superdawg

All the details can also be found at:
http://www4.aeroplan.com/distinction...entLanguage=en

We are now unveiling the Air Canada destinations and hotel partners that will allow members with Distinction status to earn even more bonus miles starting January 1, 2014. Bonuses include:

Air Canada Getaway bonuses

Members with Distinction status will earn up to 1,500 bonus miles per eligible round trip including a Saturday night when travelling with Air Canada to one of more than twenty popular destinations grouped in the following categories:




The number of Distinction bonus miles changes with the member’s Distinction level:

· dDiamond members: 1,500 Distinction bonus miles per round trip
· dBlack members: 1,000 Distinction bonus miles per round trip
· dSilver members: 500 Distinction bonus miles per round trip

Bonus miles for hotel stays
The hotel partners are now confirmed on who will be offering 250 Distinction bonus miles per eligible stay to dDiamond and dBlack members on up to 20 stays per year, for up to a maximum of 5,000 Distinction bonus miles per calendar year. That’s in addition to the base and bonus miles members earn for each qualifying stay. To be eligible for the Distinction bonus, members must earn miles in the Aeroplan Program at the time of stay. Hotels include:

Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, whose network includes over 65 world-renowned luxury establishments;
Marriott, which offers over 3,800 hotels, including more than 17 banners, in over 74 countries;
Starwood Hotels and Resorts, which owns over 1,100 hotels and resorts in close to 100 countries.

T&C's:

*Must be an eligible Aeroplan Member with Distinction status. You must provide your Aeroplan Number at time of booking or prior to the first departure flight. An eligible roundtrip is defined as having a Saturday night stay occurring at an eligible destination listed on the Aeroplan website. Distinction bonus miles for eligible roundtrips completed will be awarded for new bookings made on or after July 15, 2013, for travel between January 1, 2014, and December 31, 2014. In order to qualify as a new booking, the booking must have been created for the first time with a new booking reference number on or after July 15, 2013. Any booking made prior to July 15, 2013, that is subsequently changed to include travel dates within the qualifying travel period will not be considered a new booking that is eligible for this benefit. Valid on eligible scheduled non-stop flights operated by Air Canada and under the Air Canada Express banner for travel between January 1, 2014, and December 31, 2014, with a Saturday night stay. Not valid on flights operated by Air Canada rouge. Entire reservation must include Air Canada or Air Canada Express flights only. No Air Canada rouge, Star Alliance or other airline segments may appear in the same booking. Distinction bonus miles are awarded based on Distinction status once the last qualifying flight in the booking has been completed. All travel must be completed (all segments flown) before the bonus will be issued. To qualify, the flight segments must be travelled in one of the following fare options: Tango; Flex; Latitude; Executive Class Lowest; Executive Class Flexible; Executive First Lowest; and Executive First Flexible. Valid on published fares and Flight Passes that are eligible for Aeroplan Mile accumulation. Offers are not valid when travelling on an Air Canada Unlimited Flight Pass. To qualify, a minimum of one round-trip or two one-way segments must be on the same reservation. Combining two (2) one-way tickets (with different booking reference numbers) to make a round trip with a Saturday night stay in between them are not eligible to qualify for these bonus miles. Combining two reservations to make a roundtrip with a Saturday night stay is not eligible to qualify for these bonus miles. Multi-city bookings are eligible provided that your Saturday night stay occurs at the eligible destination. In the case of arriving in and departing from different destinations, both must be eligible in order to qualify for these bonus miles. Open-jaw at point of origin is permitted. Stopovers and same-day connections are not eligible. The bonus miles are for each individual passenger in the booking provided that they each have Distinction status, and that each Aeroplan Number was provided at time of booking or prior to the first flight departure. These Distinction bonus miles do not qualify towards Distinction status. Distinction bonus miles are not Altitude Qualifying Miles and do not count towards Air Canada Altitude status. Bonus miles will be credited up to three (3) weeks after the qualifying flights are completed. Distinction bonus miles cannot be retroactively credited. Aeroplan Flight Rewards are not eligible for mileage accumulation. Offer and list of eligible destinations are subject to change at Air Canada’s sole discretion without notice and other conditions and restrictions may apply. Please visit aeroplan.com regularly as eligible destinations may change during the same calendar year.

Ancien Maestro

Fairmont, Mariott and SPG bonus miles available for elite black and diamond members is a good feature. Will double up with elite member bonuses at hotel chains.

I'm skeptical of the AC vacation bonuses. Its not a draw for me.

InTheAirGuy

It's all sort of *yawn*. This is the best they could do?

Also, is a "Distinction" "bonus mile" some new sort of new peso, or is it an actual Aeropeso?

canadiancow

So being based in San Francisco, I get absolutely nothing for SFO-Canada-SFO?

Thanks

zoobtoob

Book an extra leg SFO-Canada-SFO-Canada so it looks like you are "staying" in SFO?

MaydayMayday

what is this worthless trash?

oh wow 1500 bonus miles so I can reach diamond and get 35% off 800k miles to fly to Asia.

wow thanks so much AP, I can't wait to waste my miles on this garbage

BMGfan

Eh?

Ok.

thanks for posting op.

canadiancow

For 1500 miles? Not worth it.

Yul_voyager

Fairmont, maybe, but seriously, who is crediting AE miles for staying at Starwood or Marriott ?

Slalom01

It says "Saturday night stay" in the fine print, so I don't see so many dDistinction bBonus miles in my future.

Cana2013

Bonus miles for SPG hotels is a very good feature to me too. I stay at SPG hotels often, and like them a lot.

TelFunku

Except there's is 5K annual cap and you'll have to forego all your SPG earnings.

Meh indeed. I'd say the triple eStore bonus is the biggest thing here

ridefar

Where does it say that you will have to forgo SPG earnings?

Aside from that, this is a total non event. Who is going to change their travel habits based on that number of miles? The fact that they even thought this was significant is rather embarrassing for them.

laidback71

Generally, when you earn airline points from a hotel, you have to sign up for the hotel's loyalty program and set your rewards to the airline. The bonus would be triggered by the miles being deposited into your AE account by SPG.

ridefar

That has never been the case with any past promotion between SPG and AE. I won't speak to any other program, because I don't have any personal experience. But you would have to be mad to sign up for this promotion if it was the case. It is pretty easy to earn 750 points/night at most SPG properties in Canada--far more than the 250 per stay they are offering. So I really don't think you have to forgo those to be eligible for the AE bonus. And it is also why I think the promo is silly and insufficient to actually alter anybody's behavior.