The Chase Ultimate Rewards program has just launched its latest transfer bonus. Of the major transferable points currencies, Chase Ultimate Rewards has historically had the fewest transfer bonuses. However, in the past couple of years we’ve seen a significant increase in transfer bonuses, which is great.
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Chase offering 20% Air Canada Aeroplan transfer bonus
Between June 15 and July 31, 2023, you can receive a 20% bonus when you transfer Chase Ultimate Rewards points to Air Canada Aeroplan.
This promotion is being offered on Chase’s end (in the United States), and is hard coded into the transfer ratio, meaning you should see the bonus at the time that you make the transfer. 
You can take advantage of this offer an unlimited number of times. Transfers from Chase to Air Canada Aeroplan are generally instant. This is the second time we’ve seen a transfer bonus from Chase Ultimate Rewards to Air Canada Aeroplan, as we previously saw one in late 2022.
There are several great cards earning Chase Ultimate Rewards points, and it’s easy to combine points between the cards.
Also keep in mind that those with the Aeroplan® Credit Card (review) get a further bonus when transferring Ultimate Rewards points to Aeroplan, and these two offers stack:
- This applies when transferring 50,000 or more Chase Ultimate Rewards points in one transaction
- You can get a maximum of 25,000 bonus points per year this way
- The 10% bonus points will post separately — the bonus points should post within 72 hours of the original transfer, but it can take up to seven days
- This offer is currently valid through December 31, 2023
Should you transfer Chase points to Aeroplan?
Air Canada Aeroplan is one of my favorite programs for redeeming points, thanks to the huge number of airline partners, plus the ability to book stopovers even on one-way awards for just 5,000 additional points.
Aeroplan has fair award pricing, and not only gets you access to redemptions on all Star Alliance airlines, but also gets you access to a variety of otherwise unaligned airlines, including Air Mauritius, Etihad, Gulf Air, Oman Air, and many more.
While I usually prefer to transfer my Chase points to World of Hyatt and transfer my Amex points to Air Canada Aeroplan, with a 20% or more bonus, I think this could very well be worth switching up behavior over.
Bottom line
Through July 31, 2023, Chase Ultimate Rewards is offering a 20% bonus on points transfers to Air Canada Aeroplan. This is an excellent offer that could be worth taking advantage of, given just how useful the Aeroplan program is for Star Alliance and other partner redemptions. The bonus is even more lucrative if you have the Aeroplan Credit Card, so you can get an additional 10% bonus (with some limitations).
Do you plan on taking advantage of this Chase Aeroplan transfer bonus?
You should beware that if it's a first transfer of over 100k, the points will likely not be available instantly. It's been two days and I'm still waiting.
I wish I could see your comment earlier. Just transferred 25K and they showed up in minutes. Then transferred 100K but still not available. I'm worried that the bonus miles won't be posted.
How long did it end up taking? Thanks
Just a data point here: my buddy and I both transferred points. The transfer amount and bonus points posted for me within a few minutes. The points for his posted a few days later but the 20% never did and still hasn’t (2 weeks). The t&c indicate AC is responsible for for the bonus but he said he has had no luck getting ac to acknowledge the issue and to take it up with chase.
I transferred 250K UR points and received the 50k bonus points immediately. However, I also have the Aeroplan card and did not receive those points. Its been several weeks and I just called in and escalated it. It should be resolved here in a week or so as they agreed they should have posted.
Just be aware that Aeroplan has virtually no customer support. If anything goes wrong with your award booking, you are toast. No live agent chat, and when you call you get a recorded message that they are very busy and get disconnected.
Made my first Aeroplan booking about a month ago, for next Feb. CGK-SIN-LHR-BOS on SQ-SQ-UA. UA cancelled their flight, replaced it one going through EWR, with a 40 min (!) LHR connection. Nothing...
Just be aware that Aeroplan has virtually no customer support. If anything goes wrong with your award booking, you are toast. No live agent chat, and when you call you get a recorded message that they are very busy and get disconnected.
