Aeroplan Miles Sales - May 7-15th 2020
May 6, 2020, 4:34 pm
#76
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Question: How did you do this? When I login to points.com now, I can't see an option to buy Aeroplan miles. When I click on the Aeroplan tile in my wallet,then click on "Program highlights and benefits", the window that opens up does not have a green dot beside the "Buy" option.
May 6, 2020, 4:35 pm
#77
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Question: How did you do this? When I login to points.com now, I can't see an option to buy Aeroplan miles. When I click on the Aeroplan tile in my wallet,then click on "Program highlights and benefits", the window that opens up does not have a green dot beside the "Buy" option.
May 6, 2020, 5:01 pm
#79
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Or just click here: https://aeroplan.points.com/air-cana...plan/en-CA/buy
May 6, 2020, 5:29 pm
#80
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if someone is Elite 50K, and they purchase 250,000 miles, will they be getting 1500 bonus AQM + 3000 bonus AQM + 20 eupgrade credits + $1000 bonus AQD + and Elite 75K status?
Looking forward for confirmation.
Looking forward for confirmation.
May 6, 2020, 5:33 pm
#81
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May 6, 2020, 5:36 pm
#82
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No, because you'll only get 125K miles (50%) towards the Travel at Home promo.
May 6, 2020, 6:00 pm
#83
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However, if you purchase 120k, and after the 115% bonus you receive a bit over 250k, then you're correct in that you'll only have 125k credited.
Because it's a "bonus" it's very confusing having this discussion, because what you purchase is not what you receive.
May 6, 2020, 6:10 pm
#84
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May 6, 2020, 6:14 pm
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And this is where it's confusing. If you purchase 250k and receive the 115% bonus, then you'll have more than 250k credited to TAH.
However, if you purchase 120k, and after the 115% bonus you receive a bit over 250k, then you're correct in that you'll only have 125k credited.
Because it's a "bonus" it's very confusing having this discussion, because what you purchase is not what you receive.
However, if you purchase 120k, and after the 115% bonus you receive a bit over 250k, then you're correct in that you'll only have 125k credited.
Because it's a "bonus" it's very confusing having this discussion, because what you purchase is not what you receive.
Of course, there's another way to interpret "purchase", as you have, so it can definitely be confusing to talk about it.
But cow, in all our back-and-forth on this subject, we really haven't talked about the big question: are you and the bovine really going to be able to get up at 7AM tomorrow to make this purchase?
May 6, 2020, 6:15 pm
#86
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Depends on how you interpret the word "purchase". The bonus miles are known in advance and integral to the decision to purchase. Therefore I would say that the "purchase" includes the bonus miles, so if I purchase 250K, I paid AC $3,489 (plus tax) and got 116,300 base miles and 133,745 bonus miles for a total of 250,045 miles.
Of course, there's another way to interpret "purchase", as you have, so it can definitely be confusing to talk about it.
But cow, in all our back-and-forth on this subject, we really haven't talked about the big question: are you and the bovine really going to be able to get up at 7AM tomorrow to make this purchase?
Of course, there's another way to interpret "purchase", as you have, so it can definitely be confusing to talk about it.
But cow, in all our back-and-forth on this subject, we really haven't talked about the big question: are you and the bovine really going to be able to get up at 7AM tomorrow to make this purchase?
May 6, 2020, 6:20 pm
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If you purchase 500K miles (including the bonus), 250K will be credited towards Travel at Home.
May 6, 2020, 6:26 pm
#88
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If you convert AMEX MR, let's say 100k points to 100k Aeroplan miles, does the 100k miles count towards aeroplan miles earned travel at home promo?
This could be an opportunity for those with the Amex Platinum card to take advantage of the Double Rewards promo, to effectively convert Amex MR points to Aeroplan at a higher rate than normal.
Normally, you could convert 100,000 Amex MR points to 100,000 Aeroplan miles if you wanted to, at no extra cost.
Now, taking advantage of the 115% bonus miles sales, you can buy those 100,000 miles for 0.014CAD per mile, meaning the purchase will cost you 1400 CAD. You can then redeem Amex MR points against this purchase, at a rate of 1000 points : 20 CAD, which means you would need 70,000 Amex MR points to offset the 1400 CAD purchase. Effectively, this means you can convert Amex MR points to Aeroplan miles at a rate of 1:1.4 if you go down this route. I have omitted the sales taxes but you can adjust the numbers as needed depending on your local tax regime.
The downside is that you are losing out on the Travel at Home promo because if you transfer directly MR -> AE, 100% of the transferred miles count towards the milestones, whereas with this route, only 50% of the purchased miles would count (roughly 23k in my example).
Normally, you could convert 100,000 Amex MR points to 100,000 Aeroplan miles if you wanted to, at no extra cost.
Now, taking advantage of the 115% bonus miles sales, you can buy those 100,000 miles for 0.014CAD per mile, meaning the purchase will cost you 1400 CAD. You can then redeem Amex MR points against this purchase, at a rate of 1000 points : 20 CAD, which means you would need 70,000 Amex MR points to offset the 1400 CAD purchase. Effectively, this means you can convert Amex MR points to Aeroplan miles at a rate of 1:1.4 if you go down this route. I have omitted the sales taxes but you can adjust the numbers as needed depending on your local tax regime.
The downside is that you are losing out on the Travel at Home promo because if you transfer directly MR -> AE, 100% of the transferred miles count towards the milestones, whereas with this route, only 50% of the purchased miles would count (roughly 23k in my example).
May 6, 2020, 6:27 pm
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May 6, 2020, 6:49 pm
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