London Drugs will be revamping their LDExtras program and Star Alliance gains their first non-airline partner - Deutsche Bahn

Here's your Rewards Canada update! Your near daily dose of loyalty program, credit card and travel news, bonuses, deals and more.

LDExtras, the loyalty program for London Drugs will be undergoing its first revamp soon! Thanks to our reader Tony L. for alerting us to the announcement from the Western Canadian retailer. There aren't a lot of details surrounding the change just yet other than the Beauty Rewards portion of the program will be discontinued as of July 31 and the new program will be even easier. Click here to learn more. 

Podcast Episode 91: The best ever bonus on the RBC Avion Cards, Best Western's free night award, the Star Alliance credit card and more!

This episode I am taking it back to the roots of the podcast! If you have been a faithful listener or have gone back to listen to the early episodes you’ll know that when the podcast was launched in 2016 we would cover a little bit of everything in an episode, from loyalty program or credit card news, to bonuses and other topics that were of note for the few weeks leading up to the episode release date. In this episode we cover the best ever bonus seen on the RBC Avion cards, Air France's 3x miles on their new Quebec City route, Best Western's free night award offer, the introduction of one way rewards from RBC Rewards, the new Star Alliance credit card and our tip of the week looks at the American Express Cobalt Card confirmed multipliers page on Rewards Canada.

Lufthansa adding direct Ottawa to Frankfurt flights in 2020!

Exciting news for those living in and around Ottawa! Lufthansa has announced new direct non-stop flights between Ottawa and Frankfurt. The flights will start May 16, 2020 and operate 5x per week:

From Germany's largest hub, Lufthansa will depart for the North American destination five times a week - on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. The flight LH472 will leave Frankfurt at 1.45 p.m. and arrive at its destination at 4.05 p.m. local time. The return flight LH473 will depart Ottawa at 5.50 p.m. and arrive in Frankfurt at 7.15 a.m. the next day. An Airbus A340-300 with a total of 279 seats on board will carry out the flight. The booking classes are Business Class, Premium Economy Class and Economy Class.

Seat map of the A340-300 that is being planned for this route

 Air Canada has flown this route as a summer seasonal service so it is entirely possible we may not see Air Canada fly the route next year and leave it to LH. Seeing that LH is an Air Canada / Aeroplan partner it is not that huge of deal. You'll still be able to book it as an Air Canada code share and earn and redeem Aeroplan miles for the flight. What may be even better news, is that if you are a Miles & More member, this route, seeing that it is new will most likely be included in Miles & More's Monthly Mileage Bargain offers that sees redemption amounts typically cut in half (30,000 for economy and 55,000 for business vs. 60,000 and 112,000 respectively). If this is the case we should see those emerge around February of next year.  Watch for our monthly coverage of the mileage bargains later today (This month has SWISS' flight between Montreal and Zurich) and each every month to see if the Ottawa route is offered in the future.

These flights will go on sale tomorrow from Lufthansa who is a Rewards Canada travel partner! You can book your directly flights at Lufthansa.ca (this link helps support Rewards Canada)

Image courtesy of Lufthansa

(HT One Mile at a Time)

Avianca LifeMiles - 145% Bonus when you buy LifeMiles until November 27 (Use on Air Canada as an Aeroplan alternative)

Avianca has launched a great buy miles offer for Cyber Week! It is not tiered, it is not exclusive to select blogs. This is one of the best buy miles offers yet from Avianca due to these reasons. You can buy 1,000 miles and get the 145% bonus or you can buy 200,000 miles and get the 145% bonus! The price per 1,000 miles is USD33 which means you are buying miles for US 1.35 cents pre tax.

If you have followed us for sometime you'll know this is a decent option to get Star Alliance flights on the cheap especially in business class. So what should you do? If you know that you can make your travel work and get the LifeMiles redemption(s) of your choice go ahead and buy the miles however I wouldn't buy them if you don't think you'll use them over then 3-6 months just in case another award chart devaluation comes along.

Considering Avianca is a Star Alliance member this is a great way to get a lot of miles to use for Air Canada and this is actually one program you can look at as a stop gap measure if you are looking for an Aeroplan alternative where you can use miles on Air Canada indefinitely before AC launches their own program.

