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WestJet Elites Will Get Unlimited Lounge Access
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- Earn 30,000 WestJet points upon making your first purchase†
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- Annual fee: $119
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We are flying from Ottawa to Glasgow. We paid extra for Premium to get access to West Jet lounges…but I just found out that West Jet does not have a lounge in Ottawa and probably not also in Halifax our stopover for 2+ hours!
I’m starting to like WestJet more and more. I’m not a big fan of Altitude’s Qualifying Segments and Qualifying Miles system, so I might consider flying with WestJet more often.
I think that Westjet’s lounge access is needlessly complicated just the same as their reward program is a nickel and dime effort. Face f@cts Aeroplan is by far the best awards plan and just a Platinum card negates any value to lounge access. I have the feeling that it is easier to pull teeth than to get some perks from Westjet. They seem to begrudge any small increase in their FF system.
I’d tend to agree with Eric here. It’s all about the growth trajectory for me – sure, what you say of WestJet and their frequent flyer program might have been true for a long time, but it’s good to see them taking their transformation seriously and making incremental steps to get to where they need to be.
On the actual rewards side (not elites), no doubt that Aeroplan is the clear-cut winner for now. Let’s see if WestJet Rewards will challenge that when they introduce better earning/redeeming.
What’s complicated about it John? Attach your Westjet ID on your booking and show up at the lounge. Doesn’t seem too hard to me.
Also, Aeroplan is not an award program, Altitude is and if you compare the requirements to earn status on Westjet vs AC, AC has way more hurdles to cross. Not only do you have a more costly spend requirement on AC, you also have a segment requirement.
I agree that the program has a ways to go before being able to match and better AC and Altitude but you cannot expect that Westjet will promise the moon, knowing full well that there’s a ton of infrastructure and effort that needs to be made before they can deliver. I for one respect that they are taking small but incremental steps with an aim to become a more robust loyalty program. My 2¢