Air Canada Aeroplan Loyalty Program

Air Canada Aeroplan

• Charge cancellation fee of $150 CA or $110 USD per person.

Transfer Partner

• American Express Membership Rewards: Transfers 1:1 Transfers are typically instant.

• Chase Ultimate Rewards: Transfers 1:1, or higher with bonuses.

• Capital One: Transfers 1:1.

• Bilt Rewards: Transfers 1:1.

Transfer Bonus

• Chase Aeroplan card holders receive a 10% bonus when transferring at least 50,000 UR points at once.

• Chase often offers 20% transfer bonus + 10% CC bonus for a total of 30% transfer bonus.

Pros

• Good 3rd party Award Redemption.

• Major bank transfer partner. 1:1 usually instant, including American Express Membership Rewards, Chase Ultimate Rewards, Capital One Miles, and Bilt Rewards.

• Chase Aeroplan Card receive a 10% bonus when transferring at least 50,000 UR points at once.

Cons

• Charge cancellation fee of $150 CA or $110 USD per person.

Example Award Redemption

• Asiana Business Class from Los Angeles (LAX) to Seoul (ICN) (13 hr) for 75,000 points. Value at $3,082 (4.1 cpp).

• ANA Business Class from Tokyo (HND) to Los Angeles (LAX) (10 hr) for 75,000 points. Value at $4,700 (6.3 cpp).

Note:

• No change fee for changing to higher class. (Example: economy class to business class). I changed my flights online from J to F and no fee of $75 being charged. For the same class, they’ll still charge the change fee even though you make the change less than 24 hrs. The 24 hours rule free of charge is for the cancellation only.