Some things to consider with the buy miles option before you pull the trigger is that their call center tends to be on the less helpful side so you are better off booking award tickets online which also means you are limited to the powers of that source and they have devalued the program without notice in the past so only buy these miles if you think you will use them in the next short while.

Offer details
145% Bonus LifeMiles when you buy LifeMiles online.  Full details Until Nov 27, 17


Find many more Avianca LifeMiles bonus offers here.

Sep 25 Update: The easiest route to Star Alliance Gold comes to an end, Air Miles Jiffy Lube bonus

Big bad news from Aegean Airlines Miles&Bonus!

News, Tips & Tricks

We have touched upon this topic a few times here on Rewards Canada but never fully detailed it. What is it? The easiest way to Star Alliance Gold Status via Aegean Airlines Miles&Bonus. It is was quite simple earn 1,000 miles for joining, earn another 3,000 with 12 months and get their Silver Status (Star Alliance Gold) add another 16,000 on top of that within 12 months of reaching Silver and boom you have Gold Miles&Bonus status which equates to Star Alliance Gold and you could keep that status just with one flight credited to Aegean every 3 years.. Rumours had starting going around last week that this was all about to change and the email from Aegean Miles&Bonus yesterday confirmed it. This easy way to keeping Star Alliance Gold status for life has come to an end. Well not really yet, the changes go into effect on November 24th so you could still potentially take advantage of this with one long haul Business Class flight credited to Miles&Bonus.

I myself started this challenge earlier this year but took a harder way, crediting some Air Canada domestic flights to Miles&Bonus, I got Miles&Bonus Silver already but don't know if I'll make it to Gold by the time the changes take place. I'm not happy about neither are thousands of others who have used this surefire method as a fast track to Star Alliance status but that is also the reason why this great method is coming to an end. As with most fast tracks, tricks and other ways to work the frequent traveller system, many of them meet their end sooner or later. Now they have made the qualification requirements harder but they are still not that hard to achieve when you compare to some other programs and if you achieve that status it is relatively easy to retain (especially if flying on Aegean or Olympic, somewhat harder if only flying Star Alliance.) You can find out all about the changes here.


American Airlines and El Al are ending their frequent flyer partnership on November 1st of this year. Find out more here.

Tunisia's Syphax Airlines is converting their Montreal-Tunis service from year round to seasonal as of Oct 30. If you have travel booked with Syphax this fall/winter you should check with them to see how they will accomodate your planned flights. (Source Airlineroute.net)


Huge Aeroplan Bonus from Rexall this weekend - 1,100 Bonus Miles when you spend $50+





Bonus Offers
Air Miles
- Earn up to 25 Bonus Air Miles when you get an oil change for your car at participating Jiffy Lube stores in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Northwest Territories. More... Until Nov 30, 14

airberlin topbonus
- Earn up to 3,000 Bonus topbonus Miles for stays at Best Western hotels in Germany or Luxembourg. More... Until Dec 31, 14
- Triple topbonus Miles on all eligible Europcar rentals of 3 or more days Worldwide. More... Book by Oct 19 for rentals until Dec 31, 14

Cathay Pacific Asia Miles
- 10,000 Bonus Asia Miles when you subscribe to the Economist. More... Until Oct 31, 14
- Double Asia Miles on purchases of HKD/RMB500 or more on any regular-priced skincare products or services at MTM. More... Until Oct 12, 14

Garuda Indonesia GarudaMiles (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- Double GarudaMiles when you fly Garuda Indonesia between Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur. More... Jan 1 - Mar 31, 15

Jet Airways JetPrivilege
- Double JetPrivilege Miles on all eligible Etihad Airways Worldwide. More... Register and book by Oct 6 for travel until Dec 15, 14

Philippine Airlines Mabuhay
- 50% Mabuhay Miles Discount on AwardTickets for travel on select Philippine Airlines flights Worldwide. More... Book by Oct 3, 14
- Earn up to Triple Mabuhay Miles on Avis rentals of a Group C car or higher for 3 or more days in Asia, US, Canada, Europe, Middle East, Africa or for 4 or more days in Australia. More... Oct 1 - Dec 31, 14

Southwest Rapid Rewards (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- 35% Bonus Rapid Rewards Points when you buy Rapid Rewards points online. More... Until Oct 31, 14

Ukraine International Panorama Club (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- 50% Bonus Panorama Club Miles when you fly UIA between Kiev, Odessa or Dnepropetrovsk and Tel Aviv. More... Until Oct 31, 14
- 1,000 Bonus Panorama Club Miles when you join Panorama Club and complete your first Ukraine International flight. More... Ongoing



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Nov 5 Update: Hilton HHonors devalued once again, Star Alliance game to win Gold Status, lots of bonuses!

