Aeroplan is starting Boxing Day promotions early. From now until January 2, 2018, members can earn up to 7x the miles on select retailers (including: Michael Kors, Indigo, Under Armour, iTunes, Sephora, Nike) at the Aeroplan eStore. Costco.ca has its own 4x miles promotion between December 18, 2017 to December 28, 2017.
Aeroplan’s eStore is offering their Black Friday promotions today.
You can earn up to 10x miles with some retailers, such as Coach, Fitflop.com, Nike, Sonos and Sephora. Most other retailers, you can earn between 4x to 6
Aeroplan is offering a 30% conversion bonus from hotel loyalty programs, without any limit. The offer runs from November 6, 2017 until December 11, 2017.
This is not as good as the last promotion of 35% bonus, but at least they seem to have given up that old tiering system, where the more points you transfer, the more bonus miles you get. This is definitely a better offer.
Pointshogger contributor, Seth Stranton, who is a moderator on Reddit and creator of a charity called Miles4Migrants. He, like many of us, is also obsessed with collecting credit card points and airline miles. Today, Seth will share how Miles4Migrants came to be and you can help!
Origin of Miles4Migrants
Rocketmiles is a hotel booking engine which looks for the best rates for over 400,000 hotel chains around the world (see our review post: Rocketmiles). Rocketmiles offers both flexible refundable rooms and nonrefundable rooms at a lower rate. They have teamed up with Aeroplan to offer an opportunity to earn bonus miles. There are different promotions for new and existing members.
Aeroplan has launched a Million Mile Contest.
To qualify, you will need to share your travel pictures, videos and stories using the hashtag #withaeroplan on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram for a chance to win 1 of 5 prizes of 1 million miles.
There will be 1 winner be per over the next 5 weeks.
I know that I have been writing about Aeroplan quite frequently lately, but it does seem like they are making a big effort to increase their presence.
When I logged into my E-Rewards account today, I noticed that Aeroplan is now a transfer partner:
Aeroplan is really making an effort to step up their game, as their contract ends with Air Canada. I am uncertain what their long term plans are at the moment, probably trying to find new partners. However, in the meantime, they are definitely trying to make a splash.
How the Offer Works
They are currently offering their best conversion bonus ever. You can now receive a 35% bonus for transferring your hotel points. They normally offer a tiering system where you earn anywhere between 20%-30% transfer bonus.
Aeroplan has added a new reward car rental redemption partner. Members can now redeem for Budget car rentals online. Avis has already been available.
Budget
Budget has over 3,000 rental locations in Canada, US, Latin America, and Europe. As an added bonus, members can currently earn 100 miles every time they redeem for a Budget car rental.
Here is a screen shot of a 1 week car rental:
With all the negativity surrounding Aeroplan lately, it is always nice to see some positive news. Aeroplan has a shopping portal called eStore. Shopping portals are ways to earn bonus miles and points through online purchases. For instance, if you happen to want to buy something from Michael Kors, instead of going to the physical store or online, you can go through a shopping portal like Aeroplan’s eStore. The eStore redirects you to the same Michael Kors website, when you proceed with making your purchase online, you will earn bonus Aeroplan miles for something that you were going to buy anyway. Furthermore, double dip when there are 3x or even 5x the bonus miles earning opportunities.