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Old Feb 27, 2025 | 1:50 pm
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Originally Posted by FlyerJ
Yikes. Very nervous now. Is 'the other shoe' still to drop?!

If there's a sneaky devaluation coming where 100 of the new points ≠ 1 WSD ≠ 1 C$ of value ... that will hit very hard and very negatively.

All of the marketing fluff and spin around this 'new' program is great, provided that they don't use this as an excuse or an opportunity to devalue. This loyalty program will very quickly flip to disloyalty if they try that.
From rewardscanada:

"Then the program will give you the option to redeem points towards the flights extras, surcharges and even government taxes. Members will have two selections when choosing the option to redeem points for these additional fare items, either 50% points + 50% cash or 100% points.

The amount of points required will vary but WestJet gave us an example of a flight to London,UK whereby a member choosing to redeem for those extras with 50% points and 50% cash would be charged approximately 110 points for every $1 while a member choosing the 100% points route would be charged approximately 105 points for every $1."
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