The year 2009 has been a year of miracles for me in dealing with Aeroplan...
An hour ago my wife was lamenting not seeing her parents for Xmas in Montreal. For a lark I decided to see if there were any classical seats to Montreal and lo and behold all kinds of availability! So now we will be spending Xmas in Montreal - she is one happy camper, her parents are even happier and I am their hero (for a change

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Twice this year I booked two J seats to LAS about three weeks ahead of time and both times got the exact dates I wanted. My May 2009 RTW in F was booked six weeks in advance. There too I got all the flights I wanted except for a morning flight out of HKG instead of an afternoon flight.
Life is good hee, hee!