Airlines (Reward Programs)

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Rundown on American Airlines for Canadians (updated December 3, 2017)

ByMatt

American Airlines (AA) announced back in November that they are expanding its service in Canada, including more frequency of its existing routes (see “List of Destinations Departing from Canadian Airports” section). So I thought that this post was due for an update. AA is a member of Oneworld alliance and has a rewards program called AAdvantage. Unfortunately, their rewards program took a hit, as their redemption schedule has become more expensive. However, they are the Oneworld airline with the biggest presence in Canada.

15,000 American Airlines December Flights Have No Pilots

ByMatt

This is going to be a quick post, since December is in less than 2 days, I thought I’d get this notice out there as quickly as possible. 

Yes, you read the title correctly, there are over 15,000 American Airlines flights in December that are without pilots assigned because of scheduling glitch. Basically, American Airlines allowed too many pilots to take vacation at the same time. My understanding is that the system approved too many vacations clustered around Christmas time and did not account for the lack of available pilots. 

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30% Transfer Bonus from RBC Rewards to British Airways Executive Club

ByMatt

Not quite the 50% that I was hoping for, but still glad to see some transfer bonus still alive. RBC Rewards is currently offering a 30% transfer bonus to British Airways Executive Club.

This offer, which runs between November 15, 2017 to December 31, 2017, is only valid to RBC Avion cardholders, not just any RBC Rewards credit card. Valid credit cards are as follow

Aeroplan is Offering a 30% Conversion Bonus

ByMatt

Aeroplan is offering a 30% conversion bonus from hotel loyalty programs, without any limit. The offer runs from November 6, 2017 until December 11, 2017.

This is not as good as the last promotion of 35% bonus, but at least they seem to have given up that old tiering system, where the more points you transfer, the more bonus miles you get. This is definitely a better offer. 

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Pledge Aeroplan Miles to the Miles4Migrants Charity

ByMatt

Pointshogger contributor, Seth Stranton, who is a moderator on Reddit and creator of a charity called Miles4Migrants. He, like many of us, is also obsessed with collecting credit card points and airline miles. Today, Seth will share how Miles4Migrants came to be and you can help!

Origin of Miles4Migrants

2 Airport Employees Dismissed, 1 Suspended Due to David Dao Incident

ByMatt

The David Dao incident on a United Airlines flight occurred back in April 2017. It took over 6 months before we find out the consequences to the employees. The Chicago Department of Aviation to decide to fire two security officers and suspending another one for 5 days, who later resigned anyway.

You can read more about the story in this news report.

Air Canada Request for Proposal for Credit Card Partner

ByMatt

Air Canada has sent out a request for proposal to offer a co-branded credit card (new reports from CBC and Financial Post). Since announcing that they will be discontinuing their partnership with Aeroplan, steps will be taken by both companies to move on from each other.

Most of the news has surrounded around Aeroplan, regarding who they will team up with next, what to do with Aeroplan miles, etc. Air Canada has remained relatively quiet until now. We know that they plan on launching their own loyalty program and they will need to team up with at least one credit card company to offer a co-branded credit card to make their program more valuable.

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[PROMOTION] Aeroplan Bonus with Rocketmiles

ByMatt

Rocketmiles is a hotel booking engine which looks for the best rates for over 400,000 hotel chains around the world (see our review post: Rocketmiles). Rocketmiles offers both flexible refundable rooms and nonrefundable rooms at a lower rate. They have teamed up with Aeroplan to offer an opportunity to earn bonus miles. There are different promotions for new and existing members.