How many Aeroplan miles do you have? How do you plan using them heading into 2020?
Jun 22, 2017, 11:25 pm
#19
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: YVR
Programs: AC 50K, NZ Gold
Posts: 222
Close to 400K between both of us, earning just over 100K per annum and spending in increments for long haul in J. Planning to go down to zero for sure! I will not retain the status after retirement anyway BUT I will gain on flexibility..... and looking forward to it!
Jun 23, 2017, 1:18 am
#20
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Why? Why? Zed! / Why? You? Elle! / Gee! Are You!
Programs: Irrelevant
Posts: 3,543
Just over 3.4 Million left, burned through 1.2 million in 2016 flying with friends, burned ~250k so far this year for friends. Not in any hurry to use the rest, I'm sure I'll find ways to use them by the time mid-2020 rolls around. 
Jun 23, 2017, 1:41 am
#22
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Toronto.Canada
Programs: AS MVP Gold. Emirates Silver BAEC Silver Air Canada 35k
Posts: 512
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Jun 23, 2017, 5:04 am
#23
Formerly known as newbie elite
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: YUL
Programs: IHG Diamond Ambassador, Accor Platinum, AC50K
Posts: 2,927
Have 12 points left after burning 300k recently. Will keep everything in MR and transfer when/if needed. No more current AE cards
Last edited by Admiral Ackbar; Jun 25, 2017 at 7:48 am
Jun 23, 2017, 9:40 am
#25
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Providence RI
Programs: American Exec Plat, Hyatt Refugeeist, Marriot Gold, Air Canada Cattle Class, Korean Air Morning Plat
Posts: 988
AP is actually AC's largest single customer, so they will continue to work well together in the near term. Their liability of the points worries me, if I was Aeroplan I would personally run the numbers to see what a large migration of points off the ledger and back to AC would do. Simply by raising the number of points you need to redeem a flight and lowering the number of points you need to buy a toaster would entice the flyers to shunt the points out of AP and into the new program. I'd at least run the numbers.
AP's hard yards are from now until 2020, they need to expand their footprint away from AC and into the general population like Air Miles. If they can brand themselves as a lifestyle brand where you earn miles in day to day transactions so you can redeem on AC.
Jun 23, 2017, 6:21 pm
#26
Original Member
Join Date: May 1998
Location: Canada
Programs: AC SE 2MM, HH Dd, SPG; IC Pl/A; AA; DL
Posts: 14,321
about 1 million (my constant balance even giving them away and "wasting" them--wife is losing 70k points on my friend's booking back to Africa due to strife and uncertain security situation. I don't care any more.
I just use them for family trips whether I am going or not, to help charities that I support out (wish there were more than 10 IKK slots) etc. but no matter what my total keeps coming out at about 1 million.
No special plans yet but soon to hit 2 million miler and then it is decision time--burn points for a year and then start paying again or forget SE status and just buy what I want when I want. All depends -- next move is always AC's before I make my decision.
I just use them for family trips whether I am going or not, to help charities that I support out (wish there were more than 10 IKK slots) etc. but no matter what my total keeps coming out at about 1 million.
No special plans yet but soon to hit 2 million miler and then it is decision time--burn points for a year and then start paying again or forget SE status and just buy what I want when I want. All depends -- next move is always AC's before I make my decision.
Jun 25, 2017, 7:42 am
#27
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: YOW
Programs: AC SE, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 395
250k. I will continue to earn and burn at the same rate. Only change is that similar to others I will move cc spending to MR for the flexibility. I will reevaluate when AC announces their program and cc partner. Pretty sure I will get an AC card at that point if only for the sign up bonus to jump start my balance.
Jun 25, 2017, 9:06 am
#28
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: YYJ
Programs: AC SE*MM, Bonvoy LT Plat, HH Gold, National EE, Sixt Plat, Hz 5*
Posts: 2,439
I have about 250k. Plus a million Amex MR points. I think it's time to do some first class flying. What's the longest ANA F leg that can be redeemed?
Nov 25, 2017, 12:30 pm
#30
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Marin County, California
Programs: Amex Centurion
Posts: 412
My personal opinion is that Aeroplan will effectively implode before 2020. Aeroplan (Aimia) is scrambling to raise cash. The Aeroplan program shuts down in about 30 months and it seems that many Aeroplan members are sitting on hordes of miles with plans of redeeming them before the day of reckoning. Many have years of accumulated miles with only one goal: Redemption. Redemption = Outflow. Extreme Outflow = Cash Crunch.