
WestJet has announced various changes to its WestJet Rewards program, including status extension.
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WestJet Rewards Extends Status + Promotion
WestJet has made several announcements regarding its WestJet Rewards program:
- Status Extension
- Qualifying Period Extension
- Qualifying period changes
- Promotion: Double Qualifying Spend

Status Extension
As of September 4, 2020, WestJet is extending Platinum, Gold and Silver status and tier benefits to December 31, 2021:
- includes lounge and seat selection vouchers issued with the tier
- changes will be reflected in your account by September 30, 2020
Qualifying Period Extension
Also, WestJet is extending current qualifying periods for all members, including those in the Teal tier, to December 31, 2021 to align to the calendar year and provide more time to achieve or retain status
All accounts to be updated by October 31, 2020.
As a reminder, here are the Qualifying spend criteria:
WestJet status | Qualifying Spend |
Silver | $3,000 |
Gold | $5,000 |
Platinum | $8,000 |
Qualifying period changes
WestJet is making a significant change to its WestJet Rewards program. The status will now be aligned with the calendar year and no longer with the member’s registering date.
This was a quirk of the program that is now being fixed. The problem is that many members have lost their status (which expired in May, June, July, August) because they could not travel this year.

Promotion: Double Qualifying Spend
WestJet has just launched a new promotion to make it easier to reach a status by providing all members double elite qualifying spend.

Several information to participate in this promotion:
- Register and book between: September 4 – 30, 2020 (11:59 p.m. MT)
- Travel period: September 4 – December 15, 2020
- Eligible flights: Anywhere WestJet flies
- Qualifying spend bonus: 100% of eligible base fares
- Fares: Econo, EconoFlex, Premium, PremiumFlex, Business, BusinessFlex (excludes Basic fares and Business fares on transatlantic flights)
Conclusion
WestJet is lining up its pawns in anticipation of the arrival of Air Canada’s new Aeroplan program.
Air Canada has made no secret of its intention to compete WestJet by targeting casual travellers. But as Ricky from Prince Of Travel notes, there’s still a long way to go. Indeed, to achieve Aeroplan’s lowest status level – 25K status – it is necessary to spend $4,000 (in addition to the other qualification criteria).
While WestJet Rewards, with the double qualifying spend promotion currently available, that same $4,000 would achieve the highest status of the program: Platinum.
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