Originally Posted by superangrypenguin

This is an untrue statement, sadly. I have had an official dialogue with the BR YYZ office. Aeroplan is the one blocking redemptions.

This is from BR.

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As stated in previous email, we do have reserved seats (booking class: I) for Star Alliance Members, including Aeroplan in this case.

At this moment, I can see I class seats inventory for next 360 days (until early December 2015) in our booking system. Thus, these seats are already in the system as stated in previous email.

However, we are unable to confirm when these I class seats will be released by Aeroplan into its platform. As I class is for all Star Alliance members, other airlines may enable their members to reserve these seats earlier than Aeroplan.
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