1st of July tomorrow….Hoping for a nice 50% transfer bonus to Avios :)

The difficulty in redeeming good value for the 2-for-1 has been discussed before...
http://www.creditwalk.ca/aeroplan-sh...l-suckers-bet/
Not easy to justify this type of redemption, unless you want to get somewhere REALLY out of the ordinary (yes JerryHung, ATL is REALLY out of the ordinary! :p)

Hmmm, I thought that Nunavut was still possible from YOW/YUL, but not with AC metal, but rather with First Air? Non?

Anyway, remember, you have until Dec 31st to redeem the 2-for-1 voucher, to book travel into the latter months of 2015, so don't give up on them too soon! Maybe something will come up, like 24hr daylight adventures! ;)

Yes, agreed on this. :)

Question though - why is the Capital One IHG card not listed in the WIKI above? Seems like a good deal to get 60000 IHG points.

http://www.capitalone.ca/media/graph...ld-315x199.png
Sounds like a plan... I've edited the wiki above.


60,000 IHG points:
Capital One IHG® Rewards Club World MasterCard®

If you time it right, this card's signup bonus could be worth 12 nights.
See IHG PointBreaks thread here.

I am in Atlanta right now and I actually quite enjoyed it so far (3 day trip)
People should come and visit

Get a cheap car rental (3 day $90 CAD)
Cheap hotel ($60 CAD/night) near ATL
City Pass ($75 pp) for 5 attractions

Book on ExpediaForTD.com for 4.5% return (9X amount in TD points. 10K = $50).
For airline, you'd still get status. For hotel, it's YMMV, you can email/call hotel to add your FFP #

I think I read that each application is -3 to -5 points? to 10 apps is -50 points max maybe?
and you should rest for a while to rebuild score after 10 CC apps

Get both TD cards, since they're FREE
I've had TD FC since 2007/2008?
TD Aeroplan's free 15K and 2-for-1 is nice bonus

I bought 3 tickets YYZ-ATL direct (so 30K + $600 total). It's the furthest point from YYZ
Yes, YQ sucks, but revenue flights were $2000 for 3 tickets!!!
and I've visited all the nearby cities (NYC, Chicago, Washington DC)


note: You'd find that Avios isn't that useful to non-AA cities. There are no DIRECT YYZ-ATL/BOS flights on AA, only YYZ-LGA/JFK/ORD/MIA/DFW/LAX

I agree with Jerry and I used Aeroplan miles to buy ticket to ATL for May long weekend. Hubby had to book a ticket last minute to go for conference and I joined him. Cheapest ticket was $650. So I paid 15K+Tax. I was there for 3.5 days and enjoyed it.

Is Priority Club points different from IHG Reward Club points? I applied for the Cap One IHG for my parents and put their IHG membership number where it asked for PC #. Hope it's the same.

Priority Club is the old name i think

my card says Priority Club Rewards on it, and C1 online login says Priority Club points, but the C1 website where i applied calls it IHG Rewards Club

Indeed. I've used it before to fly to Kansas City and Des Moines, both the farthest west I think you can go AC short-haul. Saved me $100 per ticket, which wasn't bad. But I definitely agree that most people will actually be losing out on using this for redemptions to non-niche or non-borderline destinations.

Edit: I also recall short-haul being applicable to some random islands in eastern Quebec, no? And that being a fantastic redemption given the very high flight cost.

/ Ontario-centric

Sigh. Looks like we're going to have to keep on waiting for the time being.

im going to look through thread you linked but 60k points gets you 3 or 4 nights as it says on the website, and the annual fee is $120 and not waived. Secondly this is fricken loser capital 1, they will hit your equifax and transunion, especially since i value each hit to be absolutely minimum $200, i refuse to let these banksters have at me

also theyre credit inquiry sensitive, dont have any in past 3 months, something that doesnt work well with churners (like me) schedule, no inquiries on either EQ or TU for 3 months, LOL

I've been to ATL a few times using Aeroplans. 25K for me though (from YVR), but well worth it considering the cost is usually $600+. I've even splurged for J to ATL twice, because it's such a looong day (usually connecting in IAH, ORD or DEN), which is great value, even if J on United isn't terribly exciting!

ATL is one crazy airport. I recommend NEVER checking a bag when you go. One of mine got lost there (but I did get it back several days later).

I really want to book some flights by the end of the summer, but now I am wondering if I should wait until October...that seems to be the next likely date of the bonus. BUT....I am beginning to wonder if it's just NOT going to happen ever again. The bonuses sucked us in, and now they've yanked away the dangling carrot...:mad:

I value 60,000 at roughly $400-$500 (I am sure there are some better deals to be had, but not in the cities I could use them in). Subtract $120 annual fee, and it comes close to making your $200 per hit minimum. I am still contemplating this one...