100K/MM
I'm starting to think AC's plan was to buy back Aeroplan all along...and it seems like Aeroplan knows this. They should just pay 450 m...
@JL:
Agreed. And the vast majority of us that read this blog likely don't either. But we're a small minority. Think of the number of people who believe an airline co-branded CC is the only way to accrue miles aside from flying. Heck, I have a close friend who puts hundreds of thousands of dollars from his construction business on a SW co-branded CC because he "can take SO MANY flights with that" then just buys J tickets outright when he and his partner travel internationally. The lack of due diligence on his part is maddening to me since he's so smart otherwise.
Who in their right mind would continue to accumulate Aeroplan miles in 2019/2020, especially from flying
It's now clear AC is gonna have to scramble and make something out of Nothing, given their stellar IT, this is gonna be fun.
Sucks to those poor souls who *have* to fly AC.
Clearly Aeroplan is giving AC a bit of fright and Aeroplan looks better right now. You can say they don't have much substance to announce, but they have, in fact, said that they are trying to preserve their award charts (granted, on what carriers we don't yet know)....but on the other hand, what is the alternative that AC is pumping? Nothing. We know nothing about their program. AC probably doesn't even know what they want to do.
Deal won't get done even at $450M. What author doesn't understand is how equity markets work and how the controlling shareholder of Aeroplan is not interested in Air Canada's bullying (which it has a terrible history of doing). TD & CIBC generate $400M in profits annually from the Aeroplan partnership, yet are offering $325M? Guys, in what business does that happen?
Like I've said before, and will continue saying, author is a shill for the large airlines and does piss-poor work understanding the fundamental economics of Aimia relative to the price being offered by the AC consortium.
You may read this letter (please read it slowly and carefully so you can digest properly) to get up to speed intellectually.
@ iV..you don't make sense. Belows are what you wrote.
- "And what has AC announced of their program? NOTHING".
...... why would AC release a plan details of their own if they are trying to take over Aeroplan?
- "Have they revealed an award chart? Nope".
....... same as above they are trying to take over Aeroplan
-"Will they continue to charge scam-charges on their “free” tickets"?
........ Are you sure AC charges scam charge not Aeroplan? Why the exact same flight with
Mileage Plus or other programs do not have a scam charge but with Aeroplan? Are you saying other programs absorb the charge and paying on our behalf?
The question is not "does Aeroplan have an airline they are a loyalty program for"; though obviously that helps.
It is... "will they still be able to ticket Star Alliance award flights". I understand the easy answer may be no, they will not. But the real value add is a YES to that answer, that is what they need to find, not a partnership with Porter Air... and they understand that.
Eventually they will sell to Air Canada and others the parent company has relations with.