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Inside the Award Seat Crisis: Air Canada On Dynamic Pricing Of Partner Awards As Too Many Miles Chase Too Few Seats - View from the Wing

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Airlines are at risk of killing their golden goose. Miles motivate customers, but customers need to be able to use their miles. Airlines have gotten better at selling their seats for cash, frequent flyer programs want to retain their margins, and so members get squeezed. As a result, airline executives call for 'revisiting the model' of frequent flyer programs - the model that made them successful, multi-billion dollar enterprises. Continue read…

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Inside the Award Seat Crisis: Air Canada On Dynamic Pricing Of Partner Awards As Too Many Miles Chase Too Few Seats - View from the Wing

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Air Canada Aeroplan is Adding Dynamic Pricing For More Carriers - ATX Jetsetter

Air Canada’s Aeroplan frequent flyer program is one of my favorites due to reasonable award pricing and the large number of partners. However, Air Canada appears to be preparing to implement dynamic pricing for some of its partner carriers. Air Canada is rolling out dynamic award pricing when booking United and Etihad flights. (Image: Lorenz von Schimonsky) This announcement is somewhat of a mixed bag. I’ll reserve my judgement until I see the f…

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