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| Small lithium battery-powered vehicles not accepted on board |
Safety is Air Canada's number one priority. Effective December 8, 2015, Air Canada will no longer accept small lithium-battery powered vehicles as checked or carry-on baggage given potential safety risks associated with the size of the batteries that power them.
Small lithium battery-powered vehicles are commonly referred to as hoverboards, electric skateboards, airwheels, mini-segways and balance wheels.
If you are planning to travel with one of these vehicles, please contact Air Canada Cargo for detailed information on dangerous goods packaging and other requirements to ensure the safe shipment of your device.
Note that mobility aids such as wheelchairs and scooters continue to be accepted in checked baggage but require special handling.
You can also learn more about these and other items, which are either restricted or prohibited on board our aircraft.. |
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| Air Canada unveils major expansion to 12 U.S. destinations |
Air Canada recently announced today new non-stop services between four key Canadian hubs and 12 U.S. cities beginning next summer. The new transborder routes will introduce new destinations, such as Toronto-Washington-Dulles, Toronto-Salt Lake City and Vancouver-San Jose, while also creating new city-pair routings, such as Vancouver-Chicago, Montreal-Houston, Montreal-Denver and Calgary-San Francisco. To promote the new routes, Air Canada is offering special introductory fares.
The new routes announced today will be operated by Air Canada mainline, Air Canada rouge™ and Air Canada Express™ aircraft. All routes will operate year-round except where indicated by (*):
| ROUTE |
FREQUENCY |
START DATE |
| Toronto-Salt Lake City, Utah |
Daily |
May 27, 2016 |
| Toronto-Portland, Oregon |
Daily |
May 26, 2016* |
| Toronto-Washington, D.C.-Dulles† |
Two-times daily |
May 2, 2016 |
| Toronto-Jacksonville, Florida† |
Two-times per week
(Saturday, Sunday) |
May 21, 2016 |
| Montreal-Denver, Colorado |
Daily |
June 4, 2016 |
| Montreal-Houston, Texas† |
Daily |
June 6, 2016 |
| Montreal-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania† |
Two-times daily |
May 24, 2016 |
| Calgary-Phoenix, Arizona‡ |
Three-times weekly
(Monday, Thursday, Saturday) |
Continued from winter |
| Calgary-San Francisco, California† |
Daily |
June 18, 2016 |
| Vancouver-Chicago, Illinois |
Daily |
June 4, 2016 |
| Vancouver-San Diego, California‡ |
Daily |
June 2, 2016* |
| Vancouver-San Jose, California† |
Two-times daily |
May 9, 2016 |
† Flight operated by Air Canada Express; ‡ Flight operated by Air Canada rouge. |
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| 2016 Altitude Re-nomination and AQM |
The 2016 program remains largely unchanged with the following exceptions:
- Introduction of Altitude Qualifying Dollars (AQD), which will be used for qualification in 2017.
- The 50% Minimum Air Canada Flight Requirement announced in October 2014, will be taken into consideration for qualification in 2016.
- Elite 75K members will have the option to choose 'Elite 35K for a friend' as a Select Privilege.
- Million Mile fulfillment will continue during the annual re-nomination process in 2016.
AIR CANADA ALTITUDE QUALIFYING DOLLARS
Air Canada Altitude is introducing Altitude Qualifying Dollars (AQD) used to qualify members into Altitude in 2017.
What are Altitude Qualifying Dollars?
Altitude Qualifying Dollars represent the monetary value associated with an eligible ticket and when combined with the number of Altitude Qualifying Miles (AQM) or Altitude Qualifying Segments (AQS) a customer flies, will determine their Altitude status in 2017.
AQD replaces the Minimum Air Canada Flight Requirement.
As with Altitude Qualifying Miles (AQM) or Altitude Qualifying Segments (AQS), AQD will always be credited to the member who travels, not the member who purchases a ticket.
This change is reflective of similar requirements in other global frequent flyer programs and will ensure we continue to better recognize our most valued customers.
