Clarification on what dollars counts toward tier upgrades
Nov 25, 2022, 9:38 am
#17
Join Date: Oct 2018
Posts: 4
thanks for the response! I understand that they have no monetary value - but I have to pay $119 + tax technically still when using up a voucher for my ticket will that 119 go toward my eligible spend if the voucher was used on me?
Nov 25, 2022, 2:55 pm
#18
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Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: YYC
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Nov 26, 2022, 4:37 pm
#19
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Ottawa, Canada.
Programs: Bonvoy-lifeime Titanium,Amex Plat
Posts: 904
I am $128.00 away from being Gold and have an upcoming trip Yow-Yyc-Las in PE (fare for the total trip is $1,434.00 before taxes and fees) on December 22nd and the return is in March 2023. I have used a companion voucher for my wife. I also wanted to confirm that the upcoming outbound trip in December will get me at least the needed $128.00!!
Do the Dollars spent on the outbound flights get posted when the outbound flight is completed OR only when the entire return journey is completed?
Do the Dollars spent on the outbound flights get posted when the outbound flight is completed OR only when the entire return journey is completed?
Nov 26, 2022, 6:35 pm
#20
Join Date: May 2004
Location: YVR
Programs: AC 50K, WS Gold, Bonvoy Plat
Posts: 66
I am $128.00 away from being Gold and have an upcoming trip Yow-Yyc-Las in PE (fare for the total trip is $1,434.00 before taxes and fees) on December 22nd and the return is in March 2023. I have used a companion voucher for my wife. I also wanted to confirm that the upcoming outbound trip in December will get me at least the needed $128.00!!
Do the Dollars spent on the outbound flights get posted when the outbound flight is completed OR only when the entire return journey is completed?
Do the Dollars spent on the outbound flights get posted when the outbound flight is completed OR only when the entire return journey is completed?
Nov 27, 2022, 4:33 am
#21
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Ottawa, Canada.
Programs: Bonvoy-lifeime Titanium,Amex Plat
Posts: 904
Nov 30, 2022, 9:17 am
#22
Join Date: Oct 2018
Posts: 4
Silver to Gold spend shortcoming
Anything I can do to up my spend besides taking flights? After two round trip flights in December Ill be at about 300 left in spend to get gold. If I ask westjet via email to bump me up will they do that? Im afraid as the holidays are just around the corner I wont be able to get out in the sky until January at the earliest - any tips and tricks would be appreciated!
Nov 30, 2022, 9:44 am
#23
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Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: YYC
Programs: AC SE MM, FB Plat, WS Plat, BA Silver, DL GM, Marriott Plat, Hilton Gold, Accor Silver
Posts: 16,836
If I ask westjet via email to bump me up will they do that?
Im afraid as the holidays are just around the corner I wont be able to get out in the sky until January at the earliest - any tips and tricks would be appreciated!
Otherwise just find the cheapest same-day round trip that will get you >$300 in qualifying spend.
Nov 30, 2022, 12:25 pm
#24
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Victoria, B.C.
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, AA Gold LT
Posts: 1,945
Anything I can do to up my spend besides taking flights? After two round trip flights in December Ill be at about 300 left in spend to get gold. If I ask westjet via email to bump me up will they do that? Im afraid as the holidays are just around the corner I wont be able to get out in the sky until January at the earliest - any tips and tricks would be appreciated!
The only thing besides taking flights is to just spend $15,000 on your RBC Westjet card. As others have mentioned you could up fare one of your roundtrip flights at least $300 (I would encourage caution here as it is not $300, but $300 BASE FARE spend which is confusing and hard to calculate)
BUT the big question is if your not spending on Westjet, why do you want to have Gold anyhow. The benefits are not significantly better than silver and personally I think the Westjet loyalty program is pretty weak. So think twice before spending the $300, will you get more than that $300 of benefits if you are Gold next year???