I’ve rummaged around a bit and tried a bunch of searches but can’t find what I’m looking for. 4 years ago, I left Canada and moved to Italy. My closest big international airport is FCO (lucky me, it’s a great airport.) I’ve been burning down my Aeroplan points but wondering if for ongoing accumulation I should change *A programs. I’d likely pick Turkish Miles & Smiles as FCO-IST is my new favorite routing to anywhere.

I’m retired, so no longer have any status. Couple cross-Atlantic flights a year and some European travel. I usually fly business, either on points or on the less-flexible business fares as I plan way ahead. Remaining AC balance is 110K. I can use the rest of those to get my daughter back and forth from Canada for vacations. But what should I do with new flights?

Given my currently limited flight habits, is it a good or a bad idea to switch programs? Aeroplan always wants to route me through Canada for my trans-Atlantic flights to the U.S. and it’s making me nuts. I will in fact go out of my way to fly on Turkish Airlines and change in IST instead of YYZ. So do I start from zero with TK? Or stick with AC? Thoughts appreciated.