As the new month progresses along there is more news and lots more bonuses to pass your way!

News, Tips & Tricks
The devaluations of programs in the travel rewards industry continue! Yesterday Hilton HHonors announced the removal of their Points+Fixed Miles option. This option gave HHonors members HHonors points and a fixed number of airline miles for each Hilton stay. It was a very useful combination for low rate or one night Hilton stays as some airline programs like Virgin Atlantic's Flying Club awarded 1,000 miles on those stays! This change takes place on January 6th and after that date HHonors will offer two Earning Style Options: Points & Points (HHonors Base Points + HHonors Bonus Points) and Points & Miles (HHonors Base Points + Variable Airline/Rail Miles). If you have Points+Fixed Miles set on your account you will be automatically switched to the Points+Variable option (which is 10 HHonors Points and 1 Miles for every US$1 spent). Complete details on the change can be found here

Star Alliance is running a game where you can win Gold Status in the Star Alliance program of your choice. The 2 fastest times from each program will win the status, so as Gary Leff states your best bet maybe to enter not with Aeroplan or MileagePlus but one of the lesser known programs that may not have as many entries.You can enter the contest here. Best of luck to you!

Bonus Offers
airberlin topbonus
- 500 topbonus Miles when you become a HEINEMANN & ME member. More... Until Dec 31, 13

Etihad Guest
- Double Guest Miles when you stay at a participating Preferred Hotel Group hotel Worldwide for a minimum of two nights. More... Until Dec 31, 13

Hilton HHonors
- Earn Double miles with a participating airline when you complete a stay at a hotel or resort within the Hilton HHonors portfolio in Hawaii. More... Until Mar 31, 14
- Double Status Credits on all Hilton stays Worldwide. More... Unitl Dec 31, 13 Targeted Offer - May not work for everyone

La Quinta Returns
- Earn up to 30% Bonus Returns Points when you buy points online. More... Until Dec 8, 13

Starwood Preferred Guest
- Triple Starpoints when you stay in a Towers room at the Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel & Towers Bangkok. More... Booking Until Dec 20, 13

TAP Portugal Victoria
- Double Victoria Miles for stays at participating Accor Hotels Worldwide. More... Book by Nov 30 for stays until Dec 31, 13

Thai Airways Royal Orchid Plus
- Double Royal Orchid Plus for stays at Centara Hotels & Resorts in Samui. More... Until Dec 31, 13
- Double Royal Orchid Plus for stays at Chatrium Hotels in Bangkok and Yangon. More... Until Dec 28, 13
- Double Royal Orchid Plus for stays of 2 nights or more at Dusit International Hotels in Thailiand, United Arab Emirates or the Philippines. More... Until Dec 20, 13
- Earn up to Triple Royal Orchid Plus for stays at Mandarin Oriental Hotels Worldwide. More...Until Dec 31, 13
- Triple Royal Orchid Miles when you stay at a qualifying rate for 3 or more nights at the Grand Millennium Sukhumvit Bangkok,. More...Until Dec 31, 13
- Double Royal Orchid Miles when you stay at a qualifying rate for 3 or more nights at any participating Millennium & Copthorne Hotel Worldwide. More... Until Dec 31, 13
- Double Royal Orchid Plus for stays on the Best Available Rate for any two consecutive night at any Shangri-La hotels, resorts, Kerry hotels or Traders hotels Worldwide. More... Until Dec 31, 13
- Triple Royal Orchid Plus when you stay in a Towers room at the Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel & Towers Bangkok. More...Until Dec 20, 13
- Triple Royal Orchid Plus per stay at 130 participating World hotels in over 60 destinations worldwide. More... Until Dec 31, 13
- Double Royal Orchid Plus and a 50% discount when you rent any car from any Budget location in Thailand for 3 or more days. More... Until Dec 31, 13
- Earn up to Triple Royal Orchid Plus and a 20% discount when you rent from Hertz in Thailand for 3 or more days. More... Until Dec 31, 13

Huge devaluation of the United MileagePlus program - what does it mean for Canadian MileagePlus members?

