hearna

So if the contest ends in Nov; why does the last badge reference March? Why is 4 months needed to tabulate everything? Does AC really view their IT teams with such a low standard???

Its not as if you have to wait for other carriers; this is all AC Metal; in house....

canadiancow

Think of what's on the weekend before the 14th. That's why

Because if they give out the bonus miles right away, and then someone submits a successful appeal that knocks you out of the top 20/30, and then they take your miles away, you'd be pretty pissed.

Or it's to put the expense in a different fiscal quarter.

YEG USER

During EYW2 I had many wings post incorrectly, many of my badges did not post correctly and it took several months to get resolved. IIRC final resolution did not take place until after the originally posted deadline (which I think was mid-March). So yes, March seems about right.

There are threads on here about people being refused mileage for flights that get diverted, etc. Even though it should straight forward since no other airlines are involved, it isn't. They err on the side of caution and give time to make sure things post correctly to ensure that people get the proper number of wings/miles.

yyzprincess

Hi Ben, thanks for the undertaking. Knowing you will be on top of it, I will not have to deal with EYW team as I did for EYW #1 is a big comfort.
I will go ahead & book all of travel from Mid-Oct to Dec on AC in the next 48 hours.
Guess I will be getting a call from Visa when charges keeping coming

cperciva

Hmm... I'm flying down to SFO? But how would Air Canada know about that when I haven't booked my tickets yet?

canadiancow

I was referring to Thanksgiving, when everyone will be flying somewhere

Sean Peever

But Thanksgiving isn't until November 27th :P.

* this post has been adjusted for canadiancow living in the usa

yvr76

I found that badges for EYW2 posted a lot more reliably than EYW1, with the exception of the speed bump badges booked on the last day due to a time zone issue, which were eventually resolved as well. I still had to do some manual requests, but it was nowhere near as cumbersome as EYW1.

Also, badges can take a few days to post after they appear on your AE account.

hearna

What? 77k wings, and how many other miles are you to get out of this? Total what; maybe 120k? For 5000k?? You can buy a Z ticket for that price; (when you consider where you can go for the miles, and extra fees attached to that free redemption... and 9 days of flying; your gone in the head...

In EYW1 I flew 2.5 days; earned around 120k miles for around 1300$ including the over night hotel and food/shuttles costs... Good deal (albeit crazy non the less...)

Maybe you should invest your 5k into a good TPAC J product and enjoy a vacation instead of doing up and downs between YEG-YXE-YWG in DH3/DH4/CRJ's...

yyzprincess

I just booked Several International Itineraries. On 777 & 787 & 330. All in Flex. Flush with E-Credits will go for upgrades.
Will earn 60K+ AQM

Will do meetings in day & enjoy dinning in evening & theatre. I have also built in weekend day for Art Galleries & Museums.
Will be earning my wings in comfort & Style. I will not be earning my wings No DH3/DH4 Merry Go Round & Round

Did the same for EYW#1 did in comfort of widebody J cabin & made it in Top 10.

canadiancow

Well, the goal would be to get into the top 20 and get another 500k miles. And if I was sure it was a great idea, I would have booked it already

Out of curiosity, how much did you spend for the flights?

There's a huge difference between rerouting a few necessary trips, and planning this just for the wing running.

yyzprincess

Lets say I had to call Visa this afternoon to inform them about the charges which will be going on AC in the next 24 hours.

I would never book flights to nowhere. Every trip I take there is an interview or booked meeting. In addition I always overnight @ a hotel or route it through YYZ after a red-eye flight to sleep in a proper bed. If it means having to pay for breaking the journey.

On a serious note. Doing all of these segments run , there is a risk factor. I love flying. I will get on a plane on turn off a dime. However, I am aware of the risk factor. Which is why I do not add segments to reach SE status to my international itineraries.

The current EWY except for same day RT between YYZ-LGA/EWR/BOS/PHL, all others require overnight. I travel through YXE, YQR & YWG ( my daughter lives in YWG) YQR& YXE no Airport Hotels.

The current EYW is International lucrative.

24left

I'm on the new Accelerator Badge page (link from email)

http://earnyourwings.aircanada.com/en/newbadge2

I enter Leaving From as YYZ, enter Going To LAX, click Search and immediately notice the prices for my dates are too low (ha).

I see in the upper right corner the little U.S. flag, do a temporary booking and notice the total dollars is USD

I've tried 3 different Canadian departure cities and all link to the U.S. site

I went back to my browser favorites, clicked AC and got my usual Canadian site

If you're are booking via the badge link and not paying attention to the currency, you'll be billed in USD.

I did click the Convert to Canadian Dollars button and the total amount when converted is higher than if you book directly on the Canadian site

Anyone lese getting the U.S. site and USD?

King Chung Huang

Not sure why you're bumping this.

In any case, I also get the US site.

24left

After i posted here on EYW, I bumped it to AC Rep thread as I thought someone at AC should know there is a IT problem of sorts. Sure, one can switch to the Canadian site, but that's not the point. If someone's normal default is Canadian, they may not notice that the U.S. site is coming up.