While not a huge deal, the process of searching award availability with Air Canada Aeroplan has just become a bit more complicated, as several readers have flagged.
Continue reading: Air Canada Now Requires Aeroplan Log-In For Award Searches
Share your questions, experiences, and thoughts below.
The AC app allows you to remain continuously logged in. No inconvenience.
However, I’m prepared to be educated that using the app somehow handicaps your search ability vs the website.
Won't matter to me. Unlike Ben, I've never been able to find affordable and useful awards with or without first logging in 🙁
As a UK user (Aeroplan 75k), it has been like this for a long time. The login is clunky for sure. My experience in the past couple of days is that availability seems to be status dependent even with partner airlines. I tried searching with my son's login (no status) and my own and seemed to get different outcomes.
I wouldn't necessarily say handicaps, but it certainly lacks features that the website has, like filtering on e-up space.
That would be nice. I despise mandatory email 2FA (virgin atlantic looking at you). I use 1password and at least give me the option for TOTP.
LOL, whatever bean counting PM who was like “but we’ll lose 2% of engagement!” or w/e must’ve finally lost that fight…
Some day an airline will refuse to show results if you don't have enough miles.
Canada is an idiot country. They rip each other off with high prices.
My junk password for unimportant websites is uses the name of the company, like aircandasucksBigly13
Honestly, good. There has been an undeniable negative correlation between the proliferation of websites (like point.me) making it too easy to search award space across programs, on the one hand, and decreasing award space, on the other hand.
I wish more loyalty programs would institute barriers like this to inhibit these websites from catering to credit card holders who are too lazy to learn the ins and outs of various loyalty programs.
In far too many cases you act as an apologist for airlines and hotels when they make things worse for engaged loyalty members. In this case you're completely correct.
i wish air canada would leave me logged in, i hate their 2 factor authentication, it's too slow and having to open my email everytime i really annoying.
Now I have to log in every time I need to be disappointed by either no availability or economy for 150k and business for 500k.
It works on other programs that require login. I could see interruption of service though, while they work around it.
I have never been able to find a single flight of, e.g., UAL in AC Aeroplan. It is a waste of time. Useless company oMAAT keeps peddling cards with points transfer to AC Ap which are useless.
I have a couple of aeroplan cards and after numerous trips via air Canada I still can’t log in. Please advise what is happening
I’ve had to log in on AC for award searches for years, so I don’t understand what you’re saying here.
How? I want to change my default phone number to my personal and not my work number and I am not getting the SMS verification code !!! I hate this 2FA and I wnat to remove it. Thanks
How can i find award availability on Air Canada aero plan if the miles needed aren’t in acct yet but still need to be transferred?