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Outside of the travel world, Andrew is a cyclist, craft coffee aficionado and — despite now living in NYC — a Chicagoan at heart. LifeMiles improves Canadian award prices, makes awards more valuable. Carnival Cruise Line names new ship, reveals Texas homeport. A dream trip to the Stanley Cup made possible using points and miles. Earn 3X Miles on Delta purchases and purchases made directly with hotels. Earn 2X Miles at restaurants worldwide, including takeout and delivery and at U.
Earn 1X Miles on all other eligible purchases. Receive a Domestic Main Cabin round-trip companion certificate each year upon renewal of your Card. Baggage charges and other restrictions apply. See terms and conditions for details.
Enjoy your first checked bag free on Delta flights. No Foreign Transaction Fees. For all other types of bookings, call Air Canada Reservations or contact the travel agent who handled your reservation. Search site Find. Hamburger Navigation Sign in or create an Aeroplan account.
Business Travel. Flights to U. Use our calculator to determine your free checked baggage allowance. Already a member? Sign in. Up to eight friends or family members can voluntarily pool their points. Other members can be designated as either a contributor or a contributor and redeemer by the Family Lead.
Best of all, elite and credit card benefits apply to all members of the pool. That can mean savings on award flights for up to eight passengers from one credit card or elite status member. To prevent pool-hopping, Aeroplan requires members to remain in a Family Sharing pool for at least three months. In response to the Covid pandemic, Aeroplan changed its points expiration policy. Effective July 20, , Aeroplan miles expire after 18 months of inactivity instead of 12 months.
This policy was retained in the new Aeroplan program. Even better, your points never expire if you have an Aeroplan-branded credit card. The most valuable way to redeem airline miles is generally for reward flights. Between Air Canada flights and Star Alliance partner flights, Aeroplan boasts that members can redeem points to over 1, destinations. One nice aspect of the new program is that every available Air Canada seat is available with Aeroplan points. There are no blackout dates or need to figure out different award types.
However, it will pay to be flexible. Peak dates are priced on the higher end of the range. But, considering that any available seat on an Air Canada flight is available with points, the maximum rates are actually quite reasonable. Atlantic includes Europe, Africa and as far east as India. The pricing for award flights depends on two factors: the travel zones and the flight distance between the origin and destination—including any stops.
Effectively, Aeroplan combined the distance-based award pricing model that some airline loyalty programs use with a zone-based award chart that other types of airline mileage programs employ. The result is that pricing an award requires both an atlas and the Great Circle Mapper , not to mention a stack of time and patience.
To determine how much an award will cost, first check the award chart. Award flights on partners have a fixed price. The new Aeroplan program has some sweet spots, as we cover below. But, it also has some serious downsides. Several other loyalty programs charge less than 35, miles in economy for this route.
American Airlines AAdvantage charges 40, miles for economy and 70, miles in business class between the U. However, award pricing is based on the highest class of service. So make sure to check the flight details carefully before booking. Speaking of Aeroplan partners, you can redeem your Aeroplan points on Air Canada and 36 partner airlines.
This includes all 26 Star Alliance member airlines plus 1 Star Alliance connecting partner:. The redemption rates are the same for all of these partners in the new Aeroplan program. You can find the full Aeroplan award chart here caution: PDF link.
Alternatively, you can use the Aeroplan Predictable Pricing tool to estimate how much a particular flight will cost. Aeroplan premium economy awards are only available on flights operated by Air Canada.
The new Aeroplan program added a couple of new fees for booking award flights. And this fee will not be waived for awards that cannot be booked online. Awards can be changed or canceled up to two hours until departure.
However, Aeroplan allows members 24 hours after booking to cancel an award reservation with no fee. These changes must be made over the phone and changes will be subject to the new pricing. One of the best changes to the Aeroplan program is the elimination of carrier-imposed surcharges on awards. Under the new program, that carrier-imposed fee is no longer charged to award travelers.
For this particular award, the award rate is still just 70, points:. One of the greatest ways to see more than one destination on a trip is by using a stopover. This site does not include all credit card companies or all available credit card offers. Please view our advertising policy page for more information. Skip to content. Advertiser Disclosure. Benji Stawski.
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Sign-up Successful! Welcome to The Points Guy! Benji Stawski is a reporter for the site, covering all things points, miles, credit cards, travel and aviation. You can get in touch and follow his travels via Instagram. LifeMiles improves Canadian award prices, makes awards more valuable. Carnival Cruise Line names new ship, reveals Texas homeport. A dream trip to the Stanley Cup made possible using points and miles. Earn 3X Miles on Delta purchases and purchases made directly with hotels.
Earn 2X Miles at restaurants worldwide, including takeout and delivery and at U. Earn 1X Miles on all other eligible purchases. Receive a Domestic Main Cabin round-trip companion certificate each year upon renewal of your Card.
Baggage charges and other restrictions apply.
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