I am so 31337!

I just got a package in the mail from Air Canada, letting me know
that this year I have Air Canada Aeroplan Elite status: woohoo, I
am officially elite!

I had 38,410 qualifying miles last year (33,000 needed for elite status)
thanks to a trip to Asia, two to Europe and misc other shorter trips.

The benefits of elite status [1] are pretty nice:

  - priority checkin, seating, standby, luggage, etc.
  - can check twice as much luggage (4 pieces, and extra weight)
  - use of lounges [2] at airports with free drinks, showers, etc.
  - 8 upgrade certificates for free upgrades to executive class!
    (I think I'll use one on my flight to France later today)

Also, I got some nice leather luggage tags and misc other stuff.

Hmm, I am reminded of that Seinfeld episode where Jerry and Elaine
are flying and Elaine says something like "our goal should be a
classless society"... I should download that to watch on the plane.

[1] http://www.aircanada.ca/aeroplan/about/qualif_2002.html
[2] http://www.aircanada.ca/services/business/if103a.html

p.s. a while ago I was tempted to try to get "31337" as a license
plate for my car, but I think it's $200 CAD/year; hard to justify
that just for a joke that only a few geeks would understand.

-- 
Gerald Oskoboiny <gerald@impressive.net>
http://impressive.net/people/gerald/

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