Lazarev

A) If there is different origin or destination, yes, it has to be separate booking reference.
B) YYZ/YHZ-YUL-TATL (and vice versa) routing is not something you will find on Aeroplan site, but it is entirely possible - you just have to piece it yourself by looking one-way segment by segment (Aeroplan site still works for this) and then call to book (and pay the phone fee...) That routing will not save you from YQ, as soon as there is AirCanada flight as the first leg on the route, you will get saddled with some ~$500 in YQ. You might as well got to YUL yourself and make it part of the experience.
Bear in mind that when flying in Y, seat assignment is not guaranteed (not even close to boarding) and it is very low chance of seating together when traveling on two different booking references. Heck, my family's business seat assignment was overwritten a month before departure with no notice (on same booking reference, my husband was moved to different row).

rankourabu

I just love the Aeroplan site.
I search WAW-YYZ - and none of the Swiss routings come up - all that comes up are FRA/LHR connections where sometimes the long segment is in Y, and of course scamcharges are in the hundreds.

I search WAW-YTZ, and amazingly, now all kinds of WAW-ZRH-YUL-YTZ routings show up on LX. Taxes of $40,

24left

Not just on Aeroplan.

I was looking at a number of international paid tickets. The best prices on a number of routes was not YYZ-xxx, but YTZ-YUL-xxx and the bonus fun was that some of these would require overnight in YUL. Maybe the objective is to drive traffic from/to YTZ. Who knows.

leafs123

Been researching hard regarding my Europe trip. How can I get the best use out of:

YYZ - FAO

LIS - BCN

BCN - YYZ

- The Aeroplan site just gives me Air Canada or Air Tap Portugal options with huge fees. Looking to leave around Sunday Sep 2 and return Monday Sep 17. I checked yesterday and YYZ - FAO had a great Brussels option but that disappeared today. Any help is greatly appreciated. I'd be forever indebted to you.

jerryhung

TBH, you can't book what's not there, so keep looking or book intra-Europe yourself on cash?
YYZ-LIS, BCN-YYZ should be doable on non-TAP airlines to save some fees

Good luck

leafs123

Oh really? I was always under the impression that you can research your own route through United, for example, and call Aeroplan to book that.

Seems like the Brussels option to FAO works for 1 ticket, but not 2. Strange.

And I can't find any low fee options for BCN-YYZ at the moment. Bleh. Think I saw a United option a couple of days ago but even that didn't look very appealing. Long layovers and whatnot.

Motoss

Hello,

I am looking for advice on how to get to Spain from Vancouver with low YQ. Thoughts? Thank you.

rankourabu

Swiss , United, Brussels - all will be 2 stop options, most likely via the US
Avoid AC LH OS TP

Motoss

bluemeansgo

IAD is also an option for one-stop if you don't mind flying out of Seattle.

WKnight

Looking for 2 business seats for YYZ-WAW on LOT for XMAS season. I can find one business seat, and one in economy. If I book the economy seat under a business award (mixed-class booking) in the hopes of getting a free upgrade if/when availability presents itself, is LOT known for releasing additional business seats throughout the year? Close to travel date? Or never?

Any personal experience (or opinions) would be greatly appreciated.

yscleo

Any suggestions for low YQ ae redemption for YYZ-BRU on Aug. 30, for 2 in economy?

The SN direct flight with low YQ is not available.

After BRU, would like to go to TPE in mid-Sept. and NRT/HND around Sept. 27, before coming back to YYZ Oct. 11. There are more choices in these part. But yyz-bru, ae only shows routing with >$600 YQ (for 2).

ffsim

My usual go-to for cheap rewards into Europe is using LX, specifically on their LX86/87 ZRH/YUL route. For whatever reason, I'm seeing no availability whatsoever on 8/30/2018 +/- 3 days in Y or J... I wonder if this is another availability glitch -- it's usually not too difficult to book that route. I'd keep looking at LX, as you'd be able do YYZ-YUL-ZRH-BRU.

ChrisA330

To know YQ, you need to be looking at the entire itinerary, not just what the YQ is for YYZ-BRU.

More importantly, mileage is going to be really tight, so you may not have much flexibility on what flights you pick. MPM for YYZ-TPE is 10544, YYZ-BRU-TPE is 9712 without taking into consideration connecting flights

jc94

Correct, if you can find the separate segments or routes on say United with award space you should be able to feed it to an agent and pay your $30 to book.
If you can get to major cites where scam free airlines fly out of it increases your odds of getting the TATL leg in J.

I assume the Brussels to FAO option has 1 award seat left; hence working for one, and not 2.