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Can anyone tell me how long it took for the physical card to arrive (I chose aeroplan) It’s been several weeks and I’ve received nothing in the mail

Just checking… has your status in the Air Canada app charged from the burgundy colour to gold ??

Exactly this!! Until they throw enough resources at the issue, nothing will change. Proper, well signed lanes is just a start.. if they are just going to continue with one ground staff and one flight attendant to board a full 737 like they currently do, it’ll be more of the same. Unfortunately...

Just wondering if Air Canada’s aeroplan members receive a physical card. I qualified for gold status not long after getting my hsbc visa and I got the notification from Air Canada but it’s been several weeks and I haven’t received one in the mail. Are physical cards still a thing??

Thanks for posting. I just achieved status now as well. Good to know these details

I applied online last week. Uploaded docs without an issue.. no one even contacted me. Got a text saying I was approved and card arrived within 4 days. I was very impressed. Chose Air Canada for the extra time they give in maintaining Gold.

There just needs to be more ground staff on a regular basis to facilitate the baggage/boarding policy. There’s usually just one f/a and one ground staff doing the whole thing… and from what I can see, priority boarding is probably one of the last things they’re worrying about. If there were...

Basically from what I’ve been made aware, a full hot vegetarian along with other “special meals” are only provided in the economy cabin on flights from the east coast to Perth/Darwin. If you’re travelling Business Class, special meals can be requested on any Domestic flight. Sound reasonable to me.

Vegetarian meals are still able to be book on Domestic flights in Business Class, just not in Economy on short flights. Vegetarian meals can still be ordered on Domestic flights from East Coast to Perth and Darwin in economy!!

Great question Now is probably not the best time to judge as we’re only just emerging from a global pandemic. Hopefully we’ll get a better idea soon

I don't know about you but I'm glad I live in a country that has rules in place to protect workers. I don't expect a flight attendant, Asian or otherwise, to touch my bags. I don't think we'll ever find out the injuries sustained by Asian cabin crew.. Id hate to think!!

It's encouraging that ground staff are taking ownership. Cabin crew should not be expected to take on even more duties in an environment that is not even under their jurisdiction

I'd be surprised if it was a flight attendant checking all the boarding passes in the queue. It was hopefully ground staff as it is their turf really (and they wear the same uniform so it's probably hard to tell)

Have I missed something? Are you saying Silver frequent flyers get priority boarding.. isn't it Gold and above?

Its not very fair blaming the cabin crew that are attempting to implement a directive in a variety of different airport environments/scenarios/layouts. Also, I would have thought its the terminal staff's responsibility to organise the gate and ensure the queues are properly formed not the cabin...