Air Canada Aeroplan has launched a bonus on points transfers from one of the program’s hotel partners. This has the potential to be valuable, though it’s not necessarily how I’d choose to acquire Aeroplan points.
Convert Bonvoy points to Aeroplan with 15% bonus
Between October 1 and October 31, 2026, Air Canada’s Aeroplan program is offering a 15% bonus when you transfer points from Marriott Bonvoy.
There’s no registration required, but rather you just need to make an eligible transfer, and then the bonus points will be posted on Aeroplan’s end. The one major catch is that it can take 8-10 weeks from the end of the promotion period for the bonus Aeroplan points to credit, so you may have to be patient.
This promotion is specifically for points transfers from Marriott Bonvoy to Air Canada Aeroplan, as transfers from Aeroplan’s other hotel partners don’t qualify. Bonvoy points ordinarily convert into airline miles at a 3:1 ratio, and you ordinarily receive a bonus of 5,000 points with the airline for every 60,000 Bonvoy points transferred.
In other words, if you transferred 60,000 Bonvoy points, you’d receive 25,000 Aeroplan points. Then you’d receive a 15% bonus, for an additional 3,750 points. In the end, you’d get 28,750 Aeroplan points for 60,000 Bonvoy points.
Based on my valuation of points, I consider Bonvoy points to be worth 0.7 cents each, while I consider Aeroplan points to be worth 1.4 cents each. So with this transfer bonus it’s pretty close to “breakeven” between the two currencies.
There are lots of ways to earn Aeroplan points
There’s a lot to love about the Air Canada Aeroplan program, including the stopover policy on awards. The major consideration here is that there are several ways to efficiently earn Aeroplan points:
- Aeroplan is 1:1 transfer partners with Amex Membership Rewards, Bilt Rewards, Capital One, and Chase Ultimate Rewards
- There’s the Chase Air Canada Aeroplan® Credit Card (learn more), which offers a great bonus and some unique perks
- Lastly, Aeroplan often sells points at a reasonable cost
Personally I’d rather acquire Aeroplan points through one of those methods, rather than transferring them from Marriott Bonvoy, even if this ratio isn’t bad. That’s simply because there are so few ways to efficiently acquire Bonvoy points, so I prefer to save them for redemptions at luxury hotels.
Bottom line
Aeroplan has launched a bonus for points transfers from Marriott Bonvoy. Through October 31, 2026, Aeroplan is offering a 15% bonus on these transfers, so this means you could convert 60,000 Bonvoy points into 28,750 Aeroplan points. Some people might find this to be worthwhile, though personally I’d rather acquire Aeroplan points using other means.
Do you plan on taking advantage of this Aeroplan transfer bonus?
Weird - the first graphic makes it look like it should be,
60k Marriott into 25k*1.15 Aeroplan miles
So 28,750 miles, not 28,000.
But the second graphic contradicts this.
@ mickyb -- Sorry, the second graphic was from last year's promo, since a similar graphic wasn't provided this year, and I found it to be useful. However, what's different this year is that the 5K bonus points does earn the 15% bonus, while last year it didn't. The post has now been updated, and should be accurate. My apologies!
It's interesting that Marriott starts to offer transfer bonus to Aeroplan again. The last time that was offered was May of 2022, more than 4 years ago. The bonuses used to be larger, though, in the range of 20-35%.
I guess based on your valuations of United at 1.3 and Aeroplan at 1.4 there is a rough equivalency with this deal - 30k United vs. 28k Aeroplan. There is an opportunity to buy Marriott points right now at 0.81 and get United points for 1.62. That's somewhat interesting for United points, but given the number of Aeroplan transfer partners, pretty uninteresting for Aeroplan.
That's a nope for me, dawg. Standard 3:1, so even with the bonuses that almost makes it 2:1. As Ben mentions, Amex, Chase, etc., standard 1:1 to Aeroplan is far better (and occasionally have transfer bonuses, too). Then again, with Marriott's devaluations, closer to 0.6 cpp these days, I guess maybe this could work if you've been Bonvoy'd into submission and 'want out.' Still, Aeroplan isn't 'great' either these days, since they've gone full-SkyPesos and...
That's a nope for me, dawg. Standard 3:1, so even with the bonuses that almost makes it 2:1. As Ben mentions, Amex, Chase, etc., standard 1:1 to Aeroplan is far better (and occasionally have transfer bonuses, too). Then again, with Marriott's devaluations, closer to 0.6 cpp these days, I guess maybe this could work if you've been Bonvoy'd into submission and 'want out.' Still, Aeroplan isn't 'great' either these days, since they've gone full-SkyPesos and don't have great partner F/J anymore.