Last edit by: Adam Smith
You must call in for stopovers, multi-city, or complicated routings, until the new booking system launches in 2021.
I hope others will significantly improve this wiki!
There are four zones: North America (inc Central), South America, Atlantic (including India and Western Russia), Pacific (inc Eastern Russia) and the chart is based which one you start from and which one you end up in, there's ten of these.
Cost is based on distance, which zone pair your flight is in, which class you are flying in.
Partner airlines (again) are a better deal because while Air Canada will calculate cost on a wide ranges but partner airlines are fixed to the bottom of the range.
YQ is eliminated. There's a 39 CAD fee for booking a ticket which contains a flight on a partner airline. Aside from this, there's no incentive any more to book a return flight it seems and every incentive not to.
Note: The partner booking fee is refundable, so it's basically a YQ, rather than a booking fee.
Most flights are devalued. However, the elimination of YQ sweetens this significantly. Within North America, a lot of flights became cheaper, YVR-HNL very significantly. YVR-TYO is much cheaper while YVR-AKL is a little cheaper.
A vastly more powerful booking system is promised for 2021.
There are a lot of new tricks to be learned. https://princeoftravel.com/blog/new-aeroplan-flight-rewards/ is a good start.
Information that is harder to find:
I hope others will significantly improve this wiki!
There are four zones: North America (inc Central), South America, Atlantic (including India and Western Russia), Pacific (inc Eastern Russia) and the chart is based which one you start from and which one you end up in, there's ten of these.
Cost is based on distance, which zone pair your flight is in, which class you are flying in.
Partner airlines (again) are a better deal because while Air Canada will calculate cost on a wide ranges but partner airlines are fixed to the bottom of the range.
YQ is eliminated. There's a 39 CAD fee for booking a ticket which contains a flight on a partner airline. Aside from this, there's no incentive any more to book a return flight it seems and every incentive not to.
Note: The partner booking fee is refundable, so it's basically a YQ, rather than a booking fee.
Most flights are devalued. However, the elimination of YQ sweetens this significantly. Within North America, a lot of flights became cheaper, YVR-HNL very significantly. YVR-TYO is much cheaper while YVR-AKL is a little cheaper.
A vastly more powerful booking system is promised for 2021.
There are a lot of new tricks to be learned. https://princeoftravel.com/blog/new-aeroplan-flight-rewards/ is a good start.
Information that is harder to find:
- SE IKK redemption from the old program can be changed ("within reason") without repricing. Dates, routings, no problem. Origin/destination should be fine. But nothing that would have required a repricing under the old program. This is from Mark Nasr in https://www.facebook.com/pointsmiles...44878252851420
- The "Activity" page only shows you the most recent ~48 transactions. See this post for information on how to get older data.
- A partial refund may not be possible (e.g. if you book RT and outbound flight is cancelled by you or AC, to delete the first flight segment, you have to cancel the entire ticket and rebook the inbound at a potentially higher fare. It seems supervisor can grant exceptions.)
2020 Air Canada Aeroplan Program
#1546
Join Date: Feb 2019
Location: ARN
Programs: AC, SK, Marriott
Posts: 1,153
I had my CIBC Aeroplan Visa infinite upgraded to Infinite Privilege but it still shows as crdit card holder in AC app same as before. Card number is the same. Will it automatically update and give any benefits or do I need to do anything. As card number didn't change thought it may not update properly.
#1548
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: YVR
Programs: AC*SE MM, Marriott Lifetime Titanium
Posts: 4,604
Has anyone gotten the CC Status Qualification Boost post recently? It's 1000 miles / 1 segment per every $5000 in spend for Premium cards and $10,000 for the regular cards. I had mine post like clockwork until June 10 (my billing date), but nothing for July or August. I have the CIBC Visa Infinite Privilege (bills are always paid in full each month).
I've been more concerned if I wanted this for early recognition or a threshold gift, but happy to let this sort itself out. I haven't even been on a plane since last Feb!
#1549
Join Date: Jul 2016
Programs: Aeroplan Elite 35K
Posts: 104
Aeroplan Redemption Pricing
I did an Aeroplan redemption from LHR to LIS, departing Oct 9th, returning Oct 11th, I Business Class, only 30K points for a round trip, and was successfully ticketed.
Last edited by terencelai; Aug 23, 2021 at 8:29 pm
#1550
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Original Poster
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: SFO
Programs: AC SE MM, BA Gold, SQ Silver, Bonvoy Tit LTG, Hyatt Glob, HH Diamond
Posts: 44,398
It's just under 1000 miles.
The price is correct.
The price is correct.
#1553
Suspended
Join Date: Sep 2014
Programs: AC SE100K-1MM, NH, DL, AA, BA, Global Entry/Nexus, APEC..
Posts: 18,877
Further to these previous items
I saw this new one
Unrelated but I don't recall AC ever telling me I made a good choice when they don't really know if I did.
Also, if you're going to include a cute, little emoji, make it colourful etc. 🎉🎉🎉
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I saw this new one
Unrelated but I don't recall AC ever telling me I made a good choice when they don't really know if I did.
Also, if you're going to include a cute, little emoji, make it colourful etc. 🎉🎉🎉
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#1554
Moderator, Air Canada; FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: YYC
Programs: AC SE MM, FB Plat, WS Plat, BA Silver, DL GM, Marriott Plat, Hilton Gold, Accor Silver
Posts: 16,803
Given the member complaints about this thread being too long and far-ranging, and the fact that the vast majority of posts that now get made in here get moved because they either have dedicated threads or never should have been in this thread to begin with, I'm going to put a bullet in this thread.
Adam Smith
AC Forum Co-Moderator
Adam Smith
AC Forum Co-Moderator