AIR CANADA'S Fall Promotion - 105,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles
Oct 19, 2011, 4:23 pm
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AIR CANADA'S Fall Promotion - 105,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles
Oct 19, 2011, 4:54 pm
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I have made a comment regarding the current Canada-China/Hong Kong promotion in post #152 at this thread:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/air-c...l#post17302741
It is interesting to note that AC has deliberately excluded Latitude and Executive Fares from this promotion.
In order to get the bonus with Latitude fare, one must be able to upgrade into R as R is a qualifying class for the bonus.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/air-c...l#post17302741
It is interesting to note that AC has deliberately excluded Latitude and Executive Fares from this promotion.
In order to get the bonus with Latitude fare, one must be able to upgrade into R as R is a qualifying class for the bonus.
Oct 19, 2011, 5:05 pm
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Well the offer is in response to this from BA
http://www.britishairways.com/travel...penxtype=click
However BA offer is on any TATL with BA / AA or IB where as the AC offer is only to London.
If there was a direct *A flight to MAD or BCN I would be jumping on this.....
http://www.britishairways.com/travel...penxtype=click
However BA offer is on any TATL with BA / AA or IB where as the AC offer is only to London.
If there was a direct *A flight to MAD or BCN I would be jumping on this.....
Oct 19, 2011, 6:29 pm
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Hence why a Europe Lat pass could be a good option especially if you have the credits to burn - $7,620 3 returns in J if you have the credits and a bucket load of miles - base miles / E&SE bonus miles and the up to 105K bonus wouldn't be too bad.
Oct 19, 2011, 6:35 pm
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You get 105,000 bonus for 3 round-trips in Y/B, but if you upgrade a latitude pass booking (which maps to Y) on those legs you get kicked into R class, which means only 5,000 bonus miles per RT.
So, in a sense, upgrades on a Y flight pass booking during the promotion now cost 6 eUps plus foregoing a whack of bonus AE miles.
On the one hand that seems kinda crappy. On the other, it's a promo... 5,000 bonus miles is still a bonus, and I'm sitting up front. Suppose I can sit in the back if I want the extra miles, which I might do if AE miles were still worth anything...
Oct 19, 2011, 6:37 pm
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Even with the SE 100% bonus and 1 mile/$ CC earning you'd still be closer to 0.06 CPM. Hardly close to MR territory but I guess if you just have to be in LHR, then it's not a bad bonus. Definitely not worth entertaining MR ideas though.
Oct 19, 2011, 6:38 pm
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As I read it, upgrading to R class means just 15,000 bonus miles for the 3 RT's.
Oct 19, 2011, 6:39 pm
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Oct 19, 2011, 6:42 pm
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Oct 19, 2011, 7:17 pm
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Well...
You get 105,000 bonus for 3 round-trips in Y/B, but if you upgrade a latitude pass booking (which maps to Y) on those legs you get kicked into R class, which means only 5,000 bonus miles per RT.
So, in a sense, upgrades on a Y flight pass booking during the promotion now cost 6 eUps plus foregoing a whack of bonus AE miles.
On the one hand that seems kinda crappy. On the other, it's a promo... 5,000 bonus miles is still a bonus, and I'm sitting up front. Suppose I can sit in the back if I want the extra miles, which I might do if AE miles were still worth anything...
You get 105,000 bonus for 3 round-trips in Y/B, but if you upgrade a latitude pass booking (which maps to Y) on those legs you get kicked into R class, which means only 5,000 bonus miles per RT.
So, in a sense, upgrades on a Y flight pass booking during the promotion now cost 6 eUps plus foregoing a whack of bonus AE miles.
On the one hand that seems kinda crappy. On the other, it's a promo... 5,000 bonus miles is still a bonus, and I'm sitting up front. Suppose I can sit in the back if I want the extra miles, which I might do if AE miles were still worth anything...
There is no way you lose the Y/B bonus miles just because you upgrade.
Oct 19, 2011, 7:27 pm
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I agree. I thought that the original booking class always determines mileage accrual. That should mean that the bonus applies to an upgraded fare.
Oct 19, 2011, 7:34 pm
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Who wants to bet that AC IT is incapable of treating R-class bookings differently, based on original booking class, for the purposes of this promo?