So we took Friday off from the world of travel rewards and of course as Murphy's Law would have it that some really big news happened. Also as Murphy's Law would have it, the news isn't good. United Airlines' MileagePlus program has announced changes to their flight award charts, primarily for flights on their partners. This really hits home to a lot of Canadian frequent flyers as this has been the program of choice that many disgruntled Aeroplan members have moved to. Why did they move to United MileagePlus? Well before this announcement the program was actually one of the best for redemptions (one way awards were always half the cost of round trip, which Aeroplan is bringing in 2014), they didn't pass along fuel surcharges so the taxes and fees on award tickets were way less than Aeroplan and the elite status program of MileagePlus, called Premier is also very attractive. Also since United and Air Canada are Star Alliance partners many Canadian's chose MileagePlus after leaving Aeroplan since you could earn and redeem MileagePlus miles for Air Canada flights, both domestic and international. Of course, now many of those award ticket redemptions on Air Canada will cost you more MileagePlus miles.

So what are the details of the changes? First off, the new award ticket mileage requirements go into effect on February 1st, 2014 which gives you until January 31 to book at the old rates. As of February 1st United MileagePlus will essentially have two award charts, one for flying on United (and United Express etc) and one for their partners. The increases for flights on United are not out of the world and honestly could have been expected as certain award ticket levels now match those of United's main competitors. The biggest changes in the partner awards come in International Business Class and First Class redemptions. United is definitely looking at lowering the amount people redeeming their easily obtained miles for these expensive type of flights and recouping their costs for those who do (so United says). One must also see that United has reduced the miles required for several redemptions but that hardly makes up for the high percentage increaese for others (over 80% in some cases!).

Here are some key examples of changes that will affect Canadian MileagePlus members the most:
If you want to do your own comparison here are links to the MileagePlus award charts:
2013 Award Chart (valid until Jan 31)
2014 Award Chart (effective Feb 1)

Redemptions on United
Canada - Hawaii
Economy Class
Saver Award
Old 20,000 Miles one way
New 22,500 Miles one way

Canada - Europe
Economy Class
Standard Award
Old 55,000 Miles one way
New 65,000 Miles one way

Business Class
Saver Award
Old 50,000 Miles one way
New 57,500 Miles one way
Standard Award
Old 125,000 Miles one way
New 150,000 Miles one way

First Class
Saver Award
Old 67,500 Miles one way
New 80,000 Miles one way
Standard Award
Old 157,700 Miles one way
New 170,000 Miles one way

There are also slight increases in flight awards to Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Australia/New Zealand.

Redemptions on Partner Airlines (ie Air Canada, Lufthansa, Thai Airways etc)
Canada - Southern South America
Business Class
Old 50,000 Miles one way
New 55,000 Miles one way

First Class
Old 67,500 Miles one way
New 70,000 Miles one way

Canada - Europe
Business Class
Old 50,000 Miles one way
New 70,000 Miles one way

First Class
Old 67,500 Miles one way
New 110,000 Miles one way

Canada - Africa
Business Class
Old 60,000 Miles one way
New 80,000 Miles one way

First Class
Old 75,000 Miles one way
New 130,000 Miles one way

Canada - Middle East
Economy Class
Old 40,000 Miles one way
New 42,500 Miles one way

Business Class
Old 60,000 Miles one way
New 80,000 Miles one way

First Class
Old 75,000 Miles one way
New 140,000 Miles one way

Canada - Central Asia (incl India)
Economy Class
Old 40,000 Miles one way
New 42,500 Miles one way

Business Class
Old 60,000 Miles one way
New 80,000 Miles one way

First Class
Old 80,000 Miles one way
New 140,000 Miles one way

Canada - South Asia
Economy Class
Old 32,500 Miles one way
New 40,000 Miles one way

Business Class
Old 60,000 Miles one way
New 80,000 Miles one way

First Class
Old 70,000 Miles one way
New 130,000 Miles one way

Canada - North Asia
Economy Class
Old 32,500 Miles one way
New 35,000 Miles one way

