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?
Jan 27, 23, 5:50 pm
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Because on the status pass page there is no mention of MLL lounge access for 2023
Here is the webpage. https://www.aircanada.com/ca/en/aco/...us-pass.html#/
Here is the webpage. https://www.aircanada.com/ca/en/aco/...us-pass.html#/
Jan 30, 23, 6:56 pm
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I read the wiki, I searched the thread, I can't find the answer though I suspect I can guess.
Parents are flying YYZ-BCN-FRA-YVR.
There's literally no benefit to a Status Pass on the (LH-operated) BCN-FRA-YVR legs, right?
Parents are flying YYZ-BCN-FRA-YVR.
There's literally no benefit to a Status Pass on the (LH-operated) BCN-FRA-YVR legs, right?
Jan 30, 23, 7:15 pm
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Jan 30, 23, 7:53 pm
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Upfaring your parents is the ultimate status pass.
Jan 30, 23, 9:42 pm
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That sounds lovely. I am not ashamed to confess that I don't have an extra seven thousand dollars lying around to commit to my parents' vacation.
I have instead spent that same portion of my filial-piety budget on a flight pass to visit them every other month all year.
I have instead spent that same portion of my filial-piety budget on a flight pass to visit them every other month all year.
Feb 14, 23, 10:56 am
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My brother (who has no status) has successfully accessed the LHR (T2, departure) MLL because of the STPA that I had given him.
Feb 14, 23, 11:13 am
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Feb 14, 23, 6:41 pm
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I threw a STPA on my cousin's Y booking. YYZ-LAX-PPT-FAV (and back) or something like that.
He got everything on the outbound. And they refused him lounge access in LAX on the return. This entire trip was in 2023, and it was a 2023 STPA.
I'm only finding out about this weeks later because he didn't think it was a big deal. But I'm not happy.
He got everything on the outbound. And they refused him lounge access in LAX on the return. This entire trip was in 2023, and it was a 2023 STPA.
I'm only finding out about this weeks later because he didn't think it was a big deal. But I'm not happy.
Mar 6, 23, 5:13 pm
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Status Passes
Does anyone know where the Status Pass benefit for SEs is accessed? On the website it points to the Benefits page, but I don't see it there. Should I be looking somewhere else? I even tried looking at All Benefits in the AC Mobile app but don't see it.
Mar 6, 23, 5:26 pm
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It is certainly there in the AC app, under Aeroplan scroll down to available benefits. I used up one of mine yesterday.
