HSBC Posted January 2, 2023 #1 Share Posted January 2, 2023 Would Viking enter your Aeroplan number to your Air Canada ticket if booking Viking river cruise with Free airfare? Would you earn any Aeroplan points? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted January 2, 2023 #2 Share Posted January 2, 2023 I have not earned points when booking with other cruise lines so doubt Viking would count If I upgrade before the flight with A/C we get points just on the upgrade portion of the fare 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keata Posted January 3, 2023 #3 Share Posted January 3, 2023 On NCL I got points from Air Canada. I would add the number as it would at least provide you whatever status level benefits you may have with them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi13 Posted January 4, 2023 #4 Share Posted January 4, 2023 On 1/2/2023 at 1:13 AM, HSBC said: Would Viking enter your Aeroplan number to your Air Canada ticket if booking Viking river cruise with Free airfare? Would you earn any Aeroplan points? Thanks! When you book a cruise with included airfare, go to the Viking website and select "My Viking Journey", which is under "My Trip". In the flights section enter your preferred airline and your Aeroplan number. Whether you receive points depends on the fare class they book. If you have a preference for Air Canada, I'll suggest requesting "Air Plus" at a cost of $50 - 100 pp, as this gives you greater options when they book your flights and on the routing/airline. If you don't pay for air plus, you'll get flights about 75 days prior to departure and have no say in the airline or routing. We alway pay for Air Plus and submit our preferred flights once final payment is made and flights are published. Always got our preferred airline and flights. Note - that is not everyone's experience, as it depends on what contracts they have with the airlines. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSBC Posted January 4, 2023 Author #5 Share Posted January 4, 2023 Heidi13, Thanks for your detailed information. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Middleager Posted January 6, 2023 #6 Share Posted January 6, 2023 The airfare is paid fare, so you'd get points with the airline (Air Canada in this case). The airline doesn't care who it was booked with, to them it's paid fare. So you just provide the aeroplan number, to cruiseline if they take it, or directly to the airline. We've got points when flying on Star Alliance airlines, when booking airfare from cruiseline. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare gnome12 Posted January 6, 2023 #7 Share Posted January 6, 2023 5 hours ago, Middleager said: The airfare is paid fare, so you'd get points with the airline (Air Canada in this case). The airline doesn't care who it was booked with, to them it's paid fare. So you just provide the aeroplan number, to cruiseline if they take it, or directly to the airline. We've got points when flying on Star Alliance airlines, when booking airfare from cruiseline. It has nothing to do with cruising, but on my last trip to Europe, on an Air Canada ticket, I flew Air Canada outbound and Lufthansa return. I was sure that I had the same fare class, but I got points only for the Air Canada flight; I discovered that the Lufthansa fare code did not qualify for points. The problem is that you generally don't see the fare code when you book the ticket. (I had a choice of 2 Air Canada flights as well as the Lufthansa; I chose the Lufthansa because it was the easiest time for me.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted January 6, 2023 #8 Share Posted January 6, 2023 16 hours ago, Middleager said: The airfare is paid fare, so you'd get points with the airline (Air Canada in this case). In some cases the airfare is paid via the cruiseline so not attributed to you this is when we did not get points only for the upgrade we did at check in YMMV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi13 Posted January 7, 2023 #9 Share Posted January 7, 2023 20 hours ago, Middleager said: The airfare is paid fare, so you'd get points with the airline (Air Canada in this case). The airline doesn't care who it was booked with, to them it's paid fare. So you just provide the aeroplan number, to cruiseline if they take it, or directly to the airline. We've got points when flying on Star Alliance airlines, when booking airfare from cruiseline. You must also check what fare class the cruise line booked, as some do not have reward eligibility. Some fare class are also not eligible for upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Middleager Posted January 7, 2023 #10 Share Posted January 7, 2023 4 hours ago, LHT28 said: In some cases the airfare is paid via the cruiseline so not attributed to you this is when we did not get points only for the upgrade we did at check in YMMV Point redemption fares don't get points. But paid fares are supposed to get points, regardless who paid, because the name is the person flying, and the person flying if providing FF number should get the points. But there are changes to how points are earned, including some low fares less than 500 miles don't get points. Or did the airlines now come up with paid fares that just don't earn points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted January 7, 2023 #11 Share Posted January 7, 2023 2 minutes ago, Middleager said: Point redemption fares don't get points. But paid fares are supposed to get points, regardless who paid, because the name is the person flying, and the person flying if providing FF number should get the points. But there are changes to how points are earned, including some low fares less than 500 miles don't get points. Or did the airlines now come up with paid fares that just don't earn points. we probably did not get point because the cruise line has contracts for low /bulk fares All I know is we did not get points on a couple of flights via the cruise line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare gnome12 Posted January 7, 2023 #12 Share Posted January 7, 2023 23 minutes ago, Middleager said: Or did the airlines now come up with paid fares that just don't earn points Yes, there are fare classes that don’t earn any points, at least on partner airlines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi13 Posted January 7, 2023 #13 Share Posted January 7, 2023 17 hours ago, Middleager said: Or did the airlines now come up with paid fares that just don't earn points. Affirmative, the airlines have fare classes that earn reduced, or even no points, especially when using cruise line air, which contract for the cheapest flights in bulk. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare broberts Posted January 8, 2023 #14 Share Posted January 8, 2023 21 hours ago, Middleager said: Or did the airlines now come up with paid fares that just don't earn points. Yes. For example AC Basic offers no Aeroplan points, Standard 50%, and Flex fare 100%. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ontario/AZ Posted January 28, 2023 #15 Share Posted January 28, 2023 On 1/2/2023 at 4:13 AM, HSBC said: Would Viking enter your Aeroplan number to your Air Canada ticket if booking Viking river cruise with Free airfare? Would you earn any Aeroplan points? Thanks! I have rec'd them for Viking flights 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millybess Posted January 28, 2023 #16 Share Posted January 28, 2023 On 1/3/2023 at 7:35 PM, Heidi13 said: When you book a cruise with included airfare, go to the Viking website and select "My Viking Journey", which is under "My Trip". In the flights section enter your preferred airline and your Aeroplan number. Whether you receive points depends on the fare class they book. If you have a preference for Air Canada, I'll suggest requesting "Air Plus" at a cost of $50 - 100 pp, as this gives you greater options when they book your flights and on the routing/airline. If you don't pay for air plus, you'll get flights about 75 days prior to departure and have no say in the airline or routing. We alway pay for Air Plus and submit our preferred flights once final payment is made and flights are published. Always got our preferred airline and flights. Note - that is not everyone's experience, as it depends on what contracts they have with the airlines. Thanks much for this information Andy. We are using Air Plus for the West Indies with Viking next January and I wouldn't have know to do this if I hadn't read your post. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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