 Hello everyone, this is Ahmed Daan and on this channel you'll find financial travel and more videos. If you like what you see, please do the thumbs up and consider subscribing. Thank you Hello everyone, this is Ahmed Daan of Ahmeddaan.com today I'll talk about airplane and its recent announcement making Porter Airlines a partner starting July 2020 what it means that starting that point you'll be able to earn and redeem airplane using Porter flights and This partnership opens up a new opportunity for airplane members and at the same time airplane is in talks with One World Alliance member One World Alliance which has 13 members and some other partners. Some of its partners are airlines such as British Airways, American Airlines, Cathay Pacific and many more So if these talks with One World Alliance become successful then you'll be able to earn and redeem airplane points through One World partnership or partners which is just like the way you earn and redeem airplane points through Star Alliance program right now which Air Canada is a part of and this membership with Air Canada and Star Alliance will end in July 2020 So the question you may be asking whether you should redeem all your airplane points right now or you should hold and wait to see what happens after July 2020 and I'll address these questions today in this video So before I do that, let me show you something first and then I'll talk about or I'll give you my honest opinion on what to do or what I would do if I'm in the same situation So I do have some airplane points and what I'm going to tell you is exactly what I'll be doing as well before July 2020 So let's get started So here we are looking at the airplane redemption chart which is valid up to July 2020 and if you'd like to redeem for any Star Alliance partners which is including Air Canada and other Star Alliance member airlines then this is the chart you're going to be redeeming airplane miles accordingly For example, let's say if you're flying to Asia one and you'd require in order to fly economy class you'd require 75,000 miles for roundtrip and for business class it would be 150,000 miles for roundtrip which is Asia one Now I'm going to show you what Airplan is saying It will keep the same redemption rate after the July 2020 So for example, here is this page where Airplan is just giving us some updates the beginning of a new Airplan our promise and they're mentioning that Starting July 2020 the following roundtrip flights will be offered beginning at the same mileage levels that we provide today and if you look here let's say for Asia which is going to be 75,000 miles for Asia which is right now the same if you fly economy class but what they're not able to offer because they're not a part of any alliance partner they are not able to offer any business class flights starting that point July 2020 and you get the best value out of your points when you fly business class for example 75,000 miles for Asia economy class ticket would cost I would say approximately let's say if you're going to India from Toronto and back it would be somewhere in the range of 1500 to 2000 dollars and the same flight when you're flying business class then it can run from let's say about 7,000 to 10,000 dollars or even could be more and then you'd require only 150,000 points for that so you can see that you're getting a lot more out of your points if you're using for business class and this is what you're going to lose if airplane is not a partner of any alliance partner for example right now it is Star Alliance and it is going to lose access to all business class flights starting that day and this flight is airplane actually giving on its own so it's just like you're booking at different flights or different airlines using this point so these flights redemption what airplane is telling us is not because they're partner with these airlines it's just because they're just giving you to redeem these points or these miles for any member any airlines they're in contract with or any airlines they have contract to redeem those via those airlines we heard that airplane is talking to one alliance partner however at this point it is not certain if that's going to happen or not so we do not know that if the talks will be effective and airplane will be able to access business class flights through one world partner which is British Airways, American Airlines, Catholic Pacific and many other so due to that reason you will get best of value out of your airplane miles if you redeem it before July 2020 and if you use for business class redemption then it will be it will give you more benefits or more value for example my last trip was to Asia all business class going back and returning back to Toronto, Canada and I redeemed airplane so you're looking at my itinerary receipt which I redeemed during my last trip so this is going from Toronto to Dhaka, Bangladesh and you can see that itinerary right here and let me scroll down to show you how much exactly I paid for this flight all business class okay so you can see the itinerary Turkish Airlines Toronto to Istanbul Istanbul to Dhaka all business class and let's scroll keep scrolling down and let me just go to that section okay so as you can see right here my total cost for this flight was $61.26 Canadian and this is my flight from Toronto to Dhaka via Turkish Airlines business class and this flight at that time when I booked was going for about $34,000 one way not that's not wrong trip just one way $3,000 to $4,000 on Turkish Airlines from Toronto to Dhaka so you can see the value you can get out of using airplane for certain partner Star Alliance partners which do not charge fuel surcharges and you can get tremendous tremendous value for these points which you're not going to have after July 2020 I'm going to play my clip from my last trip business class Toronto to Istanbul as I talk in the background so like I said you're not going to get value unless airplane is successful forming a partnership with one world but which are still in talks and we don't know what's going to happen and then if you redeem for airplane for porter airlines then you're not going to get that much value there either because this is just local original airlines and I don't believe they have business class and even they do it's not going to give you a value like international flight going business class for a long distance like the one you're looking at right now so there you lose the chances of redeeming your airplane miles if you do not do it before July 2020 you're losing that access to Star Alliance partnership miles with members just like the one you're watching right now which is Turkish Airlines and after that we don't know what's going to happen at this point because we don't know if the porter airlines what's the value you're going to get what the redemption chart is like to be or what other if airplane is able to form an alliance with one world so due to these facts if you're looking to get the best value out of your airplane miles and if it's necessary then I would say redeem them for business class before July 2020 but if you do not need to go anywhere or if you do not need to redeem anything then there's no need to rush because you're going to have access to economy class even after July 2020 so you can redeem it at that point whenever you need it but you're going to get lesser value but if you don't need anything right now there's no point to waste just to fly business class to get the most value out of your airplane miles so what I'm going to do I have some airplane miles which would be close to 100,000 or something like that so I'm going to use that for business class trip which I can get one way and either I'm planning to use it for going to Africa or Asia before July 2020 so I'm going to use that I'm not going to sit and wait just to see what happens because I'll not take that chances but in general if you do not need to redeem anything don't rush to redeem it but if you do need to redeem it then try to redeem it for business class that way you get the most value and if you're redeeming airplane for business class keep in mind that some of the member airlines charge fuel surcharges which is going to make you pay a lot so do not redeem airplane for this member airlines including Air Canada I do have another video about how to redeem airplane miles without paying fuel surcharges and I'll put that video in the description box below so keep in mind when you're redeeming airplane for business class flights or any flights because some flights charge fuel surcharges and if you would like to get the most out of your airplane miles and if you have travel plans coming up then definitely use them for business class before July 2020 but if you have nothing to do just sit tight and just wait because you'll have access to economy class even later on that date so that's my take on this if you like what you see please give it a thumbs up and consider subscribing on this channel you'll find financial travel and other videos I have lots of videos on parade cars and points and miles and travel videos and all my travels are business class or most of them are business class travel expensive or upscale hotel stay and most of these are done using points and miles and that's what I talk about on this channel and I talk about and I actually show you those travel videos what I'm doing unlike other channels where they're talking about everything but there's nothing specific or they're not showing you any proof or anything but on my channel you'll see exactly what I'm doing and whenever I go on a trip you can actually follow day by day my trip and most of my trip 99% of them are booked using miles and points and I have a trip coming up this year 2018 in November and I'll be going to Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Malaysia and I have actually 7 business class flights and 3 economic class flights the business class flights are all done on points and you'll be able to track this trip day by day as well so if you haven't subscribed already subscribed and I'll see you shortly thank you for watching