Originally Posted by
pierrerion
Actually what I was refering to is something different. Let me rephrase. If I make a booking right before the mileage level change, on Dec 14 2015, for a departure date Dec 12 2016 and return date Dec 13 2016 assuming AP has these flights released and available (as a place holder because I don't know my exact dates yet and want to leave as much flexibility as possible). I know they normally allow me to make change to my reservation one day before my flight date, for a fee of 90$. My question is, assuming I do make that change, on Dec 11 2016, will AP allow me to extend both the departure and return by another year, to Dec 2017? Not sure if this is clearer.
Actually, alc's answer was exactly right, and it follows what I wrote earlier.
The *maximum* duration of your ticket can be exactly 1 year from the
first flown flight. So in your example, this would not quite work that way: the right way to make it work is as follows:
* Dec 14, 2015: book travel for Dec 1, 2016 first flight, Dec 10, 2016 throwaway flight (but be careful... not many airlines release space that far ahead, so you need to make sure you actually have availability!)
* Leave your ticket in a drawer for a year.
* Fly the Dec 1, 2016 flight on that day, in a year from now.
* On landing, immediately call Aeroplan and reschedule the rest of the trip to
end on Dec 1, 2017 or before (ENTIRE trip must be complete within 1 year of departure (maybe arrival) of the first flight).
* Find a way to get home by yourself from wherever flight #1 took you, hopefully not too far.