Fall 2014 Earn Your Wings
Aug 28, 2014, 12:46 am
#31
Join Date: May 2007
Location: YYZ, but my heart is in Asia
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Meh, all my travels till early next year have been booked. Won't and can't play this game! Well, I never did, nor do I care!
Aug 28, 2014, 12:58 am
#32
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: YVR
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The badges only give you 2000 wings now, not the 5000 they previously did.
Aug 28, 2014, 9:22 am
#33
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: YYZ, SFO
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One of the things in the T&C states
For some reason, I can't seem to properly parse this sentence. Can someone help explain this better? 
Once a specific combination of flight activities (e.g.: Cross Channel Badge - takeoff at LHR on Aug 27, 2014 & land in CDG on Sept 17, 2014) is used towards the criteria for a Globetrotter Badge, it cannot be used again for the criteria for the same Globetrotter Badge. However, if eligible, it can be used towards other Globetrotter Badges.
Aug 28, 2014, 10:18 am
#34
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Join Date: Sep 2012
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I think that just means you can't use a landing at LHR and a takeoff at LHR to get one badge, but you can use a takeoff at LHR and a landing at CDG for one, and the corresponding landing at LHR and takeoff at CDG for another.
Aug 28, 2014, 10:20 am
#35
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: YYC
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I read it as a fairly straightforward restriction. Does rephrasing as "each flight you complete can be counted once for every badge, but not twice for the same badge" make it any better?
. I’ll just register and see what I end up with in the end. ^
Aug 28, 2014, 3:16 pm
#39
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v1 and v3 allowed you to earn a "few" wings, but come out with half a million miles by being in the top 25/20.
With the current state of things, 50k wings might guarantee you a spot in the top 20. That's not too hard to do, and will earn you quite a few miles
Aug 29, 2014, 12:26 pm
#40
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: YYZ
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Just a friendly reminder that today is the last day to book under the AC double miles promo for select Canadian routes. It may matter to some of you when planning EYW3 itineraries.
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Aug 29, 2014, 12:39 pm
#41
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: YVR
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I disagree. EYWv2 was hard because there was no lucrative bonus for being in the top. You had to actually earn all the wings.
v1 and v3 allowed you to earn a "few" wings, but come out with half a million miles by being in the top 25/20.
With the current state of things, 50k wings might guarantee you a spot in the top 20. That's not too hard to do, and will earn you quite a few miles
v1 and v3 allowed you to earn a "few" wings, but come out with half a million miles by being in the top 25/20.
With the current state of things, 50k wings might guarantee you a spot in the top 20. That's not too hard to do, and will earn you quite a few miles
Given the short amount of time for booking the flights, the badges should start to be revealed in the next couple weeks. So I'll try to hold off on booking my planned travel until then.
Aug 29, 2014, 1:02 pm
#42
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: YQB
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So, what happens with flights that include a stop? For example, I just booked flight AC92 YYZ-EZE with a stop at SCL. Am I going to get badges for landing and taking off from SCL? Can we earn the same badge twice anyway?
Aug 29, 2014, 1:10 pm
#43
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If you booked AC92 YYZ-EZE as a direct flight, you wouldn't get any badges for the layover in SCL.
Aug 29, 2014, 1:30 pm
#44
Join Date: Aug 2014
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That would be consistent as they don't give 2 AQS either for this flight which is a shame given the length of the flights and the hassle of having to get out of the plane and then boarding again. At least I will be flying out of Bogota on this trip so that should earn me a Dulce de leche badge. Yay!
Aug 30, 2014, 10:08 am
#45
Join Date: May 2014
Location: TXL, YUL
Programs: AC 75K
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I'm curious about people's previous experiences (since the T&Cs are silent on this, as far as I can tell) ...
Do AC metal flights count, even if booked through an intermediary airline? (i.e. I've got a multi-segment flight booked with United, but one segment, DCA-YUL, is on AC metal, and I'm curious if that will count in my favor.)
Although looking at the badge description for DCA, "Awarded when you take off or land in Washington D.C. – Dulles." (an airport AC doesn't even fly to) ... I don't hold out much hope. ;-)
Do AC metal flights count, even if booked through an intermediary airline? (i.e. I've got a multi-segment flight booked with United, but one segment, DCA-YUL, is on AC metal, and I'm curious if that will count in my favor.)
Although looking at the badge description for DCA, "Awarded when you take off or land in Washington D.C. – Dulles." (an airport AC doesn't even fly to) ... I don't hold out much hope. ;-)