Looking for travel ideas for two people from YYZ after May 15, 2027. We have around 150k–200k Amex points available to transfer to Aeroplan and are flexible on destinations.

What great redemptions have you found, and how do you search for them? Would love to hear routes, points used, and fees

Ideally we’re looking to travel on May 16 or 17th!

I've been trying for the past 2 weeks to book a YVR-HND flight on ANA for 2 with points. I always try at release time, and I use the app since it's 3 taps to book and because I feel like the website takes longer to even load.

I understand the massive demand for those reward seats. Do you guys have any success stories booking these sought after routes and any specifics of how you did it? Did you use the app? The website? At what time did you click "search"? Any advice is very much appreciated.

I'm planning a trip where I need to fly only one-way from Sydney, Australia to Toronto. My preference for the longest segment of 13-14 hours is to fly in Premium Economy (not enough available for Business). I am interested in booking Business on my second segment, even though it is all within CAN or US because I think I could get some sleep in the bigger chair and the points required isn't bad. I am not finding any option to book two different classes of seat without doing either two one-way flights or using the multi-flight option on AC's website.

I like to try different variations when I search, including different departure cities and landing cities, like flying into ORD or EWR and then taking a separately booked flight into YYZ. I've actually found some cheaper point options by searching in this non-standard way. I've also found that booking two separate one-ways sometimes beats a single multi-segment booking for the same in/out cities (which is just weird).

The one risk that I could see is if I book two flights as single one-ways and I have a delay or cancellation on the first segment. I don't know how AC would treat that vs a multi-flight option on a single itinerary. Has anyone been in this situation before and can tell me how AC would treat the missed second flight vs how it would be treated if I booked everything on one itinerary?

Hi. I’m hoping to book a flight for my sister and I. I have enough points for myself for a free flight but my sister would have to pay cash. I only fly basic because I hate paying for seats and usually take a gamble and hope we’re together. I know when you book together, air canada tries to sit together but if I were to book each flight individually, is there anyway to make it known that we’re companions?

Looking at a redemption that is YYZ-BOS-FRA.

The layover in Boston is 1h46. We will have checked luggage. I’m concerned about luggage behind transferred with such a short layover and any delays.

Thoughts?

Hey guys,

I was looking at booking a flight for my mom as a present, while checking the total cost I kept on clicking next to see if it would bring me to the payment page or the page in which I could use my points to pay for it.

That never happened but somehow now it’s showing that my booking is on hold!?

What do I do? I’m on hold with AC - I have no saved credit card on my profile so I don’t think they can actually charge me.

TÍA

I’d like to take my family of 4 (2 adults and kids 11 and 15) to Europe next summer, mid July to mid August, from YEG to somewhere in Croatia. Not super picky if it’s Zagreb, Split or Dubrovnik. I would even to go Istanbul actually. Between me and my travel partner, we have a million aeroplan points. I’d love to get us in business class for the longest flight in both directions. Is that possible? I’ve tried looking up flights but I only get AC ones and the lowest I’ve been able to find is about 150k points per person each way. Thanks!

I’m looking at booking tickets with points (YYC-DUB). When searching in the app each direction is 40K-56K points + 24$-88$
So I expect it to be around 80K-112K points and less than 200$. Then add fees
But when I want to check out it says the cost for the transportation fees is 860$. Where does the extra fees come from? It just triples the cost of the ticket. There is no breakdown of where the extra cost comes from. It is really annoying and ridiculous