Canadian leisure airline Air Transat has launched a program for the first time, Staria. This is certainly good news for this often underestimated airline with a solid product, which can often serve as an alternative, especially on transatlantic routes. In France alone, for example, Air Transat serves seven destinations.

In addition to (revenue-based) points, which can be combined with up to seven other members, you can also collect stars for certain missions, which can be exchanged for additional small rewards.

Collected award points can only be used as Cash & Points for partial payments of Air Transat tickets. The crux of the matter: Like many other programs these days, Air Transat does not disclose in advance what calculation is used here. While the earning side is transparent – particularly the fact that you don’t earn points on fees and surcharges, even though this can account for half the cost of a long-haul flight! – it’s not of good use without the same transparency on the redemption side.

So maybe Staria is the most generous program in the world, or maybe it isn’t. To find that out, one would have to be willing to take the risk and engage with the program.