Air Canada Aeroplan

If you're wondering which of the Star Alliance frequent flyer programs you should sign up with, this is the one! For 35,000 miles, you get your Gold Card - that's priority check-in, use of the lounges for you & a guest, and increased chances of being upgraded - most carriers look for 50,000 miles in a year for that status. With Aeroplan, you can easily accrue that sort of mileage in a year, say with one trip to Australia and another across the Atlantic. Also, their redemption levels seem lower than other schemes - 10,000 miles for a round-trip London-Edinburgh in Economy, 12,500 in Business. The Air Canada scheme has certainly served ...  Read the complete review