CIBC Aventura: 30,000 points offer
 

https://www.cibc.com/ca/img/features.../banner-en.jpg

Signup bonus: 30,000 bonus Aventura Points.
Purchase requirement: 3 merchant purchases; no dollar amount stated.

Short-haul flights: 10,000 Aventura Points & up;
Long-haul flights: 25,000 Aventura Points & up.
Link to new Aventura rewards chart


Annual fee: $120.
First year free?: No.
(EDIT, to add... ) Ability to transfer to Aeroplan: Not mentioned at all.



Link: https://www.cibc.com/ca/features/ave...aPointsOffer-E

NICE!!! No waived annual fee though, boo.

Interesting how it's a Visa now.

Any ideas on how to avoid paying the GST/HST when sharing miles in the current US Airways promotion? Would entering a US address for the credit card billing address work?

move to the us

It's just a guess, but if your credit card really has a US address, then you should be fine as long as you change your address to that US one in your profile; otherwise, if addresses don't match you may have a problem.

Are the cibc aventura points transferable to aeroplan or they can just be redeemed trough their tarvel rewards center?
thank you

It is my understanding that you cannot move them to Aeroplan. You have to use them within the Aventura program.

Nah you can move them just fine. Be warned, though: minimum 10,000 slice increments.

Better off getting an Amex, though - still 30,000 miles, but no fee :)

I stand corrected: Convert Aventura points to Aeroplan

Yup, I also just converted points a week or so ago :)

thank you...however I found another thread on this on AirCanada an people there reporting that transferring point to Aeroplan is not an option for this new cards only for the already issued cards.:(

whoa whoa whoa... really? i just read the page that was being referenced a few posts up, and indeed, there's no explicit mention of Aeroplan, one way or another.

I doubt they would sneak a huge stick in the wheels like this, but with all the CIBC/Aeroplan mess lately.............. we need some official position on this, I think, since on www.cibcaventura.com, it still says you can convert to Aeroplan just fine.

The FT thread has some people who called and got confirmation that these new aventura points cannot be transferred to aeroplan. ymmv

I'd probably take them to court. The Aventura website clearly states "transferable to Aeroplan". If they want a new program that isn't, I'm okay with it, BUT CALL IT SOMETHING ELSE. That's deceptive marketing right there. It's like having an Aeroplan program that can only redeem for toasters.