Originally Posted by
Kacee
I'm no expert on Aeroplan, but from what I've seen the extra cost for a Latitude award kills any points savings compared to UA.
For a TPAC flight in J, you'd pay about 15k extra AC miles for the cancellation option. However, that's still far cheaper, even with the extra miles, than booking with UA miles.
Originally Posted by
Kacee
AC also charges much higher fees than UA.
The only extra charge that AC adds on is the partner redemption fee of C$39 (or less than US$30).
Originally Posted by
Kacee
Finally, UA is now severely limiting its award releases to partners, such that AC is likely not going to be a viable option for booking UA flights.
I agree with that. If you mainly redeem miles for UA flights, then you're pretty much stuck with the UA program for the time being. Personally, I have enough UA miles in my account that I can't figure out what to do with them (UA domestic flights aren't my favorite redemptions).