Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounge offers a selection of lounges around the world. One of the ways to access these lounges is to purchase a membership. Maple Leaf Club members must present their membership card and a confirmed same-day ticket or boarding pass on a departing Canada, Air Canada Express or any Star Alliance member airline flight.
People always wonder if Aeroplan miles are worth it. What can we do with them? Today, I am going to share one of my reward redemptions with you. Recently, my wife and I took a trip from Ottawa, Canada (YOW) to Amsterdam, Netherlands (AMS) on an Aeroplan fixed rate reward flight. After coming back from the trip, I would like to share my reward redemption experience with you, as it took an interesting turn along the way.
“Fifth freedom” flights are actually a very interested concept. It is the right for an airline to fly between 2 foreign countries on a flight originating or ending in one’s own country. For example, Air China is an airline that originates from China. However, there is a route that flies between Montreal and Havana. All it is really doing is that it flies from Havana to Beijing, but it makes a stop in Montreal.
I think that we are due for an update for airline expiration policies, as a few of them have changed recently. I have only listed frequent flyer programs that have a direct way of earning miles with them in Canada. You can always keep these accounts active with co-share or alliance member partners.
Today’s post is more about catering to my hobby. I was actually curious to find out what is the longest flight departing from Canada. Below is a list of the top 3 flights ranked by distance.
It’s Black Friday and there are deals everywhere as we wish our neighbours in the United States and Happy Thanksgiving! In recent years, both Black Friday and Cyber Monday have been combined into a long weekend of unbelievable discounts assisting our needs into the holiday season.
Air Canada is introducing “Altitude Qualifying Dollars” (AQD) that needs to be combined with Altitude Qualifying Miles (AQM) or Altitude Qualifying Segments (AQS) to determine Altitude elite status.
Air Canada has its elite qualifying program called Altitude. They have now introduced Altitude Students, which is a program designed exclusively for post-secondary students registered in a Canadian institution. It is free to sign up and offers special travel and exclusive perks.
Both Air Canada and WestJet reported that they set all-time single-day records for the number of passengers on July 31, 2015. Air Canada reported that it flew more than 150,000 passengers, while WestJet had 72,240 passengers on the same day.
Air Canada Altitude has recently collaborated with Starwood Preferred Guest to create more benefits for its loyal members. Please note that this is a targeted email towards Altitude members, so please check your inbox before proceeding with the SPG elite…