sepandee

I was looking at purchasing a flight with my aeroplan points from Toronto to a caribbean destination around Dec. 15th, return around Jan 6th. When i first checked, there was a flight available from the the 17th of Dec until the 6th, which was perfect for me. 60,000 points + $150.

I didn't act. The next day I check and voila, it's gone. I thought maybe they allocate more seats to be bought with fixed aeroplan mileage at a later date again, but I've been checking twice a day for 2 weeks and nothing. In fact, there seems to be less and less of them available in a given month with each passing day.

My question is, once a travel day is no longer available for purchase with fixed mileage, is it gone forever or is there a chance of it coming back at a later date?

THanks