WestJet’s purchase of Sunwing has been in the works for a couple of years now. It is now taking a step forward as the Canadian Federal Government WestJet gave their stamp of approval that moves them closer. There is still some work to be done, but this is as major milestone.
Today, I wanted to share some of my thoughts on this potential merger. Let’s discuss this from the perspective of each airline.
Air Canada introduced a new features that allows Signature Class and Premium Economy passengers to pre-order a meal before boarding a plane.
How it works
They can pre-order as early as 30 days prior and up to 72 hours before flight departure.
Air France KLM has really upped their game in terms of expanding their presence in Canada, which definitely warrants a full blown post. Today, we are going to provide a rundown of how relevant Air France KLM is to Canadians by going through some of the features of its Flying Blue frequent flyer program.
It has been a 4 years since I last wrote about Porter Airlines’ loyalty program ,VIPorter. As such, we are way overdue for an update, especially with all the major changes that kicked in this month.
The way these posts work is that we do a rundown of the key factors of its loyalty program to determine whether it is worthwhile to stockpile points with them.
This post was inspired by an article by CBC: Afraid to check a bag? Canada’s missing baggage woes explained
Are you afraid to check-in your bag as much as I am? Today, I would like to share my thoughts on checked bags.
Yikes! Another one bites the dust. Most of you probably already heard about this, so today, now that the dust has settled a bit, I will chime in my 2 cents on what happened.
Before I continued, just know that if you are an existing MBNA Alaska Airlines MasterCard holder, you are still safe. Unfortunately, MBNA has decided to discontinued their MBNA co-branded Alaska Airlines cards.
Air Canada’s Aeroplan program has jumped on the the Black Friday bonus points promotional period. Below are some of the best offers to watch out for. We included what time frame each offer runs for, as there are different dates to keep in mind.
RBC is offering a 30% transfer bonus to British Airways’ Executive Club, which is the same offer from just over a year ago. Conversion bonuses are an amazing way to boost your accounts without any extra cost or effort (aside from having the points readily available).
You may have already received an email from Aeroplan by now with notice that they are updating their terms and conditions effective December 19, 2022. There are quite a few terms that are being changed, but this is the one that I would like to highlight for today:
It’s been a year since Aeroplan and Starbucks Rewards teamed up. More details about their partnership here. Now their partnership is expanding further with the ability for Aeroplan members to directly convert Aeroplan points to Starbucks Stars.