Business Class
Old 60,000 Miles one way
New 80,000 Miles one way

First Class
Old 70,000 Miles one way
New 120,000 Miles one way

Canada - Japan
Economy Class
Old 32,500 Miles one way
New 35,000 Miles one way

Business Class
Old 60,000 Miles one way
New 75,000 Miles one way

First Class
Old 67,500 Miles one way
New 110,000 Miles one way

Canada - Oceania
Business Class
Old 60,000 Miles one way
New 75,000 Miles one way

First Class
Old 75,000 Miles one way
New 110,000 Miles one way

Canada - Australia/New Zealand
Business Class
Old 67,500 Miles one way
New 80,000 Miles one way

First Class
Old 80,000 Miles one way
New 130,000 Miles one way

All we can say is ouch!! Those long haul award flights on UA's Star Alliance partners in business class and first class have sure taken a huge hit. One topic that I have not seen discussed on other frequent flyer blogs is the idea of fuel surcharges? Is it possible that United MileagePlus wants to keep its reputation of not charging fuel surcharges on partner flights simply by embedding that surcharge in this increase in miles? The reply from MileagePlus doesn't state this directly but does say that the increased cost of these flights from their partners is the main reason that the award amounts are increasing so theoretically it could mean that UA is now charging a fuel surcharge that is simply buried in the award amount. We doubt we'll ever know the true answer however!

What happens if you book a mixed airline award (one leg United, next leg Air Canada or other partner). Well it appears it will book at the higher of the two award amounts (United vs. Star Alliance award chart) if the flights are in the same class.  For example if you want to fly to Paris from Toronto via the U.S. in Business Class and leg 1 is on Air Canada (Toronto-Chicago etc) and then leg 2 is on United (Chicago etc to Paris) and you choose the fly that first leg on Air Canada in Business Class (well AC Executive) then you will pay the Star Alliance amount of 70,000 miles one way however if you book the Air Canada leg into Economy class and then fly the Transatlantic leg on UA in Business Class you'll pay the award rate of the United chart of 57,500 miles. So some creative thinking may have to go into planning mixed airline award booking with MileagePlus.

The devaluations don't stop with award tickets as there are some minor changes to Mileage Upgrades for Intra-Asia and Northern South America flights. These shouldn't affect many of Canada's MileagePlus members but should be worth noting.

Looking quickly at the new 2014 Aeroplan chart versus the 2014 MileagePlus chart, Aeroplan looks to be the better deal for flights in Business Class or First Class on Star Alliance partners other than United as you will need less miles. For example, business class on Air Canada to Europe with Aeroplan is 90 to 105,000 Miles + Fuel Surcharge and United will be 140,000 Miles with no fuel surcharge. Depending on how you earn miles you may be better off with Aeroplan with the fuel surcharge. First class to Asia? 210,000-215,000 miles with Aeroplan, 240,000-260,000 with MileagePlus. Of course the best way around this is to redeem MileagePlus miles for flights on United only but for some destinations and flights out of Canada that can be tough. We will have a follow up post with a deeper comparison of Aeroplan 2014 versus United Partner Chart 2014 to look at mileage requirement amounts and fuel surcharges.

The next question to be asked is which airlines will follow suit? Delta has already gone through a major change, American and US Airways are most likely waiting until their merger is approved or not and hopefully, crossing our fingers here, Aeroplan doesn't follow suit given that they have already announced an increase for next year in certain award ticket categories! Also holding our breath that Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan doesn't jump on this bandwagon as now with UA changes, the small Pacific Northwest program got even stronger.

Finally, if you have lots of MileagePlus miles that you have been holding onto for that premium class award ticket now is to the time redeem or to at least start planning on redeeming them before January 31st, 2014!

What are your thoughts on the changes? Are you going to stick with MileagePlus or will you perhaps give Aeroplan or another Star Alliance program a look? We'd love to hear from you, comment below!

1,000 Free Starpoints for a quick survey

As posted on Flyertalk by Starwood Lurker, SPG members can take a really short survey and be rewarded with 1,000 Starpoints. Note: Please add your SPG account number to the field for name and email address. The survey is open until March 9.

