Brigitte and I were lucky enough to have used the Platinum Card's 2 for 1 voucher last Thursday for a trip to SYD.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif I'd like to say we had inside information, but it was just dumb luck, NO procrastination and Barb, our Platinum Travel Services contact.
We'll be moving 70,000 MR points into CO tomorrow to avoid the 3,500 surcharge and use them for a couple of coach tickets to South America next year.
My predictions for the future: Once AC's contract with Diners/Enroute has expired, they may be well disposed to forge a new partnership with Amex, which has a larger global presence. Two years from now CP will have gone the way of Nationair, Wardair, Nordair and Intair as will the Royal Bank's CanadianPlus credit card. Air Miles? They'll forge an alliance with Canada 3000 which will rise to take over CP's traditional underdog role as David to AC's Goliath. Just my $0.02!