Business Platinum Card from American Express
130,000 MR points
9 Useful Aeroplan Tricks
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Business Platinum Card from American Express
- Earn 90,000 MR points upon spending $15,000 in the first three months
- Plus, earn 40,000 MR points upon making a purchase in months 14–17 as a cardholder
- And, earn 1.25x MR points on all purchases
- Also, receive a $200 annual travel credit
- Transfer MR points to Aeroplan and other frequent flyer programs for premium flights
- Unlimited airport lounge access for you and one guest at Priority Pass, Plaza Premium, Centurion, and other lounges
- Credits and rebates for business expenses throughout the year with Amex Offers
- Bonus MR points for referring family and friends
- Qualify for the card as a sole proprietor
- Annual fee: $799
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Hello,
How do you check if there is any business seats available release? Do I need to check all the times, they are seats available if booking with cash but not with areoplan points, is there any chances they will be released last minute? Does the mixed class get automatic upgrade or I have to call in? is there any chance for UA release business seats ? I booked SFO-PEK-SIN class I but now the flight is cancelled , I check only flight available is economy from SFO-NRT (12 hours flight !!!) on UA, there is a lot of bus seats available on UA booking site though. Do you think I have a chance to upgrade it ? Thank You
Hey Ricky, how do you go about doing #2? Any way to know when to call in to ask for the upgrade?
I recently found an mixed cabin itinerary(multi city) where it’s economy/prem Econ on leg 1, then business on leg 2, and economy on leg 3 for 75K (YEG – BRU – YUL – YEG) but then on booking, it bumps to 110K. Is there no way to have a business class segment within the 75K redemption?
I am looking at nrt sin syd and the first leg is on sq in economy. Is there hopes of getting a J seat that would open up?
Yep, SQ is decent with regional business class availability, so there’s always a chance.
Even on the a380?
YUL-ZRH, ZRH-DXB, DXB-IST is 8573 miles according to gcmap and using your mpm trick, YUL-IST has a mpm of 7929.
I suppose could start at a slightly further location (ex. LAX) and book a separate aeroplan positioning flight for 12,500 which would still represent a savings of 12,500. Perhaps not as far as LAX is necessary
How does #7 tip works in terms of luggage? It always sent to the final destination with only the States as an exception where you have to pick up your luggage for the customs.
Either don’t check bags or schedule an overnight layover at your "jumping-off point" so that it’s reasonable for you to ask the bags to be short-checked instead of being sent all the way through.
Hiya, does anyone know if I would be able to book PEK-TYO-PVG in business for 25000 miles?
I’m waiting to book YVR/LHR one way for next August 8th. At what time of the day do they add the next day? Currently it’s up to Aug.4…sometime tonight Aug.5 will be available…at what time does this happen?
Thanks.
How? Aeroplan Diamond status is by all accounts easier to attain than Air Canada Super Elite. Load $100/day on three AC Conversion cards and you’re there.
Thanks
Unfortunately this trick doesn’t work anymore, since the AC Conversion Card stopped allowing CAD reloads back in April.
Hey Ricky,
Great tips, thank you.
Any advice on booking Avianca flights? Any idea why Aeroplan is blocking them?
Bruce
There seems to be issues with Aeroplan reservations on Avianca getting ticketed successfully. Unfortunately there’s no telling when the issue will be fixed. We can only take heart from the fact that similar issues on Swiss, Air China, and Copa were all fixed recently, and hope that Avianca comes back sooner rather than later.
Hey for #1. How do I figure out how much it will cost me for a flight on ex. United? Do I just call Aeroplan or is there a way to actually see it on the website? I’m looking at YVR to LHR for June 8th to June 22nd.
To find out how many miles your award will cost, use the Aeroplan Reward Chart, located at https://www.aeroplan.com/use-your-miles/flight-rewards-chart
Hi Ricky I am trying to do the hidden city redemption as above Montreal – Istanbul via Dubai. Is this an itinerary that I have to piece together and call in to aeroplan to book because I cant find anything with Dubai enroute to Instanbul! Appreciate if you can explain how to do this booking so I can hop out in Dubai!
Thank you as always!
