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Aeroplan Bookings With Air Canada - They Will Change Your Flights

Written by Neil Galloway

My wife and I just experienced one of the downsides of booking with Aeroplan points. I have done a number of articles about how much I think an Aeroplan point is worth and the same for Air Miles. There are pros and cons to each card and one of the things I review is how much money you get out of using your points for travel, the original intent of these rewards.

The biggest downside with the travel option is that it can be really hard to book tickets when you want to. This is a well known fact ot everyone though. My wife and I only book on short flights to her home city now (Calgary to Victoria). These flights are usually quite easy to get and you can get them for a reasonable amount of points.

However, this weekend she was bumped to a later flight without notice from Aeroplan. This is the second time this has happened as well. First time was a flight to Montreal that was changed so that she had a stop over in Toronto. It seems that they take more leeway with the Aeroplan flights and can change your schedule on you. When you are using Aeroplan points for travel and you might have tight stop overs, definitely take this into consideration if you are not booked all the way on the same ticket. Air canada could very well change your booking on you.

Travel, in my opinion, is a middle of the road use for Aeroplan points. You definitely get more money per point with traveling than the gift certificates or other options, but certainly not as much as entertainment rewards like theatre tickets.

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Category: Travel

Original Post: Tuesday, October 9th, 2007

8 Comments

jack stein Says:
2007-12-30 03:41:55
Give a comparison between Aeroplan gold and the divident cards. 1-2 percent

Beverley Heitelman Says:
2010-11-25 08:58:31
Why do I have so many problems trying to book a flight to Montreal from Toronto on Aeroplan points. I really don't want to speak to an operator and be charged.

Thanks for your prompt reply.

Beverley Heitelman

Don Garside Says:
2011-01-18 10:20:19
Last april my wife & I use aero plan to fly to Venice. We used 180000 pts & $890.00. We were to fly Business class.At the time of booking we were told that Toronto to Frankfurt & Frankfurt to Venice was confirmed Bus.Cl.and that we would be on standby for Bus. Cl. for the return. Bus. Cl. seats were available but not yet \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"released\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" for aeroplan and if we kept trying we could probably get seats if we applied close to the day that seats were \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"released\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\". I tried every day and also called in and I was always given an encouraging reply to keep trying .Our return was in economy.I expended an amazing amount of effort Im convinced aeroplan had no intention of allowing us to return on Bus. Cl.I am dropping out of Visa gold. I tell all aeroplan is NFG. My friends have new plans that are much superior.

Don Garside Says:
2011-01-18 10:20:23
Last april my wife & I use aero plan to fly to Venice. We used 180000 pts & $890.00. We were to fly Business class.At the time of booking we were told that Toronto to Frankfurt & Frankfurt to Venice was confirmed Bus.Cl.and that we would be on standby for Bus. Cl. for the return. Bus. Cl. seats were available but not yet \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"released\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" for aeroplan and if we kept trying we could probably get seats if we applied close to the day that seats were \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"released\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\". I tried every day and also called in and I was always given an encouraging reply to keep trying .Our return was in economy.I expended an amazing amount of effort Im convinced aeroplan had no intention of allowing us to return on Bus. Cl.I am dropping out of Visa gold. I tell all aeroplan is NFG. My friends have new plans that are much superior.

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