Any negative consequences from not using the return portion of an Aeroplan ticket?
May 1, 2012, 7:44 am
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Any negative consequences from not using the return portion of an Aeroplan ticket?
What happens if I get I get a return Aeroplan ticket but only use the outbound portion?
I will be getting two YYC-YVR tickets using the Amex Aeroplan Platinum card free partner ticket benefit, but apparently that only applies to return tickets. We don't need the return flights, can we just safely ignore them/throw them away? Should I get the return portion scheduled as far out into the future as I can? Appreciate insights.
I will be getting two YYC-YVR tickets using the Amex Aeroplan Platinum card free partner ticket benefit, but apparently that only applies to return tickets. We don't need the return flights, can we just safely ignore them/throw them away? Should I get the return portion scheduled as far out into the future as I can? Appreciate insights.
May 1, 2012, 8:06 am
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No consequence.
But if you foresee yourself ever flying that route in the future you might as well use it. Schedule the return for 1 year in advance and that gives you the option to use the return (change the flight) if you ever fly YVR-YYC.
But if you foresee yourself ever flying that route in the future you might as well use it. Schedule the return for 1 year in advance and that gives you the option to use the return (change the flight) if you ever fly YVR-YYC.
May 1, 2012, 8:08 am
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What happens if I get I get a return Aeroplan ticket but only use the outbound portion?
I will be getting two YYC-YVR tickets using the Amex Aeroplan Platinum card free partner ticket benefit, but apparently that only applies to return tickets. We don't need the return flights, can we just safely ignore them/throw them away? Should I get the return portion scheduled as far out into the future as I can? Appreciate insights.
I will be getting two YYC-YVR tickets using the Amex Aeroplan Platinum card free partner ticket benefit, but apparently that only applies to return tickets. We don't need the return flights, can we just safely ignore them/throw them away? Should I get the return portion scheduled as far out into the future as I can? Appreciate insights.
as to throwing away, yes, no downside - other than to perhaps tell them you have no intention of flying.
May 1, 2012, 8:29 am
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May 1, 2012, 8:34 am
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May 1, 2012, 9:34 am
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Schedule the return far out, and you should be able to use the change fee to even change the destination (which is your original origin). So who knows, you may need a one way ticket again in the future, so might as well bank it.
May 1, 2012, 11:24 am
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May 1, 2012, 6:12 pm
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. Was a great mileage run too for $160 all in but they got rid of it 2 years ago 
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