Originally Posted by
mahoogalah
Lots of people have asked the question here (including myself) what happens if you want to make a change to a booking post December 15 ie will you have to pay the higher mileage levels. I asked this question to 3 different Aeroplan agents this week. The scenario was if I have a Europe 1 booking and wanted to make changes (not including any zone changes).
I think we won't have any clear idea till the time comes, i.e., after people start to report their factual experiences, post-Dec 15th, 2015. But, the general recollection I have is that you will NOT be charged extra mileage to reflect the current higher levels at that point in time, when changing an Aero reward booking while keeping within the destination zone.
For eg, you can find various posts where people reported that they were NOT charged extra points, when they had originally booked a 125K mini-rtw J Asia-1 award prior to the Jan 01, 2014 increase, and then making changes later on during 2014 where the required points had then increased to 150K for the same award.
One example, see
Guy Betsy's original question here:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/air-c...l#post22197187
And then over the ensuing pages, he answers with a confirmation that changes were done with JUST a recalculation of taxes, and no mention of extra miles charged.
Then in a different but similar vein, during last year's Aeroplan booking glitch, there were reports of the system automatically charging higher points on changed itineraries within the same zone. See
margarita girl's post here:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/air-c...l#post24749419
So, while this is not a case of changing an itinerary after a point devaulation, who knows if Aeroplan will start to implement similar automatic increased points charges in 2016, for pre-devaluation bookings.
Let us play, err...I mean pray.
JJJ