Originally Posted by why fly (Post 23666193)

putting miles to Aeroplan from a credit card has to be the worst redemption value.
Oh well some people are just slow to realize the ripoff, and Air Canada loves you for that reason. :D

Originally Posted by superangrypenguin (Post 23669012)

Those who blindly pay huge amounts of surcharges allow the rest of us to buy "so called" "fringe" tickets that have close to no YQ.

Originally Posted by why fly (Post 23666193)

putting miles to Aeroplan from a credit card has to be the worst redemption value.
Oh well some people are just slow to realize the ripoff, and Air Canada loves you for that reason. :D

Originally Posted by thai1 (Post 23666073)

Never had a problem here.

During the last 5 years I have redeemed 31 AE flights in J for myself, wife and family for trips from YYZ - CNX (Chiang Mai Thailand). Being flexible, taking advantage of EVA airlines no surcharges for 11 of those flights or other star partners with little or no surcharges has done it for me. Every program has its weak points but getting to anywhere in Asia seems to be one of the better highlights of AE.

Cheers

Originally Posted by crimsona (Post 22600169)

CIBC checks Equifax and Amex checks transunion - that's just one hit per agency

Originally Posted by Admiral Ackbar (Post 23663209)

Completely disagree, not defending AE in the slightest but I have no problem in having to do a little homework to maximise my churning miles. Not like it is hard to do anyways.

And to the person worried about their credit rating, I (and many others here) have applied (with my spouse) to about 10 different cards in the past year. Unless you have horrid credit I wouldn't worry about it at all.

And who cares if you get the BMO world elite for the 300$ credit and cancel 6 months later. Exactly what I did, not like any bank cares about you in any way, why should you?