Hi all,
I saw there's a promotion till the 25th offering the $1k AC gift vard via aeroplan for 85k points.
Now I know normally the ROI on gift cards is garbage (and 8.5 cpm is a bit ouch) but is it worth it?
It's pretty much like cash money in that I don't need to hunt for I class availability, and can book in any class I want, and get milage on those flights.
With the upcoming uncertainty re AC buying aeroplan, seriously debating it.
OTOH round trip to say, HND, in J(I) from YFC is 150 in fixed miles rewards, and 2* gift card is about half that value of one way in J.

Thoughts?

Edit: messed up a decimal point, oops. 85k miles/1k gift card