Aeroplan
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Aeroplan (TSX: AER.UN) is the Montreal, Quebec based loyalty marketing arm of ACE Aviation Holdings, the parent company of Air Canada. It started out solely as Air Canada's frequent flyer reward system, allowing travelers to collect points from flight purchases that can be used to obtain tickets for future flights. In recent years, Aeroplan has evolved into a loyalty marketing company that serves Bell Canada, Costco, Esso, and others. Aeroplan is also used by Air Creebec, Canadian North and First Air.
In June 2005, ACE Aviation Holdings sold 12.5% of Aeroplan for $250 million through an initial public offering. ACE Aviation Holdings remains the controlling shareholder with 87.5% of shares.
Air Miles is Aeroplan's main competitor as a Canadian-based travel rewards loyalty program, however it is not an airline frequent flyer program per se. HBC Rewards is also a competing non-airline rewards loyalty program.
Aeroplan credit cards were originally allocated to CIBC and Diners Club/enRoute, but it was later offered to AMEX Bank of Canada, while Diners Club withdrew from the program.
As of January 1, 2007, points will expire seven years after they are earned [1].
On December 20, 2007 Aeroplan Income Fund acquired LMG. LMG are resposible for the Nectar Card in the UK.
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* 1 Member Numbers
* 2 Airline Partners
o 2.1 Fully Integrated Airline Partners
o 2.2 Star Alliance Partner Airlines
o 2.3 Star Alliance Regional Partners
o 2.4 Other Partners
* 3 External links
* 4 News Results
[edit] Member Numbers
There are 4 levels of membership in Aeroplan: Basic, Prestige, Elite, and Super Elite. The Prestige, Elite, and Super Elite levels provide travel benefits such as upgrades and lounge access to customers, but require customers to fly a certain number of miles per year. Prestige members have Star Alliance Silver status while Elite and Super Elite members have Star Alliance Gold status with other Star Alliance Airlines. As of January 16, 2006, there were approximately 4.9 million Basic members, 57000 Prestige members, 68000 Elite members, and 9000 Super Elite members.
[edit] Airline Partners
[edit] Fully Integrated Airline Partners
* Flag of Canada Air Canada
* Flag of Canada Air Canada Jazz
[edit] Star Alliance Partner Airlines
* Flag of the People's Republic of China Air China
* Flag of New Zealand Air New Zealand
* Flag of Japan All Nippon Airways (ANA)
* Flag of South Korea Asiana Airlines
* Flag of the United Kingdom Bmi
* Flag of Poland LOT
* Flag of Germany Lufthansa
* Flag of Sweden Flag of Norway Flag of Denmark Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS)
* Flag of the People's Republic of China Shanghai Airlines
* Flag of Singapore Singapore Airlines
* Flag of South Africa South African Airways
* Flag of Spain Spanair
* Flag of Switzerland Swiss International Air Lines
* Flag of Portugal TAP Portugal
* Flag of Thailand Thai Airways International
* Flag of the United States United Airlines
* Flag of the United States US Airways
[edit] Star Alliance Regional Partners
* Flag of Slovenia Adria Airways
* Flag of Finland Blue1
* Flag of Croatia Croatia Airlines
[edit] Other Partners
* Flag of Canada Air Creebec
* Flag of Canada Bearskin Airlines
* Flag of Canada Calm Air
* Flag of Canada Canadian North
* Flag of Canada First Air
[edit] External links
* Aeroplan
* Air Canada
* The Daily, January 19, 2006
[edit] News Results
* Aeroplan loyalty card profit rises (Mar 04, 2008)
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Frequent Flyer Programs
Aeroplan (Air Canada) · Asia Miles (Cathay Pacific-Dragonair) · EuroBonus (SAS) · Flying Blue (Air France-KLM) · Mileage Plus (United) · Miles & More (Lufthansa and Others) · Qualiflyer (Swissair) ·
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