 Hello everyone, this is Amit Dan of AmitDan.com Today I will have another episode of airplane tips and tricks video And I'll talk about the new airplane which is expected to start November 8, 2020 So the airplane just rearranged everything and they are starting as a brand new airplane Although you'll be able to convert your points So all the points you have is not going to be wasted So it will be just converted to the new airplane program And instead of calling it airplane miles, they will call airplane points And today I'm going to go over some basics you need to know about this new airplane program So when I talk about the new features and some of the new highlights Then I'll be playing some scenes from my business class trip from Melbourne to Auckland Which you'll see in the background And then I'll talk about these points So this is just not to bore you only with the talking So you can see my business class flight and possibly the business class lounge And if you'd like to know about, see the more of the flight and lounge review There will be description links in the description box below So start with the first point I have here So the launch date or the starting date of the new airplane program is November 8, 2020 And the first point I'd like to mention that this program is going to have longer expiration Right now it's 12 months but it's starting to have 18 months And even if it expires, let's see if you expire your points after 18 months They're very lenient to give you back your points Just like take a few steps or take flights which I'm not going to detail right now So that's one of the new features, longer expiration And then they're going to start new earning structures So based on the amount you fly, your earning structure is going to be based on the amount you pay Instead of based on the distance you fly So this is another major change And right now it's called airplane miles but it's going to be airplane points Because your earning structure is not based on the distance or what you're flying So based on the money or the amount of money you're spending So this is the first thing you need to know This is the very first basic of the new airplane And the second one is going to be there's no more fuel surcharges This is something I always didn't like about airplane Whenever you'd travel with airplane partner they would impose hefty fuel surcharges Sometimes the surcharge would be same as a plane ticket So for example on a business class flight from let's say North America to Asia You could be paying like $700,000 fuel surcharges which made no sense So this is going to be eliminated There will be no more fuel surcharges or fees In surcharges when you fly Air Canada However if you're flying a partner's program that's what you know Which I'm looking forward to do it because there will be a lot more partners under the new program They're going to be paying only $39 Canadian partner fee Which is I would say nothing comparing like what you need to pay like you know $100,000 fuel surcharges So this is another very good feature of the new airplane Which is going to be starting when the new airplane program starts So that's number two So number three is there's no more seat restrictions blackouts Every seat actually is going to be your seat and every seat is going to be available However they're going to be two different like you know ways you can buy Or you can redeem your points Air Canada seats are going to be variable points so based on like you know the market fare So you're going to be paying either like you know more or less depending on what the market value of the fare But whenever you're booking the partner redemption so you're like you know redeeming airplane points For other Star Alliance partner members then you're going to be paying fixed points only So which is the most part I was looking for And then starting the new airplane program you're going to have even points and cash redemption option Which we didn't have it before So you can redeem certain points plus you can you know fill up the balance with cash So basically you're just buying points the requirement So basically you're buying just you know additional points with cash instead of paying 100% with points So this is another option you have and then the travel zones actually there's going to be only four travel zones Starting November 8th is going to be North America, South America, Atlantic and Pacific zone And you'll be able to use like you know airplane points more way So you can just let's say upgrade to business class, you can buy wifi, you can have elite lounge access And you can have baggage fees So you're going to have more option when the new airplane So another important change they're making is that you know you'll be able to share points So let's say if you have a family member of four actually they're allowing up to eight members But just for an example if you have a member of four or five then you can put points together And you can earn points together and you can redeem points together So which is a very good feature for those who have a family or who are more than one person And that way you can actually accelerate your points earnings because of the share points option or feature So this is something very good for those if you are you know if you're a family or if you're more than one person So definitely this is another feature to look for And number five I have here that you know there's going to be stopovers and open jobs However before stopovers were free but now in order to get a stopovers you're going to be paying 5000 points on each way So what is a stopover? It just means that you know you are stopping in the middle of your destination and on a one way trip And if it's a two way trip then you can stop you can make this like in a two destination So for example let's say you're going to Sydney from Toronto and then you'd like to stop over at Singapore So you're going to be just paying only 5000 more points to stop over in Singapore and on your way back Let's say you're coming back from to Sydney to Toronto but you can stop over in let's say Kuala Lumpur And then you can you have to just pay another 5000 points more Which is you'll be able to save lots of money and lots of points because of the stopover feature So this is something really to look forward and then there's another option that open jobs Which is actually free they're not charging anything for this So you can have if you have a round trip then you can use open jobs And what it means that your destination on the first trip let's say you have a round trip And on your first trip your destination is Sydney But you're not going to come back from Sydney so let's say you're going from Toronto to Sydney and you're coming back So what do you do you're booking the first trip on one way trip from Toronto to Sydney But on the return trip you're going to be booking from Melbourne to Toronto So why would you want to do that this is because you know you may want to like you know trade Take a bus or some other means or you know you can just rent a car to drive from Sydney to Melbourne Or it can be any place anywhere this is just an example So this feature gives you an option to see you know more places And this is something really you know very helpful and this would be actually free You don't have to pay any points for this but the condition is that it has to be a round trip to utilize this feature So that's number five so these are all the basic things you need to know If you'd like to more you can just visit the aeroplane website which is aeroplane.com And again this is not a paid or affiliated review and you know on this channel I have a variety of videos not just on points And on this channel I have a variety of videos not just on point but I have other videos too Thank you for watching this video forget about subscribing to this channel forget about liking this video There will be more videos coming up so I'll see you shortly thank you And it was a pleasant flight I found nothing to complain about I definitely will not hesitate to fly Qantas again in the future if the opportunity arises Qantas business class food was great I started with seared ocean trout with shard corn, jalapeno lime and coriander Then main course was red braised chicken with stir fried gantai, shiitake mushrooms, black beans and jasmine rice Finally I ended up with a Maggie Bear salted honey ice cream and a coffee Thank you for watching this video forget about subscribing to this channel forget about liking this video there will be more videos coming up