Will I earn earn AQS on my Air Canada Segment Run?
Oct 16, 2019, 9:19 am
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Will I earn earn AQS on my Air Canada Segment Run?
Hey guys,
Going on a segment run on Saturday (YYC-YEG-YVR-YXJ | YXJ-YVR-YEG-YYC). This is all in A fare class. Just wanted to make sure that I will earn AQS on this run. Can anyone please confirm? Thanks
Going on a segment run on Saturday (YYC-YEG-YVR-YXJ | YXJ-YVR-YEG-YYC). This is all in A fare class. Just wanted to make sure that I will earn AQS on this run. Can anyone please confirm? Thanks
Oct 16, 2019, 9:23 am
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Basic A will earn nothing.
Oct 16, 2019, 10:32 am
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Leaving aside the question of the fare class and AQS earning, as far as I can tell, getting two stops both directions requires an overnight somewhere, whether in YXJ, YVR, or YEG. Doesn't that hurt the value proposition pretty meaningfully? (Assuming one doesn't have a place to crash for free in one of those cities). Either that, or it's dropping the YEG stop on the way home and cutting out a segment to get it done within a day.
Oct 16, 2019, 10:38 am
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Leaving aside the question of the fare class and AQS earning, as far as I can tell, getting two stops both directions requires an overnight somewhere, whether in YXJ, YVR, or YEG. Doesn't that hurt the value proposition pretty meaningfully? (Assuming one doesn't have a place to crash for free in one of those cities). Either that, or it's dropping the YEG stop on the way home and cutting out a segment to get it done within a day.
And sometimes I just do the run for doing it without worrying about the $100 I could've saved if I did a slightly/vastly different booking.
(Because I couldn't be bothered in that sense.)
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Oct 16, 2019, 11:34 am
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Sometimes my MRs are "functional"; at the destination I actually have something planned to do, so it's not always about minimizing CPMs/maximizing savings, etc.
And sometimes I just do the run for doing it without worrying about the $100 I could've saved if I did a slightly/vastly different booking.
(Because I couldn't be bothered in that sense.)
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And sometimes I just do the run for doing it without worrying about the $100 I could've saved if I did a slightly/vastly different booking.
(Because I couldn't be bothered in that sense.)
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I do have to overnight in YEG but I've got enough Marriott points that it's no biggie for me
This is a pure segment run to earn status through a challenge.
Oct 16, 2019, 11:43 am
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The non-coy beat-around-the-bush question is is your A fare Economy Basic or Economy Standard? We need that information.
Oct 16, 2019, 12:02 pm
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