Yes... this program sucks. Period.

The same program is also operated by another division of this company in europe. Same name in UK, same owner, same crap...

Example, a flight from Toronto to Europe requires 8900 air miles. You get 1 mile for every $20 spent so you need to spend $178,000 ! to get such a ticket.

Aeroplan miles on the other hand, are given at 1 mile per dollar by CIBC... and $60,000 is the required spending for same reward.

Well... it's better than nothing but when you get a choice... nah, don't bother to collect pennies (or a fraction of it).

By the way, same topic was discussed in "Air Canada" group and posting this thread in "The Buzz" is really inappropriate. You can find old discussion by using "Search" function on top right hand side of the screen.