Originally Posted by
Supernaut
Disclaimer: I'm new to flyertalk so apologies if I've posted incorrectly. Guidance would be appreciated 🙂
I'm looking into an end-of-year mileage run once I get back home (mid-Nov) and saw AC is offering bonus Aeroplan points for flights to Japan. Tight deadline - flights must be booked by EOD 24 Oct. It's not a hard requirement for my run, but any bonus is good.
Departure Airport: YOW
Miles Needed (SQM): 24K
Segments Needed (SQS): 33 LOL!
Dollars Needed (SQD): 1333
Maximum Budget: 10K, fairly flexible
Available Travel Dates: mid-Nov onward, fairly flexible
Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: prefer AC to use e-Ups (need lots of miles, but not many $, so I think ECO fares + e-Ups is the way to go?)
Route(s) You've Already Searched: just started looking at YOW-NRT
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Firstly, welcome to FT !
There are a number of great options already listed upthread that you can consider with you very large budget here. With miles being more important than SQD for whatever status level you are attempting to achieve, the world is your oyster - really depends where you want to go and for how long.
One option to consider is the latest AC sale to Europe, where you can do roundtrip flights to places like Athens from YOW for $2800 in the front of the bus (no need to play e-upgrade roulette). You can also look at Italy (FCO or MXP) for another trip. Perhaps a couple of long weekends in December ? These will generate around 11K miles each.
You can also play around with Google Flights on the dates that work for you (using the Explore feature) and see what is available on AC/*A and use tools such as Where to Credit to see what the flights will generate for you.
There are many here on this forum with more experience and insight than I, but this is an easy starting point.
Good Luck with the journey.
CC