Book Canadian North Awards On Aeroplan Website

So if you were to book say, BOS>YOW>YFB, is that the same points as YOW>YFB one way?

I've never been to the northern territories in Canada, but as others have mentioned Iqaluit (capital of Nunavut) might be a good experience for you while still having most of the modern conveniences (they have a new modern airport and modern hotels). I believe you went to Whitehorse on your trip with Condor and Air North, so beyond Iqaluit, another option might be Yellowknife - the capital of the Northwest Territories. Canadian North got its start in Yellowknife and while the city is not as Arctic as Iqaluit, it'd be an opportunity to try Canadian North and the city has modern hotels and facilities.

Omg. I paid over $5000 for Canadian North RT flights for 2 for an arctic safari to the floe edge this summer (which was cancelled of course). No refunds, had to fight with them for a credit through 2021 but now that isn't even likely to be enough. And to think I could have booked it with Aeroplan ... excuse me while I go vomit!

From what I understand, residents of the north are able to offset some of the costs of the airfare you're seeing (some airlines serving the north will offer discounts solely to residents, plus there is a tax credit they can also file for a virtual government subsidy). But often with the discounts, airfares are way higher than "down south". I remembered flying to Yellowknife with someone who was heading to Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. She was telling me about how she couldn't get an airfare from her town to Toronto for less than $3000 (her child goes to school about 80 miles west of Toronto). And even with the lowest fare, she had an overnight layover in Yellowknife (her luxury accommodations supplied by a generous friend of hers). Meanwhile I was on a $700 ticket going to Yellowknife and Vancouver from Toronto and thought that was expensive. Canadian North has an awesome history. It's the descendant of the long-lost Canadian Airlines (who originally set it up) but was sold just as Air Canada took over. There were days at Toronto's Pearson airport when I used to steal luggage tags from Canadian Airlines... good times.

So would that be 30K Aeroplan points round trip from Ottawa.