Originally Posted by
Jeffrey Wong
Hi guys,
This is my first time using any sort of Aeroplan points to fly anywhere so some help would be greatly appreciated. Basically i have to be in Singapore 1st/2nd week of Jan 2016 and will be back in May (flexible).
I'm trying to keep it a one-way flight to keep my flexibility in terms of booking for the flight back. I took a look at the Aeroplan website and it seems like I'm pretty much stuck paying fees on all the flights they have flying with Air Canada? I'm sure there's a way around this... but how?
Ideally I'd also like a stopover in another city somewhere in Europe (or anywhere else really) so I can do some exploring for a couple days. This would likely occur during the last week of Dec and then I would fly to Singapore after New Years.
I'm not sure if any of this is possible on a one-way flight? If possible I appreciate all of your help!
No stopovers allowed on one-way rewards I'm afraid so you'll have to put together something with a return flight if you want that. You can always put together a dummy return (i.e., if your return dates are not certain and/or you can't find exactly what you want) though it will cost you the change fee ($90/ticket) For a return trip like that you can have two stopovers in addition to your destination.
JerryH has put together a good FAQ about avoiding YQ on carriers such as AC & LH:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/air-c...demptions.html
It will take some legwork on your part and likely paying the fee ($30/ticket) to get an agent to book the flights, but worth it in the end.