Business Platinum Card from American Express
130,000 MR points
What Is Air Canada VIP Status?
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Business Platinum Card from American Express
- Earn 90,000 MR points upon spending $15,000 in the first three months
- Plus, earn 40,000 MR points upon making a purchase in months 14–17 as a cardholder
- And, earn 1.25x MR points on all purchases
- Also, receive a $200 annual travel credit
- Transfer MR points to Aeroplan and other frequent flyer programs for premium flights
- Unlimited airport lounge access for you and one guest at Priority Pass, Plaza Premium, Centurion, and other lounges
- Credits and rebates for business expenses throughout the year with Amex Offers
- Bonus MR points for referring family and friends
- Qualify for the card as a sole proprietor
- Annual fee: $799
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I met one of these Unicorns. That’s how I learned about the existence of the Program. I saw his tag on his luggage. Now I had no idea who he was, even after he told me his name. (I later looked him up: CEO of a touring arts company).
Anyway, we met if you can believe it in a non-AC lounge in Montreal where the perks were better.
What I learned was that AC giveth and taketh away. He was given the status for one year only during which time AC would determine if he steered more biz there way or not.
I enjoyed chatting him up. He was happy to have the special status from AC but wasn’t willing to play ball with AC in any way that wasn’t in the best interests of the Company.
I wonder if this was offered to Canadian Cow ??
In addition to being unpublished, the perks are somewhat unstructured. I have just a little indirect knowledge, from a person who enjoyed this status 4 years ago, without flying AC much. This person was Chief of a very large (well-known) financial services entity which used airlines a lot. VIP status was conferred as a result of negotiations between AC and the company’s Corporate Travel dept. I’d imagine the negotiations went something like this: “glad we got all the terms agreed on our multimillion-dollar contract, guys, just one tiny detail to add: the following people in our C-Suite will need Concierge service, a never-queued phone contact 24/7, proactive automatic IRROPS support, airport escort, 3 checked bags, pre-boarding…”. I’d imagine the CorpTravel people had a specific list of benefits they required for their overlords and I’d expect AC’s response in these situations is typically “of course, done”. This company’s annual air travel budget was in the millions and AC hoovered up the majority of it. Sucking up to big suits is a small price to pay for that level of sales, especially when about three quarters of it is competitive with Westjet domestically and with big legacy carriers internationally. Lots of the tickets are full-fare.
Very interesting article T.J. Some of us strivers be drooling yo.
I have a co-worker who lost his elite status years ago who never bats an eye when I offer him lounge passes, because he could go there if he really wanted to, seems to always be the first on the plane and other perks, and quietly smiles about my always nee perks. I guess what caught my attention was the time he told me Air Canada called him back to offer him some very nice suites on a simple trip to Ottawa. When I said “Air Canada reps don’t call you back” he laughed and mentioned something about all the sheer amount of travel he did with Air Canada over X amount of years. I also know he used to represent the Canadian govt abroad to foreign dignitaries but also said he’d fly with AC instead of other private means.
Could be my bud falls into this category. It’s all so very James Bond!
(Meant to say ‘always new perks’ and ‘very nice seats on a simple trip to Ottawa’)