Here’s a super easy offer that’s worth taking advantage of, if you have the Chase Sapphire Reserve. I first wrote about this a couple of days ago, but some people had issues with registering. It’s my understanding that those issues are now fixed, so I’d like to flag this again.
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Aeroplan surprise for Chase Sapphire Reserve card members
There’s a limited time promotion whereby those with the Chase Sapphire Reserve can receive an Aeroplan flight reward certificate that’s worth 5,000 points:
- Members must register between August 5 and August 18, 2025, with their name, Aeroplan number, and last four digits of their Chase Sapphire Reserve card number
- The primary card member must register, and the Aeroplan account information must match that on the credit card; this applies to the personal version of the card, and not the business version
- Flight reward certificates will then be issued within 14 days, and will be valid for 365 days from when they’re issued
- The certificate can be used to take 5,000 points off the cost of an award, whether it’s for travel on Air Canada or a partner airline
This awesome promotion is worth taking advantage of
I use the Air Canada Aeroplan program all the time for redemptions on Star Alliance carriers, plus other partners. Since I redeem through Aeroplan more than once per year, this promotion will save me 5,000 Aeroplan points.
These certificates are super easy to use, and can be applied toward virtually any award flight, even on partners. So there’s no reason not to take advantage of this.
Bottom line
Those with the Chase Sapphire Reserve can register to receive a flight reward certificate worth 5,000 Aeroplan points. There’s no reason not to take advantage of this, and it can come in handy whether you want to redeem on Air Canada, or a partner airline.
What do you make of this Aeroplan flight reward certificate promotion?
FYI I just tried to use mine and it was a bit confusing. On a desktop browser you have to log in, go to My Aeroplan > Benefits, and click there to activate it.
Then you go to do your award flight search and a floating blue popup appears near the bottom of the screen. You click that and then your search results re-load with the new pricing displayed.
I was not able to use it to book a 2-person itinerary, so I ended up just putting us on separate tickets. YMMV.
Where will the certificate show up on my Aeroplan Dashboard?
Nothing about the rather negative changes coming to Aeroplane? The programme has become completely and utterly unattractive to anyone living outside of Canada and maybe the US.
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Yeah got that email yesterday - not an Aeroplan elite member but this is the way the world has been going for some time now, so hard to get too excited about it.
FWIW they either fixed the problem with the last 4 digits (hence the re-post of this post) or it helped for me when I made sure the CSR was saved to my Aeroplan account first.
I think there's 2 ways the program gets used.
Using Aeroplan as the program to which you credit flights, and to try to gain elite status... the recent program changes made that far, far worse for for infrequent-to-moderate travelers (but probably a slight boost for bigger spenders and/or frequent paid travelrs who can get elite status... probably not many people who read this blog)
Using Aeroplan as arguably the best program to transfer points to...
I think there's 2 ways the program gets used.
Using Aeroplan as the program to which you credit flights, and to try to gain elite status... the recent program changes made that far, far worse for for infrequent-to-moderate travelers (but probably a slight boost for bigger spenders and/or frequent paid travelrs who can get elite status... probably not many people who read this blog)
Using Aeroplan as arguably the best program to transfer points to (to book on the widest variety of partners, 355 days in advance, with reasonable partner redemption rates, no fuel surcharges, generous stopover policies, arguably the best lap infant award ticket policy, and transferable-to from a wide variety of credit card point programs)... that is virtually completely unaffected by the recent changes.