No YQ waiver? What gives?
Jan 2, 2016, 5:35 pm
#46
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But it used to be labelled "Navcan" on Aeroplan.
Then, sometime after the YQ waiver went into effect, they started calling it a carrier surcharge. It's almost as if Aeroplan deliberately wants to make people think they're not getting their YQ waiver benefit.
If it had always been labelled "carrier surcharge", this would be an entirely different matter.
Jan 9, 2016, 1:23 pm
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For "Navcan" this shows up as part of the base fare calculation as a Q surcharge. On award tickets they collect this as YR tax because there is no base fare listed on the ticket. The amounts also may differ at their discretion.
These are "carrier-imposed" surcharges and therefore the carrier can decided when and how to impose these surcharges.
Jan 23, 2019, 3:17 pm
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Sorry if this has been answered elsewhere. I got swept as SE100K ~ Jan 4 (was E50K before). Was looking at a reward ticket, 100% AC metal, but see YQ is still there. Does the benefit for YQ only start in March? Wanted to book a flight for end of March / April so it'd be cutting it close...
Jan 23, 2019, 4:05 pm
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Jan 24, 2019, 2:02 am
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Jan 24, 2019, 4:32 pm
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Me too. I'm a first time SE and as soon as my status changed my priority rewards included business class availability and no YQ.
Jan 24, 2019, 6:45 pm
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I called Aeroplan and YQ waiver does apply... to fixed mileage rewards. I had been looking at Market Fare. So now my question... is 23,000 (the difference between 80K vs 57K) miles worth $600? I'm booked for 3 people, so that's fairly steep.
Jan 25, 2019, 6:22 am
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With Market Fares, always make sure to check what the actual price is if purchased as straight up revenue from say, the ac.com website. You might find that the difference isn't much.