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Aeroplan (Air Canada) Points Sale Includes up to 115% Bonus Miles from $0.015 AUD a Mile

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Aeroplan (Air Canada) Points Sale Includes up to 115% Bonus Miles from $0.015 AUD a Mile
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beatthatflight on 06/05/2020 - 17:34 aeroplan.com (224 clicks)

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From the Air Canada site:

Buy miles today for future rewards!

Use the bonus miles to help you take off when you're ready.

Coming soon: from May 7‑13 2020, you'll enjoy significant bonuses for all miles purchased (pics: up to 115% bonus).

Check back here starting Thursday, May 7 at 10:00 a.m. EDT
Travel at Home to accelerate your status

Reach Air Canada Altitude status without leaving the ground.

As an Altitude member, when you register for Travel at Home, 50% of the Aeroplan Miles you purchase (including any bonus miles earned) will count towards helping you get to the next Air Canada Altitude status or reach Altitude Prestige 25K.

Aeroplan is the frequent flyer program by Air Canada; as a Star Alliance members, this gives those with Aeroplan Miles to redeem flights on all the Star Alliance partners such as Singapore Airlines, Lufthansa, Thai Airways, EVA, and many more (there are 28 partner airlines in total!).

Since we’re not in Canada, the good people at Aeroplan won’t charge us sales tax either (a further saving) (flighthacks tested this).

Aeroplan at $0.014CAD per mile (sales tax excluded): 10 million miles up for sale with a bonus of 115%
Aeroplan at $0.016CAD per mile (sales tax excluded): 10 million miles up for sale with a bonus of 90%
Aeroplan at $0.018CAD per mile (sales tax excluded): 10 million miles up for sale with a bonus of 65%

At the time of writing, $0.014CAD is $0.015AUD

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  • abcdefcuk on 06/05/2020 - 17:38

    waiting for OzB'ers input……………………….

  • jaygee on 06/05/2020 - 17:42
    +9

    Honestly, this is a BANGING price under normal circumstances. Aeroplan is a fantastic program with good redemption rates (mostly for Biz and First since Economy is almost never worth redeeming unless you're redeeming for a large group).

    However, with the current covid19 situation, you don't know what will happen with your job, your money, etc. Aeroplan is independantly run, but anything can happen with probably no flying till late 2020 or early 2021 (or worse). I love a good points purchase, but I'm hesitant here.

    You can take the risk and save till you can fly, but its dicey if you lose all your points or if the program get's devalued.

  • NotAnAudiophile on 06/05/2020 - 17:44

    Right…ok.

  • capslock on 06/05/2020 - 17:45
    +1

    Too risky I think. Air Canada/Aeroplan might go under or they might devalue the points and who knows when we can travel internationally again.

  • chrisie on 06/05/2020 - 17:54

    Hi OP
    Can you convert Air Canada/Aeroplan points to Singapore Airlines/Krisflyer points ?
    If so is it worth while doing so ?

    • TheVoices on 06/05/2020 - 18:01
      +1

      Not 100% certain, but Velocity <-> Krisflyer is one of the very few options for transferring points between two airline loyalty programs in the world.

      You could use them via Aeroplan to directly redeem a Singapore Air flight, though the miles required and availability may differ compared to booking it with Krisflyer miles.

      • chrisie on 06/05/2020 - 18:05
        +1

        Thanks
        Velocity <-> Krisflyer If I can recall right I think at this present time they have put a halt on it.

      • sol95 on 06/05/2020 - 19:06
        +2

        Be aware that SQ is notorious for not releasing the better C or F seats to Star Alliance partners.

        • jaygee on 06/05/2020 - 21:56

          They've started to release a bit more J seats with their partners - but Alaska Mileage plan seems to get more access to their inventory than their star alliance partners which is odd.

          Expect this to change as they get closer to joining One world though.

  • LauWong on 06/05/2020 - 18:23

    Equivalent to around $1500 for a star alliance gold plus 100k miles…but still too risky i think

    • scanuck on 07/05/2020 - 08:51

      I don’t think you’d get Gold from how I read it

  • xdivino on 06/05/2020 - 18:30

    Got a friend stuck in Canada keen to get back to AU, any benefit looking at this way to get a flight back when they start up again ?

    • odysseus on 06/05/2020 - 22:30

      Impossible to say. It doesn't give you any headstart as such as a benefit. If they release frequent flyer seats after restart, it may give you a cheaper option for a higher grade, but for economy I'm sure they'll have decent prices to begin with as availability will be wide open, so if you're just looking for economy I'd say don't worry. If economy only the risk is they don't make available any/many FF seats upfront so you may not be able to redeem them.

  • [Deactivated] on 06/05/2020 - 18:34

    Reach Air Canada Altitude status without leaving the ground.

    So we get to experience first class on the tarmac for the next 18+mths

  • aussiebabe on 06/05/2020 - 19:49

    Didn’t Air Canada buy Aeroplan back from an external owner to better serve its customers? Maybe not as risky as it would have been a year ago?

    • Pcoder on 06/05/2020 - 21:43

      Yes, It's back under Air Canada ownership.

      From what it appears, Air Canada is obviously needs a little hard cash, so that's why they are offering this deal. I don't believe this is a sign of a terrible financial issues, but having more hard cash on hand does make their situation better.

      Being the Flag carrier and with such a large country, I kind of think that if it was in terrible financial straits, the Canadian government would probably save it.

    • jaygee on 06/05/2020 - 21:57

      Correct, but still run independently as I understand. They'll outlive Air Canada if anything happens - Canadian government won't let that happen though.

      • coxymla on 07/05/2020 - 10:09
        +1

        Canadian goverment might bail out the airline but miles are either going to wiped or devalued if that happens.
        Or just make them impossible to redeem.

        Don't be buying miles right no (from any program.)

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