Given, but all Star Alliance promotional literature (including their full page ad in the AFR) states that *any* Star Alliance airline will match ex-Ansett status (except BMI and ANA, which are specifically excluded). Surely Air Canada should fall into that category?
I was just making the point that SA seems to have some communication difficulties - i.e not informing partner airlines of promotions which involve them?
But ours is not to reason why.