Sep 15, 21, 4:27 pm
Last edit by: canopus27
A STATUS PASS DOES NOT CONFER YOUR STATUS TO THE RECIPIENT!
SO FOR EXAMPLE IF YOU ARE SUPER ELITE, YOUR BENEFICIARY DOES NOT GET OR HAVE SUPER ELITE PRIVILEGES! THEY DO NOT GET ANY KIND OF STAR ALLIANCE GOLD PRIVILEGES!
SEE WIKI BELOW!
What is a status pass?
A status pass (sometimes abbreviated as "STPA") grants passengers many of the benefits of elite status (detailed below). One status pass is applied to a booking and extends benefits to all passengers (up to 9), on all flights, on that booking.
The benefits of the STPA don't exactly correspond to any elite tier.
The status pass must be applied before travel commences. It cannot be applied after any flights have been taken. It is unclear whether there is a deadline to apply the pass. A pass can be removed from a booking up to 6 hours before travel commences.
What does a status pass get you?
What DOESN'T a status pass get you?
How does a status pass get added to a reservation?
The pass must be applied by the person with elite status (E50K, E75K, Super Elite). It can be done through the AC app or via the AC website.
In order to apply the pass, you will need the PNR (booking reference) and last name of any of the passengers on the PNR.
How do I know if the Status Pass actually was added? How can the PAX show to Airport staff that they have one?
The person granting the pass should see the pass applied in their Benefits section under Status Pass. Look at sent passes.
COWTOOL PNR lookup will indicate "A status pass has been applied" for reservations where it has been successfully applied.
The PAX should have "STPA" on their boarding pass.
Are status passes different depending on the status of the person giving the pass?
No. All status passes are the same. Whether the pass was given by an 50K or a Super Elite is irrelevant.
The AC website says "travel must occur within the current benefit year". What does that mean?
The recipient's trip must start before the end of the benefit year, which is also the calendar year, i.e. the first flight must be taken on or before December 31.
However, if there are additional flights on the PNR in the following year, the status pass will also be valid for those flights (not explained on the AC site, but verified in practice by FTers for bookings straddling 2021 and 2022).
Do they work for award and cash bookings?
They can be applied to both
SO FOR EXAMPLE IF YOU ARE SUPER ELITE, YOUR BENEFICIARY DOES NOT GET OR HAVE SUPER ELITE PRIVILEGES! THEY DO NOT GET ANY KIND OF STAR ALLIANCE GOLD PRIVILEGES!
SEE WIKI BELOW!
What is a status pass?
A status pass (sometimes abbreviated as "STPA") grants passengers many of the benefits of elite status (detailed below). One status pass is applied to a booking and extends benefits to all passengers (up to 9), on all flights, on that booking.
The benefits of the STPA don't exactly correspond to any elite tier.
The status pass must be applied before travel commences. It cannot be applied after any flights have been taken. It is unclear whether there is a deadline to apply the pass. A pass can be removed from a booking up to 6 hours before travel commences.
What does a status pass get you?
- Priority check-in
- Free checked bags (3 per passenger), with priority baggage handling
- Priority security
- Access to Maple Leaf Lounges ("MLL"), including international lounges, prior to your departing flight
- Priority boarding (Zone 2)
- Priority standby
What DOESN'T a status pass get you?
- Access to non-MLL AC lounges (i.e. Cafe and Signature Suites)
- Access to lounges not operated by AC
- Free seat selection
- MLL guesting privileges
- E50K status (some of the status pass benefits are similar, but are certainly not comprehensively equivalent to E50K)
- *G status
How does a status pass get added to a reservation?
The pass must be applied by the person with elite status (E50K, E75K, Super Elite). It can be done through the AC app or via the AC website.
In order to apply the pass, you will need the PNR (booking reference) and last name of any of the passengers on the PNR.
How do I know if the Status Pass actually was added? How can the PAX show to Airport staff that they have one?
The person granting the pass should see the pass applied in their Benefits section under Status Pass. Look at sent passes.
COWTOOL PNR lookup will indicate "A status pass has been applied" for reservations where it has been successfully applied.
