Air Canada and Uber have been expanding their partnership over the past 18 months; every few months, we see more features added. Effective today, December 15, 2021, Aeroplan members based in Canada will be able to earn Aeroplan points by linking their Aeroplan and Uber accounts.
Be sure to link Aeroplan and Uber accounts together to be able to earn Aeroplan miles with Uber. Below are the steps to get linked up:
Effective today, Air Canada has added both Oman Air and Air Mauritius as new airline partners. Note that these partnerships are specifically with Air Canada, and they are not an addition to the Star Alliance program.
Flight Booking
Today we feature Valerie Durand from the Air Canada Foundation, who will share with us a points matching program for the Air Canada Foundation’s Hospital Transportation Program. Health care has always been a soft spot for us at Pointshogger, so thank you Air Canada Foundation for working on this initiative!
1) Please tell us about yourself and your role with Aeroplan.
My name is Valerie Durand and I’m a spokesperson for the Air Canada Foundation. I’m responsible for our corporate social responsibility portfolio at Air Canada.
Effective today, Aeroplan members can now earn points for making purchases at LCBO. It is a sad day for Air Miles, who had their partnership terminated with each other. But when one door closes, another one opens, this time for Air Canada.
Back in March of 2021, Starbucks and Air Canada’s frequent flyer program, Aeroplan announced its partnership.
They are currently offering an unlimited 70 Aeroplan bonus points opportunity for every $20 (before tax) spent at Canadian Starbucks airport locations.
Keep in mind that there is also the 50% bonus Aeroplan points for every $1 spent using TD co-branded Aeroplan credit cards until February 14, 2022.
Air Canada’s frequent flyer program, Aeroplan, and Uber Canada are expanding their partnership from only Uber Eats to also include Uber Passes. Effective, today, September 8, 2021, Aeroplan members who are also (CIBC and TD) co-branded credit cards holders can sign up for a complementary Uber Pass membership, while American Express co-branded cardholders will have to wait until November 1, 2021.
Aeroplan is offering a host of additional bonus opportunities with its co-branded credit cards. Even though travel restrictions are still tough in Canada, this has been a great time to load up just in time to travel, also known as the “Aeroplan Ahead” initiative.
Air Canada’s acquisition of Air Transat has been in the works for almost 2 years. After all the hurdles that they had to go through to get to this point, only to end in a cancellation of the buyout.
The agreement required various regulatory authority approvals. It got stuck at the European Commission (“EC”). In short, the EC will not approve the acquisition for several reasons including negatively impacting customers.
Air Canada’s frequent flyer program, Aeroplan, has launched a partnership with Starbucks Canada that enables Aeroplan members to earn and redeem points on Starbucks (e.g. beverages and snacks).
Link Accounts
Members need to go to aircanada.com/starbucks to link their Aeroplan and Starbucks Rewards accounts together.
In what looks like a very long and drawn out takeover (merger, buyout), however you want to call it, the Air Canada purchase of Air Transat took another step towards reality. Our first post about this topic was back in the spring of 2019. Two years later, it looks like this is finally becoming a reality with the Federal Government approval.
The reason I am writing this post today was because I wanted to share my thoughts on takeovers that decrease the competition in Canada.