Fixed mileage flight availability
 

I was looking at purchasing a flight with my aeroplan points from Toronto to a caribbean destination around Dec. 15th, return around Jan 6th. When i first checked, there was a flight available from the the 17th of Dec until the 6th, which was perfect for me. 60,000 points + $150.

I didn't act. The next day I check and voila, it's gone. I thought maybe they allocate more seats to be bought with fixed aeroplan mileage at a later date again, but I've been checking twice a day for 2 weeks and nothing. In fact, there seems to be less and less of them available in a given month with each passing day.

My question is, once a travel day is no longer available for purchase with fixed mileage, is it gone forever or is there a chance of it coming back at a later date?

THanks

Always a chance. It's between 0 and 100%, for those dates/flights closer to the lower end than the upper.

You may want to re-think using AP. I just checked for flights to Barbados in Feb and March (AC has a fights on a 767 daily as well as flights out of Montreal Fri Sat Sun) and they want to send me to JFK then through Bogota, Colombia using Avianca! Time to get rid of my CIBC Aeroplan card.... BMO Elite is looking better and better.
What Island in the Caribbean are you considering?

To be honest, I'm surprised that you were able to find any availability for travel to the Caribbean over the Christmas holidays!

You both are checking way way way too late. I'm pretty sure some of the Sat Jan2nd return flights are probably already booked solid.

I made some Aeroplan member happy this year as it's the first time in years we aren't going to the Caribbean for the holidays.