Westjet announced today it will offer members of any airline or travel rewards program the opportunity to obtain gold status in its WestJet Rewards program. This represents the third time WestJet has offered the matching program to frequent Canadian flyers and the first time WestJet has offered status match to all airline and travel rewards top-tier program members.

“In six years, we have built a loyalty program that we believe offers the best value to the travelling public,” said Bob Cummings, WestJet Executive Vice-President, Commercial. “We recognize that it can take a long time to reach gold status when starting with a new program and we believe so strongly in our offering we invite loyalty members from any airline or travel rewards program to get gold status from a company that really cares.”

Gold flight benefits will be awarded to those who sign up to become a WestJet Rewards member, provide proof of top-tier status prior to September 23, 2016, and take a WestJet-marketed flight between now and October 31, 2016. For details, visit westjet.com/getgold.

Gold flight benefits for eligible WestJet Rewards members include two free checked bags, 10 airport lounge vouchers, four advance seat selection vouchers, no fee to change to an earlier or later flight on the same day of travel, advance boarding and priority security screening at select airports. Qualifying members will enjoy gold flight benefits until December 31, 2017.

About WestJet

We are proud to be Canada’s highest-rated airline for customer service, powered by an award-winning culture of care and recognized as one of the country’s top employers. We offer scheduled service to 100 destinations in North America, Central America, the Caribbean and Europe. Through our regional airline, WestJet Encore, and with partnerships with airlines representing every major region of the world, we offer our guests more than 150 destinations in more than 20 countries. Leveraging WestJet’s extensive network, flight schedule and remarkable guest experience, WestJet Vacations delivers affordable, flexible travel experiences with a variety of accommodation options for every guest. Members of our WestJet Rewards program earn WestJet dollars on flights, vacation packages and more. Our members use WestJet dollars towards the purchase of WestJet flights and vacations packages on any day, at any time, to any WestJet destination with no blackout periods ? even on seat sales. For more information about everything WestJet, please visit westjet.com.

Recent recognition includes:

2015/2011/2010/2008/2007/2006/2005 Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Culture (Waterstone Human Capital)2015 Best Employers in Canada (Aon Hewitt)2015/2014/2013 WestJet RBC World Elite MasterCard ranked #1 in Canada (MoneySense magazine)2014/2013 WestJet RBC World Elite MasterCard ranked #1 in the Canada’s Choice ranking (RewardsCanada.ca)2014 Interbrand Canada’s Best Canadian Brands (Rank #20)2014 Brands of the Year (Strategy magazine)2014 Canada’s Most Preferred Airline (Ipsos)2014 Value Airline of the Year (Air Transport World magazine)2014/2013/2012 Canada’s Most Attractive Employer (Randstad)2014/2013/2012/2011 Highest equity score: airline, vacation package supplier brands (Harris/Decima EquiTrend Study)

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