Marlene
Yes, the Aeroplan search engine isn’t gonna show you anything via Dubai. You have to find space for Montreal-Zurich, Zurich-Dubai, and then Dubai-Istanbul separately and then call in to Aeroplan to piece it all together.
Another great and useful post, Ricky! Thanks for sharing.
Wondering what restrictions I might face while building connections <24h on an itinerary like this one:
I am looking at YHZ-SIN, which has a MPM of 15153 mi. My itinerary would look like this (all within the MPM):
YHZ-SIN (destination) SIN-NRT (stopover) NRT-CDG (stopover) CDG-YHZ.
Am I able to connect in DPS on my way to SIN? DPS is located further from YHZ than SIN is, so I am worried DPS would be considered my destination instead of SIN.
You can do a layover in DPS without changing the destination. If you do a stopover in DPS, DPS will become the destination since it’s further away.
Is there a way to use my Kriesflyer mile to fly for YYZ-YVR?
Thanks
For #8, is that a one way itinerary? If so, does that mean I can have as many layovers (<24hrs) as I want on a one way trip as long as I’m within my MPM?
Yes!
Great reading and as usual fantastic information
Ricky omit everything I just said! Not sure why I was looking for a 30,000 redemption when you cleary said it would be 37,000! Whoops! Sorry!
Cheers,
Marlene
Hello again Ricky and thank you for all of the great information that you provide for all of us! Im having trouble finding Vancouver -Istanbul for 30,000 redemption. It comes up 37,500 for me. I tried using multi city Vvr-pek- ist but that didnt work either. What am I missing please. Also can I get to Dubai from Vancouver for 30,000 redemption. Im thinking i would redeem 30,000 to cross the pond and then catch a cheap flight to Nairobi from there! Preferably from Dubai as the flights are cheapest from there. Would appreciate some assistance with this as Im obviously missing something! ????
Boom!
Awesome Post, thanks a bunch Ricky!
A quick question though about availability on Aeroplan’s search engine. I’ve asked this question on fourms previously and been told "no". Regarding your comments on seeing more availability on United’s MilagePlus, am I able to call into Aeroplan at the time of my booking and spoon feed the agent the segments showing up on MilagePlus when they’re no where to be seen on Aeroplan? What about for airlines that Aeroplan is so obviously blocking, like LOT & Adria Airways ? Thank You!
Yes you should be able to spoon feed the flights to the Aeroplan agent, providing it’s on Star Alliance and not an airline like Aer Lingus that partners only with United but not Aeroplan.
I haven’t heard about Aeroplan blocking LOT and Adria award space; in fact I was able to able to book an Adria award just last month. In any case the agents should be able to see the award space. The only airline I’m aware that Aeroplan is actively blocking at this moment is Avianca.
Can I ask what dates you’re using as an example to see any availability from LOT or Adria? There have been numerous posts about at least LOT availability totally 100% disappearing from Aeroplan. I have gone from April-Aug looking for a single flight from Warsaw to anywhere on LOT and Aeroplan will not show it. They pretty well force you to connect in Austria using Austrian so they can scam charge you
For Adria, LJU-SVO on Feb 26 shows space in both economy and business.
For LOT you may have a point. A call to Aeroplan should clear up whether there are any “communication issues” at this moment with LOT, causing the flights to be blocked (similar to what happened with Air China, Copa, and Swiss). I might call to ask as well; if I do, I’ll let you know.
Ricky,
When was the last time you actually called into Aeroplan to spoon feed them an itinerary not showing on their search engine.
I just did this for a valid mileage plus itinerary but the answer was "sorry, we only see the same search results as you see
Thanks
Probably last week or so. Occasionally you run into an obtuse agent who refuses to accept being spoon-fed, so you just have to hang up and call again.
Also looking for some clarity on point 5. Great post!
Loss of useful information as always!! Excellent work…. Just wanted to know how does #5 works…
If I know someone who has elite status, how can the person help in waiving the charges? Points are in my account so not sure how that trick works.
Thanks
It’s easy to transfer your Amex MR miles to your friend’s Aeroplan account. Once you’ve done that, get the friend to book a ticket for you out of their own account. Job done!
How do you change the Aeroplan account info once it’s been set with MR?
Incredibly helpful. Thanks so much for posting this!