Fees
Apr 13, 2003, 9:04 am
#62
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Whitby ON Canada
Posts: 641
Put me in the category of those who use their miles only for leisure travel, and who book many months (6 or more) in advance.
I'm not aware of any other program charging a booking fee for my type of redemption. I see from my OnePass statement that they charge only for redemptions inside of 15 days prior to date of departure, and then the fees vary based on status.
I'm not aware of any other program charging a booking fee for my type of redemption. I see from my OnePass statement that they charge only for redemptions inside of 15 days prior to date of departure, and then the fees vary based on status.
Apr 13, 2003, 10:46 am
#63
Join Date: Oct 2001
Posts: 1,987
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by After Burner:
For me that's 100% of all award flight I've ever booked. I guess there are some people who book further in advance</font>
For me that's 100% of all award flight I've ever booked. I guess there are some people who book further in advance</font>
While I don't like the AA charge, I can kind of understand it for "last minute" bookings. The proposed AC charge for seats booked 9 months out is just a money grab.
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Apr 13, 2003, 10:57 am
#64
At Large
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: oakville Ontario canada;AC*SE
Posts: 16,985
I think it behoves all of us to tell DC,CIBC and Rupert this is not acceptable.My ife asnd I decided at breakfast this AM to cancel both of our Aerogold visas and I'm going to give serious thought to changing my DC to one of their products not connected to AC.
Apr 13, 2003, 11:15 am
#65
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: San Francisco, CA USA
Programs: AA, AS, CX, BA, AC, DL
Posts: 322
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by airbus320:
Aeroplan has to be inundated with a tidal wave of FF indignation. Write, fax, e-mail Aeroplan and give them heck. !
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Aeroplan has to be inundated with a tidal wave of FF indignation. Write, fax, e-mail Aeroplan and give them heck. !
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I agree with this. Everyone should write in to Aeroplan, CIBC, Diners, and any other partners. Show them who's boss.
Apr 13, 2003, 11:32 am
#67
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Posts: 5,075
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Biggles:
Just booked an award ticket to the U.K. Taxes
and charges came to $107.00. Put a fee and fuel
surcharge on top of that and it is getting very expensive for a "FREE" ticket.</font>
Just booked an award ticket to the U.K. Taxes
and charges came to $107.00. Put a fee and fuel
surcharge on top of that and it is getting very expensive for a "FREE" ticket.</font>
Apr 13, 2003, 11:32 am
#68
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Kingston, Ont, the limestone city
Posts: 975
Since this news is not known by the general public, we should be organized to give the highest impact.
My suggestion to those who want to call CIBC Visa would be, let's all call on one day like next Friday. So their call centre will be made aware of how people really mind about this surcharge. 100 calls that day is better than 100 calls over the next 10 days in giving their management a wakeup call.
The other thing is that we should get this news out either through Errorplan or G&M. When Aeroplan wanted to reduced the domestic economy mileage credit last year, they quickly changed it back because of the media help. We need some help like that. Air Canada probably doesn't want to give bad impression to general public if they are desperate for government help. So we will have to make this change known to as many Canadian flyers as possible.
Think about it, they kept airport fees and surcharges to themselves as theft (according to the previous news) and now they want more? Now they are not stealing, they are robbing.
In Delta forum, the frequent flyers started a fund to fight back in media. Maybe we should do something like that, all of us contribute $20 so we can buy a page of ad in the national newspaper. Any suggestion?
My suggestion to those who want to call CIBC Visa would be, let's all call on one day like next Friday. So their call centre will be made aware of how people really mind about this surcharge. 100 calls that day is better than 100 calls over the next 10 days in giving their management a wakeup call.
The other thing is that we should get this news out either through Errorplan or G&M. When Aeroplan wanted to reduced the domestic economy mileage credit last year, they quickly changed it back because of the media help. We need some help like that. Air Canada probably doesn't want to give bad impression to general public if they are desperate for government help. So we will have to make this change known to as many Canadian flyers as possible.
Think about it, they kept airport fees and surcharges to themselves as theft (according to the previous news) and now they want more? Now they are not stealing, they are robbing.
In Delta forum, the frequent flyers started a fund to fight back in media. Maybe we should do something like that, all of us contribute $20 so we can buy a page of ad in the national newspaper. Any suggestion?
Apr 13, 2003, 12:12 pm
#70
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Kingston, Ont, the limestone city
Posts: 975
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Airbus330:
I'll pay $20 towards an ad.</font>
I'll pay $20 towards an ad.</font>
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum21/HTML/009120.html
Apr 13, 2003, 12:18 pm
#71
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2000
Posts: 16,093
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by After Burner:
I'm not SE.
Originally posted by Tractor Boy:
Yes - everyone who is not a SE</font>
Yes - everyone who is not a SE</font>
Apr 13, 2003, 1:19 pm
#73
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: GRIMSBY, Ontario CANADA
Posts: 811
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by After Burner:
For me that's 100% of all award flight I've ever booked. I guess there are some people who book further in advance, but it looks to me that, on balance, AC's fee is pretty low. AA is charging 4.5 times as much as AC.
Originally posted by StuMcIlwain:
Only if you book an award ticket less than 6 days in advance.</font>
Only if you book an award ticket less than 6 days in advance.</font>
Apr 13, 2003, 1:37 pm
#74
Join Date: Oct 2001
Posts: 1,987
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by After Burner:
I'm not SE.</font>
I'm not SE.</font>
Either way, my point stands. I'm happy that you can get seats at short notice - for non-SEs on many routes this isn't possible.------------------
Saturday nights should be spent with family.