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Copa flights available on Aeroplan – maybe for a short time!
ByDCTA March 13, 2015

Copa Airlines, a South American Star Alliance airline, hasn’t been bookable on Aeroplan for a while. They’re a pretty good airline for award availability, and Aeroplan doesn’t charge fuel surcharges (YQ) on them. Aeroplan has been the only Star Alliance frequent flyer program that hasn’t been able to book Copa flights. Throughout the year, there have been short periods, in terms of hours, that Copa has been bookable. Right now, Copa is bookable. This could be a permanent fix to the issue, or could be short lasting.

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Do bloggers owe a duty to the community?
ByDCTA March 11, 2015March 11, 2015
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Yesterday I posted an example fuel dump (1X) that I discovered myself.* As I expected, I’ve received some hate mail and disparaging comments. You see, fuel dumping is a highly secretive concept that is covered in code on many forums. I’ve never been able to decipher the code, and have never benefitted from it. To state again, the fuel dump that I posted was found by me without the aid of others.

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Tricks

Example Fuel Dump (1X)
ByDCTA March 10, 2015March 10, 2015
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I’m not great with Fuel Dumping. It’s an incredibly complicated pursuit, and I’ve only started to scratch the surface. I’m showing an example that I discovered on my own. I’d consider this “unflyable” as you’d have to fly the first flight, or the rest of your itinerary would be cancelled.

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Canadians eligible for 10-year Chinese visa!
ByDCTA March 9, 2015March 9, 2015

Our American friends recently struck a deal with China for 10-year visas, and just today, it was announced that Canadians will also now be eligible for the 10-year Chinese visa with multiple entries. Applications for the new visa will be accepted starting today. This is spectacular news as it saves multiple visa application fees, and the visa remains valid even if your passport expires during the validity period – you just have to travel with your old passport that carries the still-valid visa. Your passport must be valid for one year prior to the issuance of the visa.

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Credit Cards

Alaska MBNA Mastercard FINALLY back on Great Canadian Rebates (GCR.ca)
ByDCTA March 9, 2015

A year ago, the Alaska MBNA Mastercard, which offers 25,000 Alaska points on sign-up with a $75 annual fee, which I have written extensively about, used to have a $60 rebate with Great Canadian Rebates (GCR). Unfortunately, when MBNA changed their Bank of America system to the new TD system, the Alaska MC was pulled off their rebate list. When folks asked GCR when it will come back on the list for rebates, the response was typically “in a month”… which went on for many, many months.

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Off Topic: how do you travel & have a cat?
ByDCTA March 9, 2015March 8, 2015
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I recently adopted a cat from the Ontario SPCA, a beautiful one year old black domestic shorthair. Her name is Tonic (catatonic). She was a battered cat, but is getting along surprisingly well. As I do with most things in my life, I’m getting a little obsessed with her and caring for her (i.e., I’m being a crazy cat lady). I’m feeding her wet food and raw food, although I’m keeping her dinner as kibble so it’s easier to feed her when I’m travelling (super-crazy-expensive high-end kibble that costs more than my flights!).

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