The Ph.D Guy-Doctor of Points and Travel: news

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Showing posts with label news. Show all posts
Showing posts with label news. Show all posts

Monday, May 15, 2017

Updates on AC Oversale Issue

May 15, 2017 0
There are a few things to clarify:

1. I asked for compensation at YWG when I had my changed flight. I did not feel like taking the red-eye flight so paid the hotel myself, and I did not ask to be compensated for that. 

2. Some people (or competitors? who also run a blog) post my link on the website indicating I am trying to "self promote my website through this experience", which sounds really ridiculous: if I need to promote my website, why didn't I go to the forum and post this myself? And what is the point of leading "fire" to my personal website here? 

3. News coverage is focused on attracting readers' eyes. I did not write out the story and try to make "emotional thing" the leading angle there. If you read my post, I am calm and recapping the facts here. 


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Thursday, May 11, 2017

New and Big Changes to Air Canada Frequent Flyer Program

May 11, 2017 0
Many people may be confused by the relationship between Aeroplan and Air Canada, but now it seems that this confusion will be cleared in the near future: since 2020, Air Canada will end its contract with Aimia, which has operated Aeroplan for a decade. 

Official announcement: https://www.aircanada.com/ca/en/aco/home/frequent-flyer/home.html

The Ph.D guy thinks that this will not only bring about major changes to Air Canada, but also exert influence on credit card points system, especially American Express. As we know, Membership Reward Points can be converted to Aeroplan miles by 1:1, but what will happen since 2010? Let's wait and see. 


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