You can complete the survey here

Discounted Aeroplan Business & First Class Rewards - Limited Time Offer

Late last week news starting breaking in the Frequent Flyer Blogosphere that there were mistakes in the pricing some of Business Class and First Class award tickets from Aeroplan. Learning from previous potential mistake fares and reward tickets many people starting jumping on the bandwagon and booking this lower priced tickets. A day or so after this broke Aeroplan confirmed to one of the bloggers that this was not a mistake, rather an unadvertised reward sale that could end at anytime. I have to apologize to my readers for not posting this sooner as it seems no one has really covered this in Canada for a Canadian loyalty program! All the bloggers who covered it were from the U.S. with predominantly U.S. audiences. Well, fret no more here is my post for the Canadian market.

Essentially the sale sees Business Class award tickets going for the price of Economy Class Award tickets and First Class tickets going for the price of Business Class tickets. For example some select routes to Asia in business class are 75,000 Miles instead of the usual 100,000, to Europe it is 60,000 instead of 90,000 and Australia is 80,000 instead of 100,000. For fun I checked Calgary to Hong Kong in mid January and there it was 75,000 Miles for business class.

If you were planning on booking any Business Class or First Class rewards your best bet is to do it sooner then later so that you can save yourself some miles (kind of makes up for the increased fees due to the fuel surcharges now charged Star Alliance rewards)

Hat tip to Lucky @ One Mile at a time

Star Alliance Upgrade Awards now available on Air Canada

Air Canada is now officially participating in the Star Alliance Upgrade Awards program which allows members from Aeroplan and other Star Alliance programs to use their miles to upgrade on eligible Air Canada and Jazz Flights. The upgrades only work on Latitude fares (Economy Y or B booking class) and can be requested right as soon as your booking is confirmed. See Aeroplan's Star Alliance Upgrade Page for more details.

For Aeroplan members, you can now use your miles to also upgrade on participating Star Alliance partner flights starting from as little as 7,500 Aeroplan miles. See the Star Alliance Upgrade Award Chart for more details

For a complete roundup of all the details and pages related to this latest feature with Aeroplan and to process upgrade requests online see this summary page on Aeroplan.

Ethiopian Airlines to join Star Alliance in 2010

Following the successful integration of a partnership with Star Alliance founding member Lufthansa, Ethiopian is now setting it sights to get full membership in the Star Alliance. No exact date has been set but according to this article it states that the airline is set to join early next year.

Air Canada to launch new Montreal-Brussels flight (with same plane service from YYZ)

Announced on August 20th, the new Air Canada non-stop service between Montreal and Brussels will launch on June 12, 2010 and allow for connections with upcoming Star Alliance member Brussels Airlines. The flight includes same plane service to/from Toronto. Connections include some key destinations in France and Africa like Toulouse, Lyon, Abidjan and Dakar. The flights will operate daily on a year round basis with a Boeing 767-300ER.

Flight times are as follows:
Toronto-Montreal Dep 1700 Arr 1815
Montreal-Brussels Dep 1940 Arr 0840+1
Brussels-Montreal Dep 1045 Arr 1225
Montreal-Toronto Dep 1400 Arr 1515

Continental sets Oct 27 as entry date into Star Alliance

From Continental email sent Aug 12:

Travel through Oct. 24, 2009
OnePass members can continue to earn and redeem miles and make reward reservations on SkyTeam partners through Oct. 24, 2009. All reward travel on these partners must be completed on or before Oct. 24, 2010.

Travel on Oct. 25 and Oct. 26, 2009
If you travel on a Star Alliance airline on Oct. 25 or Oct. 26, we will make every effort to ensure you automatically receive OnePass mileage credit (including Elite Qualification Miles/Points) and eligible customers receive lounge access. Please save copies of your travel documents for Oct. 25 and Oct. 26 — eTicket receipts and original boarding passes — until mileage credit is confirmed on your OnePass statement.

Travel Oct. 27, 2009 and beyond
When the transition to Star Alliance occurs on Oct. 27, 2009, OnePass members will begin earning base miles and Elite Qualification Miles/Points and be able to redeem miles on Star Alliance airlines.

Greece's Aegean Airlines to join Star Alliance

At a press conference in Greece on May 26 representatives from Aegean Airlines and the Star Alliance announced that Aegean will join the alliance. It is expected that Aegean will become a full member by 2010. Aegean flies to 47 destinations in Greece, Europe and Africa with over 200 daily flights. Once integrated members of other Star Alliance frequent flyer programs like Aeroplan will be able to earn and redeem miles for Aegean flights.