HOW TO BEST USE YOUR AIR CANADA MILES

If you’re reading this article you’re probably thinking of signing up or are already signed up to Aeroplan, Air Canada’s loyalty program. In this age of consumption and collection, the industry of rewards cards and incentive programs has fit right in. Naturally, collecting and redeeming points through loyalty programs has become a business, a business that can be collected and a bit hard to understand. Basically, through Air Canada (as well as other retail partners of Aeroplan, like Star Alliance), miles are gained when dollars are spent towards flights, services, or products sold. These Air Canada miles can then be redeemed in the form of free flights, upgrades or other travel necessities. Let’s break it down a bit further.

How to earn Air Canada Miles?

You could start with signing up or one of the AmEx AeroplanPlus Cards or the CIBC AeroGold Visa Card, both of which offer bonus miles. The AmEx Gold Card offers 20,000 Miles after you spend $500 in your first three months of membership and he CIBC Visa Card offers 15,000 miles as a signing bonus to new cardholders.
Also, Aeroplan has an extensive list of partners. Selling and interacting with these partners can help you buy Air Canada Miles. However the miles earned will depend on each partner and their current promotions. Most credit cards though offer cardholders 1.5 Aeroplan Miles for every $1 in Card purchases.
Then there is always the sure short way of racking Air Canada Miles by flying the airline. You can earn around 25% of miles flown on flights within Canada and the Continental U.S.A and up to 150% of miles flown to other international destinations. Moreover you can always delve deeper into the world of the Aeroplan Program to take advantage of special offers and bag a significant amount of Air Canada miles.

How far can your Air Canada Miles take you?

Common top of the head calculations are enough to make it quite obvious that using these Air Canada miles for long haul flights makes more sense rather than short hail domestic flights. Also once you are sure an upgrade is available you can definitely use your Air Canada miles to make your travel more comfortable by upgrading to business class.