Globex

From the Aeroplan website:
http://www1.aeroplan.com/promotions/...E&icid=BAN4979

"Turning your points to miles is easy. From May 21st to June 18th, 2012, convert points from a wide selection of partner loyalty programs to earn up to 40,000 bonus Aeroplan Miles.

For the first time, Aeroplan will combine all the miles you convert from a wide selection of partner loyalty programs to help you reach a higher bonus threshold and reap the rewards in thousands of extra Aeroplan Miles. "

For 5,000 miles -> get 1,000 bonus miles
10,000 miles -> 2,000 bonus miles
20,000 miles -> 4,000 bonus miles
50,000 miles -> 10,000 bonus miles
100,000 miles -> 25,000 bonus miles
150,000 miles -> 40,000 bonus miles

Partners include AMEX Canada (but not AMEX US), Starwood, Hilton, Mariott, CIBC Aventura, Points.com, etc. Check the link for more partners.

shuuy

Grr.. so the Amex points I transferred for the STAR promotion pre-May 21 don't count.

Sneaky Aeroplan... Sneaky.

rankourabu

SPG 25k
Aventura 10k
new CIBC visa 15k

so 10k bonus? I ll take that.
I just hope the new visa will have a statement and transfer in before June 18

mabramovich

I guess this is one reason to have the Aventura Visas instead of Aerogold Visas.

echino

Covert 5,000 -> get 1,000 bonus
Convert 10,000 -> get 2,000 bonus

But, convert 5,000 + another 10,000 -> get only 2,000 bonus. Not 3,000. Correct?

Globex

I believe so, the T&Cs use OR between all the bonuses, so I think you only get one bonus and they don't stack.

morphius909

so with SPG...when you convert 20,000 spg, SPG gives you a bonus 5000 AP.

So with this promo:

20,000 SPG -> 20,000 AP
5,000 Bonus SPG--> 5,000 AP
AP Promo for 20,000 Conversion --> 4,000 AP

Not bad....

alc

Like the Aeroplan Star Challenge, it is another Canadian only promo:

Not that it affected me, just felt bad to those that are not based in Canada.

Now, I just need to make sure I get my 150K transfer from all sources.

scotchmeup

thanks for the heads up.... moved 150K from MR , will wait and see if the 40K arrives.
cheers

InsaneTravel

Just when I had decided to move my points to British Airways (Promo: 1 Amex Point = 1.5 BA Points)

Aeroplan comes out with this amazing promo ! Back to the Excel Spreadsheets and calculations.

Thanks Globex !!!!

Argonaut1000

Does it work the other way too?

sp4294

Ok, I guess, but I value my SPG points more so I'm hesitant to put them into AP
Stephan

sp4294

That depends on how highly you rate your AP miles vs BA Avios - depends on what you want to redeem for, no?

InsaneTravel

I was fortunate enough to book multi-city flights in First with Aeroplan.
For example: YVR-FRA-ICN-NRT-BKK-SGN-BKK-HKG-FRA-YVR (All in First except SGN-BKK in Business)

For 120,000 points and $200 in fees. I booked before the points and fee increases of 2011. Today this would cost 175,000 points + $900 per person.


I was looking at BA, with the 50,000 welcome points RBC Visa ( I applied last night) and if I work real hard to spend 30,000 I'll get the BA Companion ticket. Something like above is not possible but I was looking at: YVR-LHR-CMN-LHR-YVR for 180,000 points for 2 people (with the 2 for 1 coupon). The surcharges and fees would be about double Aeroplan's.

So I guess there's a lot better value with AP for me but with BA I'd get to try something new. BA seems to have a lot of availability in First as well which is a plus as Swiss and Lufthansa only release 2-3 weeks before travel now.


I might have to do both... send 1/2 the points to BA and get my wife the BA Visa as well to top us up.

lululee

This is probably a silly question, but would like to try anyway... Does anyone know if the Aeroplan conversion promotions are run twice a year?

I'm a bit short for the max conversion bonus and was wondering whether i should make an effort to earn some additional hotel points in order to get the max. Or if i should just wait for the next round of promotion - hopefully at end of the year based on last year's pattern?

Thanx!