Originally Posted by Braindrain

It's more or less the same. There's a 50K bonus for getting the Amex AeroPlat card from time to time, but at $499, it's hardly a deal.

The best were the CIBC Aerogold convenience cheques that gave bonus AP points. Just pre-pay and write the cheque to your own account. Probably too many people were doing that as I haven't seen them for years.