Made my first Aeroplan booking about a month ago, for next Feb. CGK-SIN-LHR-BOS on SQ-SQ-UA. UA cancelled their flight, replaced it one going through EWR, with a 40 min (!) LHR connection. Nothing proactive from Aeroplan. Email notification from SQ only. Called SQ, ticket is on AC stock - cannot do anything. Called AC - ticket issued by Aeroplan, cannot do anything, with a comment "That's typical Aeroplan for you" from AC agents. Called Aeroplan daily for a week - cannot get to a person. Eventually AC managed to connect me to an agent at Aeroplan. Once connected, Aeroplan agents seem to know their stuff, but can only protect you on AC flights. So now I have an overnight in Toronto. If anything irregular happens to your schedule in a city not served by Air Canada, or if you don't have time to constantly call them - you would simply lose your ticket. Even cancelling to get the points back requires a call that is never answered.
So yeah, Aeroplan is great until something goes wrong with the schedule...
I've never had issues calling aeroplan. just had to do so one month ago. sure you using the right number?
Yes, used the number from their website/email. Which number did you use?
Fully agree with you as this program has been hyped up a lot. It's a smart ruse to sell miles with great bonuses or transfers etc and then you are stuck with miles that you are unable to use and Aeroplan has been the winner by getting the cash from these miles that were sold. Most of its partners like Thai, Etihad, and Oman Airlines have almost completely disappeared from their search engines, and getting...
Fully agree with you as this program has been hyped up a lot. It's a smart ruse to sell miles with great bonuses or transfers etc and then you are stuck with miles that you are unable to use and Aeroplan has been the winner by getting the cash from these miles that were sold. Most of its partners like Thai, Etihad, and Oman Airlines have almost completely disappeared from their search engines, and getting flights is a hit-and-miss. Calling the contact center or trying to get in touch with them is exactly as you said and ignore the positive remarks of others who are just passing their time writing contradictory statements.
Is this a targeted offer? I am not seeing this transfer bonus offer on my CSP.
@ Sandeep -- It's not marketed on the initial transfer page, but when you go to make the transfer, you should see the 20% bonus reflected before the final page where you confirm the transfer. Maybe give that a try?
It's worth noting that the value you see on the transfer page will *not* include the transfer bonus. That shows up in the Aeroplan activity page as a separate points transaction AFTER the transfer.
I just did a big transfer and was hesitant because the UR Aeroplan page where it usually shows you the points conversion doesn't show the sum after transfer, it just has a green "+20% bonus" next to the 1:1 number.
It worked as you suggested. The 20% bonus shows up on the final page before we submit. Thanks for confirming. It will be interesting to see how this offer stacks up with the AC Aeroplan card.
I believe there is an annual cap on the 10% Aeroplan bonus from Chase. IIRC, maximum of 10,000 bonus miles.
I agree with SBS that Aeroplan customer service is poor. I had booked 2x a trip from Ottawa to Yellowknife in business and both outbound and return itineraries were trashed. It took days to get through to a person and have miles redeposited without the exorbitant fee.
Aeroplan is not that great...
In the past, you have often given historical bonuses which help determine if the current bonus is relatively good or not. Is 20% historically high or low? I usually use Life miles for *A, but with the 20% Aeroplan will be cheaper.. Thank you.
Naturally, this bonus happens the day after I transferred 50k to Aeroplan. ♂️
To stack this with the 10% Aeroplan card offer, is the 50k number including Chase's 20% transfer bonus? Example: would transferring 42k UR (50.4k with Chase's transfer bonus) trigger the 10% Aeroplan or would I need to transfer 50k (60k with Chase's transfer bonus)?
@ Bob -- That's a great question, and I'm not 100% sure. The rules are vague, though it does state it's based on transferring 50,000 or more Ultimate Rewards points. So I wouldn't be surprised if the transfer with the bonus triggers it, but I also wouldn't count on it. If anyone has any firsthand experience, please chime in!
it is definitely 50,000 ultimate rewards points. The bonus does not say anything about how many aeroplan points you will get, only about how many ultimate rewards points
This is great since Aeroplan rewards are almost always at least 30-40% higher for the same flight than other reward programs.
@ Anthony Parr -- Curious which other reward programs? And are you talking about saver level awards?
I’m based in SFO. Aeroplan is almost always much more expensive than using United or Avianca for the exact same flights.
They are great value for other niche itineraries like Europe to CUN on TAP or BCN to MEX on EK but for flights to and from SFO they are basically useless.