AC - I've HAD it with you and Aeroplan!!!!
Oct 22, 2014, 9:12 am
#46
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Oct 22, 2014, 10:44 am
#49
Join Date: Feb 2003
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IIRC Super Elite status was introduced in 1998. I have a nice old Aeroplan membership booklet from 1996 and there is no Super Elite status mentioned therein, only Elite and Prestige.
Oct 22, 2014, 11:10 am
#50
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Have a read, its an interesting blast from the past.
Oct 22, 2014, 12:28 pm
#52
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1998 IS CORRECT (maybe there was some hidden program before that) but the first public face of SE was 1998. See benefits in first post in this thread after I got my SE package:
SE BENEFITS 1998
SE BENEFITS 1998
Oct 22, 2014, 12:33 pm
#53
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I will admit that there are frustrations at times but not to the level some here have experienced.You are trapped in a city with no competition!
Oct 22, 2014, 8:49 pm
#54
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btw, whatever happened to SEPreffered?
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Have a read, its an interesting blast from the past.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/air-c...embership.html
Have a read, its an interesting blast from the past.
Oct 22, 2014, 9:10 pm
#55
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I am a member of Aeroplan although, living in Australia, there is not much call to use it. I joined in the days when Air Canada flew via Honolulu but never got around to using it.
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My interest is that only a few months ago there was intense speculation that QF would sell its FF plan just like Air Canada did some years ago. There was a fairly large and loud outcry as posters with knowledge of Aeroplan were horrified, since, in their opinion, that had become a disaster for Air Canada instead of an asset and Aeroplan was often used as an example of what NOT to do. Something which seems to be borne out by several posters on this thread.
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My interest is that only a few months ago there was intense speculation that QF would sell its FF plan just like Air Canada did some years ago. There was a fairly large and loud outcry as posters with knowledge of Aeroplan were horrified, since, in their opinion, that had become a disaster for Air Canada instead of an asset and Aeroplan was often used as an example of what NOT to do. Something which seems to be borne out by several posters on this thread.
As for selling off QF's FF program, the difference between QF and AC is that QF recognized it needs its FF program as a profit centre to help the airline's balance sheet and bottom line, whereas AC's management at the time was more interested in creating shareholder value than helping keep the airline in the black so AE was spun off. I am sure AC's present management wishes it still had AE as a division, both for the bottom line benefits, but also to have more control over the redemption side of "its FF program".
Oct 22, 2014, 9:54 pm
#56
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Not so sure about the last point. More like, they would not mind keeping the profit that Aeroplan is making.
Oct 22, 2014, 10:12 pm
#57
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Sunwing offers vacation flights nonstop from Sudbury, convenience on those services to "any-place-warm" flights (the majority of 1x/year travelers) is much higher than AC.
Oct 22, 2014, 10:54 pm
#58
Join Date: Apr 2007
Programs: QF Gold
Posts: 99
Shareholder @ #55
Thanks for your comments. Yes indeed, the original card was invalid but I was given a new one when I made the booking for this upcoming trip. It's the only *Alliance card I have as I tend to use Oneworld.
I'm afraid I am now retired so any flying I do is at my own expense so reaching the lofty heights of OW Emerald or its * equivalent, for example, have probably long gone. OW Sapphire or QF Gold is indeed attainable and, so far, I am able to keep that going. Will requalify in December although my assessment period is not until next August.
Thanks for your comments. Yes indeed, the original card was invalid but I was given a new one when I made the booking for this upcoming trip. It's the only *Alliance card I have as I tend to use Oneworld.
I'm afraid I am now retired so any flying I do is at my own expense so reaching the lofty heights of OW Emerald or its * equivalent, for example, have probably long gone. OW Sapphire or QF Gold is indeed attainable and, so far, I am able to keep that going. Will requalify in December although my assessment period is not until next August.
Oct 22, 2014, 11:07 pm
#59
Join Date: Apr 2007
Programs: QF Gold
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superangrypenguin #45
I'm not much good at trip reports, certainly not those I've seen with pictures of food plates, seat backs, safety cards etc but I will make notes of my AC flights and let you know.
As a matter of inquisitiveness, why are you an "angry" or indeed a "superangry" penguin? :-) You may tell me to mind my own business!!
On the subject of lurking - I "lurk" to gain knowledge and only post if I want to ask a question or think I have something to say which may be of interest. At the moment this site is of interest to me because of my upcoming AC flights.
I'm equally at home lurking on the QF site or indeed any other airline which I might be about to fly, whether I have status or not. It's amazing what you can glean and the impression (rightly or wrongly) you can gain from comments made by other posters who do fly this or that particular airline.
I'm not much good at trip reports, certainly not those I've seen with pictures of food plates, seat backs, safety cards etc but I will make notes of my AC flights and let you know.
As a matter of inquisitiveness, why are you an "angry" or indeed a "superangry" penguin? :-) You may tell me to mind my own business!!
On the subject of lurking - I "lurk" to gain knowledge and only post if I want to ask a question or think I have something to say which may be of interest. At the moment this site is of interest to me because of my upcoming AC flights.
I'm equally at home lurking on the QF site or indeed any other airline which I might be about to fly, whether I have status or not. It's amazing what you can glean and the impression (rightly or wrongly) you can gain from comments made by other posters who do fly this or that particular airline.
Oct 23, 2014, 5:19 am
#60
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