Aug 24, 2017, 7:44 am
Last edit by: canadiancow
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FT members trying to earn a spot in the top 30:
alc (aaalllccc) - 126,500 wings + any WiFi I will get
canadiancow - ~106,575 so far (earned, not posted)
mozzarella - ~86K wings + future wifi
biglinguist -- 61,000 wings (2 days' EYW runs + regular travel)
mikeyyz - ~50k wings (aiming for 28-30th too)
dtman85 (deedat85)- 41K wings (4 days' EYW runs)-(Aiming for 28-30th)
bonaventure - 40k wings
****** Posted on EYW Website ******
12/11/17
This edition of Air Canada Earn Your Wings is now over. Thank you for participating in this sixth edition for Air Canada Altitude 2017 members. Bonus Aeroplan Miles will be credited up to three weeks after the final refresh on February 15, 2018, so check the website for Leaderboard ranking updates.
canadiancow's calculator: http://flyertalk.canadiancow.com/eyw/index.php
FT members trying to earn a spot in the top 30:
alc (aaalllccc) - 126,500 wings + any WiFi I will get
canadiancow - ~106,575 so far (earned, not posted)
mozzarella - ~86K wings + future wifi
biglinguist -- 61,000 wings (2 days' EYW runs + regular travel)
mikeyyz - ~50k wings (aiming for 28-30th too)
dtman85 (deedat85)- 41K wings (4 days' EYW runs)-(Aiming for 28-30th)
bonaventure - 40k wings
****** Posted on EYW Website ******
12/11/17
This edition of Air Canada Earn Your Wings is now over. Thank you for participating in this sixth edition for Air Canada Altitude 2017 members. Bonus Aeroplan Miles will be credited up to three weeks after the final refresh on February 15, 2018, so check the website for Leaderboard ranking updates.
Earn Your Wings (EYW) v6 2017
Aug 7, 2017, 3:31 pm
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Aug 7, 2017, 3:38 pm
#77
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Although I neither need the Aeroplan miles, or the Altitude miles. I'm going to cross both AQM and AQD in September.
Aug 7, 2017, 4:45 pm
#78
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But given my Thanksgiving week has already been mostly booked by my TYO/SYD trip, I'm not sure how much I can commit to it this time around. Maybe I'll do 5-7 days of EYW before that trip... I'll certainly need a vacation after.
Aug 7, 2017, 5:06 pm
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So no information on when EYW will take place or even when we can expect an announcement?
Let's see what they come up with this time. I found the last few rounds rather unimpressive: minimal incentive to take additional trips, minimal incentive to choose a different routing on trips I was planning to take anyway
Sure, I'm happy for those who enjoyed their 6-10 days living on regional jets taking 30-120min flights to make it into the top x, but IMO AC will have to improve the promo if it wants to reach a larger audience.
Let's see what they come up with this time. I found the last few rounds rather unimpressive: minimal incentive to take additional trips, minimal incentive to choose a different routing on trips I was planning to take anyway
Sure, I'm happy for those who enjoyed their 6-10 days living on regional jets taking 30-120min flights to make it into the top x, but IMO AC will have to improve the promo if it wants to reach a larger audience.
Aug 7, 2017, 5:50 pm
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Let's see what they come up with this time. I found the last few rounds rather unimpressive: minimal incentive to take additional trips, minimal incentive to choose a different routing on trips I was planning to take anyway
Sure, I'm happy for those who enjoyed their 6-10 days living on regional jets taking 30-120min flights to make it into the top x, but IMO AC will have to improve the promo if it wants to reach a larger audience.
Sure, I'm happy for those who enjoyed their 6-10 days living on regional jets taking 30-120min flights to make it into the top x, but IMO AC will have to improve the promo if it wants to reach a larger audience.
AC can make money from this two ways.
1. People book extra trips they would not have otherwise booked. I'm definitely in this category. All revenue is new revenue for AC.
2. People who reroute trips they would take anyways, getting off the full YVR-YYZ 77W onto the "empty" YVR-YEG-YYC-YXE-YWG-YYZ flights. This is great for AC if those other flights are actually empty, and the non-stop was full. But none of that is guaranteed.
But they had to design it in a way so that the YVR-YYZ business traveler who books close in doesn't win the contest for trips that would absolutely have been taken anyway.
Aug 7, 2017, 8:48 pm
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I guess what I'm wondering is why AC would delay the announcement on a date so long. Is it purely to prevent people delaying purchasing fares for the period in question? It seems like a flawed business practice not to announce it in advance - or even not to have it.
Aug 7, 2017, 8:55 pm
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We don't even know what the "period in question" is yet.
Aug 7, 2017, 9:11 pm
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Aug 7, 2017, 9:14 pm
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But they've now made it pretty obvious they ARE going to do one, even if they haven't said when, so who knows what their reasoning is.
They may just want to build up hype on FT
Aug 7, 2017, 9:16 pm
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Given that you have to book within the window, I suppose they don't want to delay bookings.
But they've now made it pretty obvious they ARE going to do one, even if they haven't said when, so who knows what their reasoning is.
They may just want to build up hype on FT
But they've now made it pretty obvious they ARE going to do one, even if they haven't said when, so who knows what their reasoning is.
They may just want to build up hype on FT
Now, for my thoughts on juice...
Aug 8, 2017, 12:36 pm
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Well, I believe you have to request this and provide proof of the standard sort to AC. Documents signed in blood and the like. Depending upon which agent you get.