The AP rip off--must be Guinness Book Record
 

How much is ridiculous? I was looking at YYZ-EZE tickets for Sep 20111--did not sign in--AFAIK J class AP tickets are 75000 points each to South America--no seats available. So out of curiosity I clicked on extra value awards and yes--there were 2 seats available--are you sitting down?--for 1,398,000 points!! I haven't been following this but it seems appropriate for the record books!! Here I thought 300,000 points for a TV was too much.
I usually value AP points at 4c--so two tickets would be 56,000 dollars!! Wow!!

No, I was standing, actually.

Are you sitting down? I've seen seats go for even more. :p

I wouldn't worry so much. That's more than 18,000 years in the future and it likely accounts for inevitable reward point inflation.

:D :D :D

Hey, c'mon. They do have "every seat." It's enshrined in the fundamentals of the advertising.

I've seen YYC-YYZ-CDG available in J/I for 1.8 million Aeroplan miles per seat. Absolutely nuts for us FTers. I would never do it, nor would anyone I associate with. ;)

Don't forget the fuel surcharge on top of that

And the Argentinian government's new $100+ visa fee for Canadians (each entry not for multiple entries within 6-months, or for the life of the passport)!

Stop freaking out... It's the J class price with a 1 cent a point valuation to buy the seats, same as the TV. Other airlines have the same thing. SQ just introduced multi-million point redemptions for the new Suites product.

Umm, nope. The fuel surcharged is waived for ClassPlus redemptions...

Really!! Nice to know I can save all this much. My 20111 was because I got carried away--in case you didn't figure it out--it should read 2011!! Maybe AP should have Lotto AP 9--pay 100,000 miles for a lotto ticket and you can win 2 tickets for a specially enhanced price of 2.5MM points and no extra charges!!

As long as regular redemptions are not SkyPeso™'ed, great for AC for trying to find a fool to pay those miles :D

Just another bait-and-switch operation that Aeroplan has cooked up to scam its pax. I honestly don't know if Air Canada and Aeroplan work with each other or against each other.

:rolleyes:

Where's the bait and switch?

Bait - Travel chart says.............Fly to South America for 75000 points
Switch - When booking flight......... it costs 1,398,000 points