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Exploring Atlantic Canada with Aeroplan
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- 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
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- Credits and rebates for business expenses throughout the year with Amex Offers
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- Annual fee: $799
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Hi. I am new to the aeroplan world. I had to travel from yvr to mel and back several times in the last year. I have qualified for Silver status with 29,900 miles. Silver will be discontinued. I wish to travel to see relatives in st John’s Nfd. 1. Is the 25,000 points to redeem for a 1 way or return? 2. The flight shows 1 stop tho I don’t wish to stay over, I just want to get to nfd. Is that a problem? I find this all very complicated…
25,000 points is a round-trip long-haul flight within North America in economy class. If it shows a stop that you don’t want, that means the direct flight isn’t available on that date. Try searching for a different date or waiting to see if the direct flight opens up.
Great article! You’ve inspired me to plan a trip like this for my family.
I am wondering if this itinerary is ok, specifically the fact that I start from YHZ but have to fly through it on my way to YYT. (I also haven’t checked MPM yet, I’m on mobile)
Ticket 1
YYC – YOW (stopover)
YOW – YHZ. (Destination, Halifax.)
Ticket 2
YHZ – YFC (stopover Fredericton)
YFC – YHZ – YYT (dest, St. John’s)
YYT – YHZ
—— Back to ticket 1
YHZ – YYC
Thanks Ricky!
This could be an issue, since you aren’t allowed to route through the same city twice on either "side" of the destination. Right now you’re hitting YHZ twice on the outbound – once when you begin, once when you pass through.
Maybe try making YFC the destination of your Ticket 1 and then doing YFC-YHZ (stop)- YYT?
Thanks for the input, I wasn’t sure if where you started counted. I suppose I could do YFC as the destination but I would have to add a layover on the way home to YYC. Trying to minimize layovers since I’d be travelling with two kids under 6.
Really great tips in this post, Ricky. I’m curious, though: do you have any insights on how we could work this the other way around? I’m based in St. John’s, NL, and am having a bit of a challenge finding comparable value when trying to travel outside the Atlantic Canada region. This is true particularly because, as you’ve noted, Air Canada is effectively the only carrier that can be used.
Hi Justin,
You’d still be able to enjoy a destination + stopover within North America for 25,000 miles, which I imagine is decent value considering the cost of flights to/from NL.
If you wanted to explore multiple places within a region, you might be able to use short-haul roundtrips as a nested trip as well (for example, a 25K redemption to BC with a 15K redemption up to Yukon).
Hi Ricky,
Great post about routing options for this otherwise expensive regional travel. Getting in and out of Labrador is definitely pricey, and you can’t beat the value of 15,000 points from Montreal. Granted, sometimes it can be a bit of a hop. There are routes like Montreal-Sept Iles-Wabush-Goose Bay that can work if the usual Montreal-Halifax-Goose Bay is booked out. A word of caution when flying through St John’s – YYT often has weather delays, so Halifax can be a more reliable connection en route to Labrador. But maybe you can make the delay work for you!
Another option to consider is to terminate in Deer Lake. Then you do a one-way car rental from the airport and drive north through Gros Morne National Park to St Barbe, and take the ferry across to Labrador. Then it’s a 7-10 hour drive to Goose Bay along the South Coast Road, an adventure in itself. If you wanted to keep traveling north once in Goose Bay, you could take the Northern Ranger regional ferry (which has sleeper cabin options) right up to Nain, with a stop in every community along the way up and back down – only during shipping season, though, July-early Dec. Or there’s twin otter travel with Air Borealis (sadly not a Star Alliance member).
Erica
Excellent input, Erica. Thanks for that. I do hope to make it out to NL sometime soon!
What does YQ look like on this sort of itinerary?
Extremely reasonable when you compare to the price of cash fares. You’ll probably incur YQ of $100-200, plus some airport taxes and fees. Meanwhile booking these flights with cash can easily cost thousands of dollars.
Thanks for your insight, I really appreciate this kind of article. Also, perhaps you can talk about how to best redeem aeroplan if you are flying out from a smaller city such as Ottawa, Regina
Super useful post! Thanks!