Thanks all. I talked to Aeroplan their suggestion was to donate miles, or transfer some (to a family).

I'll probably end up donating if nothing else works.

Transferring miles costs $0.02/mi, with a 1000 minimum, which means $20 just keep my miles from expiring. I don't need/want more Aeroplan miles. I only have them because I transfered Amex points there when I closed my Amex a couple years ago. So I'm looking to keep them from expiring for least cost until I can make decent use of them.

I tried buying something though the portal and Etsy last week (something that I needed anyway), but haven't seen that credited to my Aeroplan account yet (only been a few days). I'm still skeptical if that'll work or not... it wouldn't surprise me if somewhere you have to pay in CAD for it to work.

Thanks again! I do find it surprising no one has an online store through their portal as an suggested/working option.