Originally Posted by
mahasamatman
I travel very little these days myself, and I have never credited a single flown mile to Aeroplan, yet I've actually accumulated a decent amount just through promotions and free activities. One survey or one small purchase on the Aeroplan store every 18 months keeps your miles active forever.
That's fine. Many non-flying people don't pay as much attention to their accounts as you do, and for them, this isn't insignificant.
Originally Posted by
tomvancouver
This reminded me to check on a (relatively distant) elderly relative. On their AP page the header says the points are about to expire. The last activity was in June 2019, but I cannot see any account expiry date (there's a red unavailable comment where it should be, so likely work in progress). I'll try to top up the activity in the next few days but am hoping that the 18 month change will cover the apparent recent expiry (under the old rules) about which I was not informed, as I had the email account linked to the AP account. Its only 16k miles but could have saved a small amount of money c/w just buying outright, or bought a gift card or maybe even a toaster!.
They've been pausing mileage expiry for the past few months, started back in March or April at some point, which is why your relative's miles hadn't expired back in June.