Originally Posted by marbuck
Two weeks from now I must fly to ATL from YOW for a one night trip. Tango fares, while available, do not match my schedule and the regular fares are only slightly lower than full J (at close o $2K return). Over to Aeroplan. J award + same day standby, 25K points and $55 in taxes, and I'm there.)
Yup similar thing for me 2 weeks ago when a Sun-Wed fare were pricing in the 1K all in or 15K award in Y... Guess which one I took

The us ones were full but AC still had seats and award seats for the 5K attendee conference I was going to...