Air Canada

Rocky Mountaineer Train, Vancouver, Canada.

Air Canada is Canada's largest airline and the largest provider of scheduled passenger services in the Canadian market, the Canada-US transborder market and in the international market to and from Canada. Air Canada is a founding member of Star Alliance.

  • Major Hub Airports: Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver
  • Frequent Flyer Programme: Aeroplan®
  • Type of partnership: Star Alliance / Codeshare
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Earning Airpoints™ 

As a Koru member, subject to your booking class being eligible, you'll earn Airpoints as per the partner tab on our Airpoints Calculator.

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Earning Status Points

As a Koru member, subject to your booking class being eligible, you'll earn Status Points as per the partner tab on our Status Points Calculator.

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Spending Airpoints

Koru members can use Airpoints to redeem flights by calling our Air New Zealand contact centre.

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Koru benefits

Star Alliance Gold benefits apply for Koru Gold, Koru Platinum, and Koru Black.

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Nominee benefits

No Koru Family Nominee, Koru Platinum Nominee, and Koru Black Nominee benefits apply.

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Koru Club benefits

No Koru Club benefits apply.

Eligible booking classes

Accrual class

Business class

Booking class

C, D, J, Z, P


Accrual class

Premium economy^

Booking class

O, E, A


Accrual class

Full economy

Booking class

Y, B, M, U, H


Accrual class

Discount economy

Booking class

L, K, Q, V, W, S, T


Accrual class

Booking classes ineligible to earn on flights with an 'AC' flight number

Booking class

A, G, F, I, R, X


Accrual class

Booking classes ineligible to earn on flights with an 'NZ' flight number

Booking class

B, L, S, T, G, K, F, I, R, X


Accrual class

Booking classes ineligible to earn for travel wholly within Canada with an 'AC' flight number

Booking class

S, T, L, A, K, G, I, X, R, F


Accrual class

Booking classes ineligible to earn for travel wholly within Canada with an 'NZ' flight number

Booking class

B, M, H, Q, V, W, S, T, L, G, K, F, I, R, X


^Air Canada flights in Premium Economy will accrue at Full Economy rates.

Air Canada's Economy Basic and Economy Standard products are not eligible for accrual on flights within North America, and will receive reduced accrual on other international routes, irrespective of booking class.

Booking classes that are noted as ineligible to earn are not eligible to earn Airpoints or Status Points.

Booking classes that are not mentioned are not eligible for accrual.

Terms and conditions apply:

Airpoints and Status Points earn is determined by the Partner Airline which operates the flight. Status Points are only earned on Star Alliance carrier operated flights. Certain booking classes on Partner Airlines are not eligible to earn Airpoints or Status Points. On a Partner Airline flight, Airpoints and Status Points may be earned on a flight by flight basis rather than a journey basis. Please note booking class eligibility and earning rates are subject to change without notice and any changes will apply based on the date you travel. This information does not apply to other airline codeshare. Refer to the Koru terms and conditions for more information.

Rocky Mountaineer Train image courtesy of Tourism Vancouver/Rocky Mountaineer