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With the new year, it’s an opportune time to select your Air Canada Aeroplan Select Benefits for the year. If you’ve recently re-qualified for Air Canada Aeroplan Elite status, the start of the year is always an great time to identify your Select Benefits, so you don’t forget to do so during the year. In this post, I outline the Aeroplan Select Benefits offered and which benefits I typically end up selecting…. Read More

Air Canada was quick to announce that it has reached agreement with it’s pilots on Air Canada mainline and Air Canada Rouge aircraft. Air Canada and the Airline Pilot’s Association (ALPA) representing Air Canada’s pilots were able to reach agreement after ratification of their collective agreement after a voting period. In this article, we discuss what this means for travellers. Air Canada Avoids Strikes: Pilot Collective Agreement Finalized Air Canada announced today… Read More

Marriott Bonvoy and Air Canada Aeroplan have announced a long term strategic partnership that will see elite status awarded to high value travellers in each of their respective loyalty programs. The new reciprocal relationship has a few strengths and weaknesses, with one side being a better winner than the other. Read on to see what the new partnership has to offer. Marriott Bonvoy & Air Canada Aeroplan Launch Strategic Partnership Marriott Bonvoy… Read More

Air Canada Rouge is the low cost carrier version of Air Canada. It currently services it’s leisure United States, Caribbean and European markets to and from Canada. It is supposed to offer a cheaper alternative to cater to its leisure markets. However, it seems to have turned into a way to lower labor costs, while keeping prices very similar to their mainline offerings. It would be our first (and last) experience flying… Read More

Our travel to Sydney, Australia tonight had us departing exceptionally late in the evening with a departure time of 11:40 PM. There is a certain gap in time when such a flight doesn’t qualify as an evening flight or an over night flight. With this gap, there isn’t much you can do to fill the time other than spend time in a lounge. We aimed to visit the Plaza Premium Lounge which… Read More

Air Canada offers a fulsome lounge network across eleven different Canadian Cities. With Canada being such a broad country, it’s admirable that they take care of their customers given that their flights are in much smaller capacity than our neighbours to the south. On a visit to the Prairies, I stopped by the local Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounge which has to be among the smallest in the overall system. If you… Read More

Read More from this Trip Introduction: Christmas Markets in Germany via British Airways and Lufthansa First Class SkyTeam International Lounge, Vancouver International Airport Cathay Pacific Lounge, Vancouver International Airport British Airways Galleries Lounge, Vancouver International Airport British Airways First Class: Vancouver – London Heathrow Terminal 3 British Airways Concorde Room: London Heathrow Terminal 5 British Airways Club Europe: London Heathrow Terminal 5 – Munich Le Meridien Munich, Munich, Germany Christmas Markets in… Read More

This post is one chapter on our trip to Atlanta, Georgia on United Airlines and Air Canada. This trip was booked and credited to Aeroplan. For more information on how this trip was booked, please see our trip introduction here. For other parts of the trip, please see this index. If you enjoyed this post, please follow us here or on social media through Facebook, Twitter or Instagram for more travel tips… Read More

This post is one chapter on our trip to Atlanta, Georgia on United Airlines and Air Canada. This trip was booked and credited to Aeroplan. For more information on how this trip was booked, please see our trip introduction here. For other parts of the trip, please see this index. If you enjoyed this post, please follow us here or on social media through Facebook, Twitter or Instagram for more travel tips… Read More