AftOf245

I am now sitting st just over $21K in AQD, with 79K AQM AND 15AQS

igoping

I'm at 22% of my AQM and 31% of my AQD for my SE target. I guess the AQD won't be an issue for me this year at this pace.

Max007

Surprise surprise!

2 weeks after the last flight of my trip my AQD have still not completely posted and look well on the way to being off. So predictable it was going to be a screwed up system that it is not even funny...

Sitting at 1600 out of a ticket with a value of 2200, all with AC flight numbers. Can't be taxes cause that represents roughly 20$ on that (little to no HST on flights; I know as I need to itemize this on expense reports).

Unless my India - Europe segment somehow had a value of 500$ (the website is reporting 400 for a YYZ-HKG segment) it looks like I will have to contest and claim the missing AQD.

Anybody have to go through this so far?

Predictably the ACIT incompetent continues to remain worldwide famous...

Max

FlyerGoldII

With AQDs so important in maintaining status (esp for SE status), one must fly a lot on AC metal or take AC code-shared flights on other Star Alliance carriers' planes.

But does it always cost more or not - if one buys the AC code-shared flight versus on a ticket designated with that other airline? The increased cost would discourage some passengers to fly on that flight on an AC code-shared basis, if at the expense of earning AQDs.

Adam Smith

AC codeshares on UA flights to the US are always more expensive, in my experience. Sometimes multiples of the UA fares, especially low J fares.

A few people posted examples of AC codeshares on LH intra-Europe being vastly more expensive than buying the LH flights.

I did recently look at some flights in Asia where the AC codeshares of NH flights seemed the same price or cheaper.

But I think generally you should expect to pay a sizeable premium for AC codeshares.

ffsim

This is my rule of thumb, too. That being said, I saw earlier today that some ex-YUL TATL routes (e.g. to ZRH on LX or FRA on LH) are priced within a few dollars of the AC equivalents either direct or via YYZ.

james dean

Had to do a last minute change on my HNL-YVR flight and move my departure date to one day earlier (dummy me, miscued on my booking and just noticed it). Res changed my flight but I had to pay $200 change fee.
Just wondering will that extra $200 show up in my AQD since my total ticket price just increased?

vernonc

If that $200 is a change fee, I do not believe it will show up in AQD. If a portion of that is the increase in your actual ticket price, that will show up.

xLuther

From FAQ on AQD
At this time, only ticket purchases (base fare and carrier-imposed surcharges) and eUpgrade Add-ons will earn AQD. Any other purchases, including those listed above, as well as Last-Minute Paid Upgrades, Preferred seats and Air Canada Café, will not count towards your AQD balance. Furthermore, government-imposed taxes, fees and surcharges will not count towards your AQD balance.

canadiancow

I read that as "taxes, fees and surcharges that are government-imposed will not count".

The relevant part would be the preceding sentence that says "Any other purchases ... will not count".

xLuther

Based on the sentence and proper use of commas, I'm going with the exclusions are separate items of a list.

Furthermore, government-imposed taxes, fees and surcharges will not count towards your AQD balance.

But hey an argument about the proper use of commas, along with the use of 'and', 'or' etc could be worth 30-40 posts.

james dean

haha, great response...that's worth the price of admission in and of itself!!!

YOWgary

Absolutely amazing.

I need a quick hop MSP-YOW for next week - for the same flights (MSP-YYZ on UA, YYZ-YOW on AC), AC wants nearly twice as much as UA.

I'll actually earn more miles on the UA ticket, just no AQD.

Remind me again how this system is supposed to incentivize us to spend with AC?

YYT82

It's not. It's designed to make people realize how much they were ripped off before.

YOWgary

Oh, hey, turns out if I use Kayak to direct me to AC's American site, the exact same tickets are 40% cheaper than if I buy them through the Canadian site.