Reaching Altitude status for 2017
The following is the number of Altitude Qualifying Miles (AQM) or Altitude Qualifying Segments (AQS) and Altitude Qualifying Dollars (AQD) that need to be earned between Jan 1 -Dec 31, 2016 to reach Altitude status in 2017:
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AQM or |
AQS and |
AQD |
| Prestige 25K |
25,000 |
25 |
$ 3,000 |
| Elite 35K |
35,000 |
35 |
$ 4,000 |
| Elite 50K |
50,000 |
50 |
$ 6,000 |
| Elite 75K |
75,000 |
75 |
$ 9,000 |
| Super Elite 100K |
100,000 |
95 |
$ 20,000 |
Earning Altitude Qualifying Dollars
Altitude Qualifying Dollars (AQD) are earned on the base fare and carrier-imposed surcharges (Y, YQ and YR) on eligible flights flown, including:
- Flights operated by Air Canada, Air Canada Express and Air Canada rouge; this includes codeshare flights marketed by another airline and operated by Air Canada.
- Codeshare flights marketed by Air Canada and operated by Star Alliance partner airlines ticketed on Air Canada ticket stock (ticket numbers beginning with "014").
- AC*OAL are only valid if operated by Star Alliance partners when booked on 014 ticket stock.
- On itineraries containing multiple flights, AQD will be calculated based on a mileage proration model and credited based on each segment's eligibility and prorated value.
Altitude Qualifying Dollars (AQD) are also earned on eligible Flight Pass purchases and eUpgrade Add-ons based on the monetary value of the purchase.
Tracking of AQD is based on the date of travel and only after travel is completed. For Unlimited Flight Passes, AQD will be credited based on the payment of each monthly instalment. For eUpgrade Add-ons, AQD will be credited based on the date of travel. |
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| More complimentary meals, free wine and craft beer in United Economy |
New premium cabin dishes and snacks also being added to flights in many Latin America and Caribbean markets
We are continuing to deliver a new dining and beverage experience to customers, with the expansion of complimentary meals and free wine and beer to more United Economy customers, and introducing flavorful new entrées and snacks on many Latin America and Caribbean flights. Beginning today:
- United Economy customers on flights between the U.S. and Bogota, Colombia, and the U.S. and Quito, Ecuador now receive complimentary meals;
- Free wine and beer is available to United Economy customers on those flights, as well as in other Latin America markets and on intra-Asia service between Singapore and Hong Kong and Singapore and Tokyo-Narita.
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Premium-cabin customers receive all-new meals and snacks on flights departing for the U.S. from more than a dozen cities in Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela.
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| American Airlines changes frequent flyer program |
American Airlines is changing its frequent flyer program, becoming the latest carrier to have passengers earn miles based on how much they spend rather than how far they fly. The move announced Tuesday follows similar changes by Delta Air Lines and United Airlines and benefits business travellers who purchase expensive, last-minute tickets.
The airline also tweaked its reward chart, effective for trips booked after March 22. A domestic roundtrip award ticket remains 25,000 miles but flights from the US to Canada and Alaska will go up to 30,000 miles roundtrip. Off-peak flights to Hawaii also become more expensive at 40,000 miles instead of 35,000 miles but peak flights remain 45,000 miles. Some long-haul flights to South America, Europe and Asia are increasing, too.
The biggest change domestically is the introduction of new 15,000 mile roundtrip awards for short flights of 500 miles or less.
American spokesman Casey Norton said the most-popular awards aren't changing. At least 75 percent of the award tickets booked would not cost more under the new system.
But it will likely be harder for those infrequent travellers to earn miles.
Under the current system, a non-elite member of American's loyalty program flying roundtrip between New York and Dallas would earn 2,778 miles. Starting in the second half of 2016, that same passenger would earn 5 miles per dollar of airfare - excluding government taxes and fees spent.
So a passenger flying on deeply-discounted $148.20 roundtrip advance-purchase ticket ($111.63 base fare plus $36.57 in taxes) would lose out, netting only 558 miles. But somebody buying a last-second $1,174.20 ticket on that same route ($1,066.04 base fare plus $108.16 in taxes) would come out ahead by earnings 5,330 miles.
Elite fliers would earn seven, eight or 11 miles per dollar based on their status tier, similar to Delta and United's programs.
American had held off making any changes to its program until it finished its merger with US Airways. The new combined airline recently unified its reservation systems - the hardest part of any merger - and is now moving on to make other changes. |
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