Aug 24, 2017, 7:44 am
Last edit by: canadiancow
https://earnyourwings.aircanada.com/en/how-to-play
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.
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
Oct 19, 2017, 4:00 pm
#602
Join Date: May 2013
Location: YYT/YYC/TPE
Programs: AC SE, UA, National Exec Elite, Nexus, GE
Posts: 1,810
Oct 19, 2017, 4:23 pm
#603
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Join Date: Sep 2012
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I still don't know if I'll be top 10 at the end.
But I should be top 10 after my Sunday flights, for a while.
Actually I suspect I'll be top 10 from around next Wednesday until well into November.
Maybe I'll finish there too. Who knows.
Check my blog
But I should be top 10 after my Sunday flights, for a while.
Actually I suspect I'll be top 10 from around next Wednesday until well into November.
Maybe I'll finish there too. Who knows.
Check my blog
Oct 19, 2017, 4:55 pm
#604
Original Poster
Join Date: Jun 2010
Programs: AC SE100K , 1MM, Hilton Diamond, KLM
Posts: 579
With the latest update I think all my "g" tickets have been credited. Still waiting for gogo WiFi and car rental.
Oct 19, 2017, 8:10 pm
#605
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Canada
Programs: AC SE100k, Marriott Titanium Elite, Accor Platinum, National Executive Elite
Posts: 349
Oct 20, 2017, 6:54 am
#606
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 4,519
For the very time this year, a US custom officer @ YUL (heading to ORD) comment that "another person state the same thing yesterday, but flying to a different city." Had a few chat and he wish me luck and off I go.
Maybe it is still too early for those in EYW this year, as they might all pack in Nov/Dec with those Accelerator Badges bookings. I really expect I will encounter this comment a lot earlier.
Anyway, off I go to ORD.
Maybe it is still too early for those in EYW this year, as they might all pack in Nov/Dec with those Accelerator Badges bookings. I really expect I will encounter this comment a lot earlier.
Anyway, off I go to ORD.
Oct 20, 2017, 7:08 am
#607
Join Date: May 2013
Location: YYT/YYC/TPE
Programs: AC SE, UA, National Exec Elite, Nexus, GE
Posts: 1,810
For the very time this year, a US custom officer @ YUL (heading to ORD) comment that "another person state the same thing yesterday, but flying to a different city." Had a few chat and he wish me luck and off I go.
Maybe it is still too early for those in EYW this year, as they might all pack in Nov/Dec with those Accelerator Badges bookings. I really expect I will encounter this comment a lot earlier.
Anyway, off I go to ORD.
Maybe it is still too early for those in EYW this year, as they might all pack in Nov/Dec with those Accelerator Badges bookings. I really expect I will encounter this comment a lot earlier.
Anyway, off I go to ORD.
Oct 20, 2017, 8:53 am
#608
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: YYC
Programs: AC SE MM, IHG Diamond, National Exec Elite
Posts: 394
For the first time since this round started, I can actual;y figure out how they calculated my wing count. Until now, the only way was to credit a take-off, but not the landing of a flight! I ma now caught up until Oct 9 except for Wi-Fi and Wild Card badges. It sure would be nice to be bale to click a button and see which flights AC claims to be counting. Seams like it would reduce the workload for AC (except for IT programming) since they would not have to respond to so many requests for credit, etc.
Oct 20, 2017, 9:26 am
#609
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: SFO
Programs: AC SE MM, BA Gold, SQ Silver, Bonvoy Tit LTG, Hyatt Glob, HH Diamond
Posts: 44,315
For the very time this year, a US custom officer @ YUL (heading to ORD) comment that "another person state the same thing yesterday, but flying to a different city." Had a few chat and he wish me luck and off I go.
Maybe it is still too early for those in EYW this year, as they might all pack in Nov/Dec with those Accelerator Badges bookings. I really expect I will encounter this comment a lot earlier.
Anyway, off I go to ORD.
Maybe it is still too early for those in EYW this year, as they might all pack in Nov/Dec with those Accelerator Badges bookings. I really expect I will encounter this comment a lot earlier.
Anyway, off I go to ORD.
I don't even explain the contest. Keep it simple. "I'm flying to earn a bunch of miles, I'm coming back on the same plane."
At least that can be understood (even if they think you're crazy) very easily. Fly. Earn miles. Done.
I would never want to get into a whole "Hey so there's this Earn Your Wings thing and ..." explanation unless absolutely necessary.
Oct 20, 2017, 11:07 am
#610
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 4,519
The only time I encountered something like that was at YUL, but my traveling companion spoke the same officer right before me.
I don't even explain the contest. Keep it simple. "I'm flying to earn a bunch of miles, I'm coming back on the same plane."
At least that can be understood (even if they think you're crazy) very easily. Fly. Earn miles. Done.
I would never want to get into a whole "Hey so there's this Earn Your Wings thing and ..." explanation unless absolutely necessary.
I don't even explain the contest. Keep it simple. "I'm flying to earn a bunch of miles, I'm coming back on the same plane."
At least that can be understood (even if they think you're crazy) very easily. Fly. Earn miles. Done.
I would never want to get into a whole "Hey so there's this Earn Your Wings thing and ..." explanation unless absolutely necessary.
. Usually, the next line is just confirming if I am leaving ORD or staying. I guess it is how comfortable/confidence you are when speaking to them, maybe my 1st Trip, I was not so prepare, so, I may have look nerves. My job fly me domestic 90% of the time, so, US custom is not something that I am very good at.
Oct 20, 2017, 11:15 am
#611
Join Date: May 2013
Location: YYT/YYC/TPE
Programs: AC SE, UA, National Exec Elite, Nexus, GE
Posts: 1,810
the try the simple thing on my 1st Trip, didn't go so well. So, I change it, and change it, and change it, and now my robotic playback is just "I am in an Air Canada contest that required me fly to certain airports to get certain points. If I win, I will get 1 million Aeroplan miles!!". In my experience, it is the last line that keep them from asking any more questions, as to most people 1 millions Aeroplan miles "sound" a lot . Usually, the next line is just confirming if I am leaving ORD or staying. I guess it is how comfortable/confidence you are when speaking to them, maybe my 1st Trip, I was not so prepare, so, I may have look nerves. My job fly me domestic 90% of the time, so, US custom is not something that I am very good at.
. Usually, the next line is just confirming if I am leaving ORD or staying. I guess it is how comfortable/confidence you are when speaking to them, maybe my 1st Trip, I was not so prepare, so, I may have look nerves. My job fly me domestic 90% of the time, so, US custom is not something that I am very good at. Even if you don't explain the contest, you still have to explain why you are flying all the way only to be in Argentina for two hours. 
Only a FTer would understand.
Oct 20, 2017, 2:26 pm
#612
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 4,519
another update is happening, based on the Airports Visited, it is up to last Sunday (Oct 15) activities. So, look like the time is around 4:20pm when they start the update and usually take about 1hr to finish. (So, I will stop creating a post stating an update is happening from now on )
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Oct 20, 2017, 3:27 pm
#613
Join Date: May 2013
Location: YYT/YYC/TPE
Programs: AC SE, UA, National Exec Elite, Nexus, GE
Posts: 1,810
another update is happening, based on the Airports Visited, it is up to last Sunday (Oct 15) activities. So, look like the time is around 4:20pm when they start the update and usually take about 1hr to finish. (So, I will stop creating a post stating an update is happening from now on )
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