Originally Posted by
Smiley90
Nope, those are your only options. Either you depart this year or you cancel.
The only thing that MIGHT be a compromise is you fly this September:
DEP-STOP1
Then do "stopover" until February 2021 to resume your trip and nest in a separately booked STOP1-DEP round-trip.
That works if you have any time and eagerness for a (shorter) vacation this year and go to a similar area on your first stopover on the RTW. this works because while you have to depart within 1year of booking, you THEN have another extra year to complete travel. Makes sense?
EDIT: An example with made-up dates and cities:
RTW Segment 1: YYZ-ATH, stop (September 2020)
Cash: ATH-YYZ (September 2020)
Cash: YYZ-ZRH (February 2021) - ATH (March 2021)
RTW Segment 2: ATH-MEL (March 2021)
RTW Segment 3: MEL-TYO (April 2021)
RTW Segment 4: TYO-YYZ (June 2021)
That's a fantastic suggestion. Thank you very much. I'll look into what my options would be to nest a second trip into the first stop.
Originally Posted by
canadiancow
If you booked it in September, it was under the new rules. 2 stopovers ended Sep 1.
Good catch. It was booked in August. The Aeroplan agent on the phone mentioned that it was ticketed Sept. 23 so I had that date in mind. I'm not sure of the reason for the discrepancy.