We’re thrilled to announce the launch of The Suite Discuss Journey Present, the model new podcast from the Prince of Journey staff.
The Suite Discuss Journey Present is a roundtable-style present the place our staff dives deep into the world of Aeroplan, bank cards, journey hacking, and sensible journey methods — all from a Canadian perspective.
The primary episode drops on March 14, 2026 at 10:00 AM ET. In every episode, we’ll break down the newest adjustments to loyalty applications, share private experiences and insider ideas, and discover locations all over the world.
Meet the Hosts
The Suite Discuss Journey Present brings collectively 4 members of the Prince of Journey staff, every with their very own space of experience.
Chris
Host
Chris has been navigating the miles and factors world for years and brings a sensible, no-nonsense strategy to journey optimization.
Aeroplan Skilled
You might have watched our Instagram movies breaking down the newest Aeroplan adjustments — TJ has a knack for making advanced loyalty program ideas accessible and actionable.
Household Journey Specialist
Amy resides proof you could journey with children in fashion — and that typically, the most effective household journey hack is placing the children in economic system when you sip champagne in enterprise class.
Nancy
Resort Queen
Nancy has stayed at extra inns than most individuals go to grocery shops, and brings deep data of resort loyalty applications and luxurious journey.
What’s in Episode 1
The debut episode is filled with well timed content material, beginning with a deep dive into the largest change in Canadian loyalty this yr: Aeroplan’s transfer to a revenue-based elite standing system.
Aeroplan Elite Standing in 2026
Air Canada has shifted from the previous distance-and-fare-based mannequin to a single metric: Standing Qualifying Credit (SQC), primarily based solely on how a lot you spend quite than how far you fly.
TJ walks us via what this implies in apply. Quick-haul flyers are seeing sooner progress towards standing, whereas long-haul economic system travellers are falling behind — precisely as anticipated.
The staff discusses the candy spot of Aeroplan 50K standing, which stays essentially the most compelling tier for many travellers because of Star Alliance Gold recognition and worldwide Maple Leaf Lounge entry.
Air Canada eUpgrades
The dialog turns to eUpgrades — particularly, whether or not there’s extra improve house in 2026 with fewer elites within the system.
TJ shares a nuanced take: the discount in obtainable eUpgrade stock has extra to do with Air Canada promoting extra premium cabin seats to money clients than with elites competing for a similar seats.
The staff additionally discusses sensible eUpgrade methods, together with concentrating on secondary cities (assume Toulouse or Osaka as a substitute of Paris or Tokyo) and reserving return flights to North America, the place improve availability tends to be higher.
One constructive change for 2026: now you can share eUpgrades with as much as 4 journey companions on the identical reserving, making it simpler for households and teams to improve collectively.
Incomes Aeroplan Factors
The panel explores the evolving panorama of incomes Aeroplan factors, together with why the Aeroplan eStore stays some of the underappreciated instruments in this system.
Chris raises an essential level about crediting flights: relying in your standing degree and fare class, it may possibly typically make extra sense to credit score Air Canada flights to United MileagePlus quite than Aeroplan — significantly for long-haul flights when you do not have excessive elite standing.
A premium Aeroplan bank card continues to be essentially the most environment friendly option to earn each factors and SQC for standing, accumulating SQC at 4 occasions the speed of a core card.
Past Aeroplan: Flying Blue and Avios
The staff additionally discusses different switch companions for Amex Membership Rewards factors, together with Air France KLM Flying Blue and British Airways Avios.
Nancy highlights that Flying Blue gives a 25% low cost on kids’s redemptions — a large profit for household travellers. Amy notes that Avios might be glorious for premium cabin redemptions to Asia by way of Qatar Airways, particularly when paired with a switch bonus.
Good Journey: Exploring the UK
The episode’s sensible journey phase focuses on the UK as a vacation spot, together with recommendations on sights, inns, and the right way to get there from Canada. If you happen to’re planning a visit, remember concerning the UK ETA requirement.
The place to Watch
The Suite Discuss Journey Present premieres on March 14, 2026 at 10:00 AM ET. Try the teaser under, and keep tuned for future episodes the place we’ll proceed to dig into the matters that matter most to Canadian travellers.
Conclusion
The Suite Discuss Journey Present has been a very long time within the making, and we’re thrilled to lastly convey it to you.
The primary episode drops March 14 at 10:00 AM ET on the Prince of Journey YouTube channel. We’ll share hyperlinks to further platforms as they develop into obtainable.
That is just the start — there’s much more to come back.
