This new Aspire | Air Canada Café is a hybrid between an Air Canada Café and a Maple Leaf Lounge. In the Aspire | Air Canada Café, you’ll find :

• Self-service hot and cold buffet prepared by local chefs, with fresh bakery-style bread and pastries
• Selection of hot and cold takeaway meals
• Central bar with complimentary beverages and premium drinks available for purchase
• 367 square metres (4,271 square feet) of high-end space for working or relaxing
• Reserve a meeting room to work with others or in a quiet environment
• Additional workspace to make calls
• Wireless chargers in almost every seat
• Ultra-fast, reliable Wi-Fi
• TV with news and sports channels

As a passenger, you can access this impressive Aspire | Air Canada Café with a same-day ticket on an Air Canada flight as well as with:

• Business class ticket
• Or an Aeroplan Elite Status (50K, 75K, Super Elite)
• Or by being a Star Alliance Gold member
• Or by holding a Premium Aeroplan credit card such as the American Express^® Aeroplan^®* Reserve Card or the American Express^® Aeroplan^®* Reserve Card (by the way, these two Aeroplan credit cards are on promotion right now for a limited time).

Moreover, members of these airport lounge networks can access this lounge:

• Priority Pass
• DragonPass
• Executive Lounges by Swissport

For example, Platinum Cardmembers^® and the Business Platinum Cardmembers^® from American Express enjoy unlimited access to Executive Lounges by Swissport for the Cardmember, one guest and two children under 21.

This is just one of the very generous benefits of the Platinum Card^®.

Also, if you don’t need unlimited access, other credit cards can offer you a few annual visits to DragonPass-affiliated salons.

This is the case with Visa Infinite Privilege credit cards offering six annual DragonPass airport lounge visits (such as the BMO eclipse Visa Infinite Privilege* Card or the TD^® Aeroplan^® Visa Infinite Privilege* Credit Card).

Or, with a lower annual fee (and a welcome bonus), the Scotiabank Passport™ Visa Infinite* Card will also give you six annual visits to DragonPass airport lounges.

Finally, other first-year free credit cards, such as the CIBC Aventura^® Visa Infinite* Card, the CIBC Aventura^® Gold Visa* Card and the BMO Ascend World Elite Mastercard, will give you four annual visits to DragonPass airport lounges.

So there’s no shortage of credit card options for accessing this new airport lounge!