Aeroplan Rewards for July
May 9, 2008 | 9:55 am
#1
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Ottawa
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Aeroplan Rewards for July
Good afternoon all:
I am fairly new here and this is my first post. I have a question about reward flights. I am trying to book a flight from Ottawa (YOW) to Winnipeg (YWG) in July. (July 29 - Aug 10th to be exact). I was hoping to fly economy class for 15,000 miles, but all the flights are coming up as Business class at 25,000 miles.
Is this fairly normal for July / Aug? I know it is peak season, but I never expected Winnipeg to be a huge travel destination
Does the website list all the available rewards flights, or would I be better calling the toll free number and booking that way? Would they have access to more flights.
Thank in advance for your help.
Cheers,
Matt
I am fairly new here and this is my first post. I have a question about reward flights. I am trying to book a flight from Ottawa (YOW) to Winnipeg (YWG) in July. (July 29 - Aug 10th to be exact). I was hoping to fly economy class for 15,000 miles, but all the flights are coming up as Business class at 25,000 miles.
Is this fairly normal for July / Aug? I know it is peak season, but I never expected Winnipeg to be a huge travel destination
Does the website list all the available rewards flights, or would I be better calling the toll free number and booking that way? Would they have access to more flights.
Thank in advance for your help.
Cheers,
Matt
May 9, 2008 | 10:25 am
#4
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: YUL
Posts: 2,283
There are a few tools available; expertflyer / KVS (Cost) and some others that are (free) I think if you join ANA then you have a rewards tool havent used it som dont know to much to tell you.
I personally use expertflyer and one of the benefits is that you can save as search for an flight and if space opens up you will be notified.
May 9, 2008 | 11:39 am
#6
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Toronto
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May 9, 2008 | 11:41 am
#7
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Toronto
Programs: AC SE MM, Marriott Lifetime Titanium, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 2,126
Award space on AC rarely "opens up" in my experience except in special cases (cancellations MAYBE?), but SQ/LH does closer to booking... so this might be useful but ultimately unless you're planning far ahead not worth holding your breath over
However, if you're going to spend 15k miles on YOW-YWG, if you have extra miles, the $ value for points of 25k for J is better than 15k for Y
May 9, 2008 | 1:52 pm
#8
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Thanks,
Matt