The PAX should have "STPA" on their boarding pass.
Are status passes different depending on the status of the person giving the pass?
No. All status passes are the same. Whether the pass was given by an 50K or a Super Elite is irrelevant.
The AC website says "travel must occur within the current benefit year". What does that mean?
The recipient's trip must start before the end of the benefit year, which is also the calendar year, i.e. the first flight must be taken on or before December 31.
However, if there are additional flights on the PNR in the following year, the status pass will also be valid for those flights (not explained on the AC site, but verified in practice by FTers for bookings straddling 2021 and 2022).
Do they work for award and cash bookings?
They can be applied to both
Status Passes - what are they and how to use them?
May 22, 22, 9:59 am
#286
Join Date: Jun 2010
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They will not have access to any of the Lufthansa Senator lounges - so no.
In theory they can access the Maple Leaf Lounge in T1 but they are unlikely to be able to access the concourse as they are in the Schengen area.
In theory they can access the Maple Leaf Lounge in T1 but they are unlikely to be able to access the concourse as they are in the Schengen area.
May 22, 22, 10:01 am
#287
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My son and his friend will be traveling YVR --> FRA on Air Canada and I applied a SE status pass to his itinerary. They have about a 12 hour layover (final destination NAP on Lufthansa). When they get into the Schengen area of FRA for their connecting NAP flight, will they be allowed access to a LH Senator lounge so as to be able to use the showers?
- Travellers with a status pass enjoy premium travel services when on flights operated by Air Canada
May 22, 22, 10:04 am
#288
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Seattle, WA USA
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So the status pass doesn't also get them Star Alliance Gold privileges?
Also, the Maple Leaf Lounge in T1 -- no way to get there after landing and prior to going through passport control / entering Schengen area, right?
Also, the Maple Leaf Lounge in T1 -- no way to get there after landing and prior to going through passport control / entering Schengen area, right?
May 22, 22, 10:08 am
#289
Join Date: Jun 2010
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Not officially. Passport control may not look very closely and you may get through but the lounge would likely question why you are there since they are generally only expecting pax on the outgoing AC flight.
May 25, 22, 1:40 pm
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Jun 6, 22, 10:09 am
#295
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From aircanada.com, I understood that we get two passes as core SE "benefit," and that we can get more as select "benefits."
However, having sone my selection, and not choosing the status passes as a select choice, I don't see any pass appearing in my account. Could be that it's delayed, but other stuff appears right away, so I think not.
(BTW I see nothing about this question in the wiki.)
However, having sone my selection, and not choosing the status passes as a select choice, I don't see any pass appearing in my account. Could be that it's delayed, but other stuff appears right away, so I think not.
(BTW I see nothing about this question in the wiki.)
Jun 6, 22, 12:23 pm
#296
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From aircanada.com, I understood that we get two passes as core SE "benefit," and that we can get more as select "benefits."
However, having sone my selection, and not choosing the status passes as a select choice, I don't see any pass appearing in my account. Could be that it's delayed, but other stuff appears right away, so I think not.
(BTW I see nothing about this question in the wiki.)
However, having sone my selection, and not choosing the status passes as a select choice, I don't see any pass appearing in my account. Could be that it's delayed, but other stuff appears right away, so I think not.
(BTW I see nothing about this question in the wiki.)
Jun 6, 22, 12:40 pm
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Jul 2, 22, 10:46 am
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I just successfully (it appears) applied a Status Pass to a booking with first leg departing in under 3 hours. It gave me an error when I first tried it, so I thought maybe the 6-hour limit might apply here as well, but when I tried again, it told me one had already been applied, and when I pull up the PNR, it shows the congratulatory message with the overview of the benefits.
Jul 2, 22, 9:21 pm
#300
Join Date: May 2012
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I just successfully (it appears) applied a Status Pass to a booking with first leg departing in under 3 hours. It gave me an error when I first tried it, so I thought maybe the 6-hour limit might apply here as well, but when I tried again, it told me one had already been applied, and when I pull up the PNR, it shows the congratulatory message with the overview of the benefits.
