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Get A 20% Or 30% Bonus When You Transfer Chase Points Into Air Canada Aeroplan Miles!
For many years, Chase didn’t have any transfer bonuses. Chase executives told me when they launched Ultimate Rewards point transfers to airlines that they decided to focus on strong partners with easy to understand transfer ratios and not on assorted transfer ratios and transfer bonuses.
But times have changed and Chase is back their second ever transfer bonus to Air Canada. You will get a 20% bonus, or 1,200 Air Canada Aeroplan miles for every 1,000 Chase points transferred through 7/31. It’s not quite as lucrative as last year’s 30% bonus, but it’s still a great offer.
This is stackable with the 10% bonus for 50K+ Chase transfers for Aeroplan® Credit Cardholders. That means 50K Chase points will convert into 65K Aeroplan miles for cardholders.
AMEX and Capital One points also transfer to Air Canada. There haven’t been any Capital One to Air Canada bonuses, but AMEX offered a 15% bonus to Air Canada in September 2022 and a 20% bonus in September 2021.
In general, I don’t recommend transferring miles to airline programs without an immediate redemption due to the risk of devaluation, but this bonus may be good enough to justify transfering miles that you might need for the near future thanks to the airline’s use of a stable partner award chart.
Air Canada brought the Aeroplan program in-house 2 years ago and eliminated fuel surcharges from their program. Alas, they do charge a C$39 booking fee (currently US$28.70) on all partner awards.
Air Canada miles are quite valuable for partner award travel, especially for last minute tickets. They also have expanded award availability on products like Singapore long-haul business class that are blocked from partners like United.
With United devaluing their miles, other Star Alliance miles like Air Canada become more and more valuable.
Air Canada can book Star Alliance awards and awards on other partner airlines like Aer Lingus, Air Mauritius, Air Serbia, Azul, Canadian North, Cathay Pacific, Emirates, Etihad, GOL, Gulf Air, Oman Air, SriLankan, Virgin Australia, and Vistara. Plus, unlike US carriers, they are committed to keeping award charts.
For example, while United now charges 15K miles for a last-minute Cleveland to Newark flight, Aeroplan charges just 6K miles as per their short-haul award chart.
Air Canada also allows stopovers for 5K miles and you can build round-the-world tickets and more.
A big benefit of booking with Air Canada is free lap child awards within the US/Canada and just C$25 (currently $18.40) for a lap child anywhere in the world on Air Canada or partner airlines! That’s a real bargain compared to the 10% of the full fare that US airlines charge, which can make lap children tickets cost prohibitive on a premium cabin award ticket.
Air Canada also allows families to pool their miles together!
Here are Air Canada’s award charts.
If you just want to search for the award cost between 2 cities, you can search here.
Air Canada broke the world down into 4 regions, North America, South America, Atlantic, and Pacific:
There are 10 award charts to sift through.
Overly complicated? Definitely.
But it’s a very interesting approach to award chart pricing. It allows Air Canada to accurately price every journey, something that is very difficult for a region based award chart and for a distance based award chart.
In other words using United’s region based award pricing, it can be too expensive to book some awards. Using BA’s distance based award chart it can also be too expensive to book some awards, NYC to Tokyo for 217K miles in business class is ridiculous and adding a connection makes it even more cost prohibitive.
By using a hybrid region and distance based award chart, Air Canada creates valuable award pricing for every route.
Each region has a distance based award chart for travel within that region and to other regions.
While BA’s distance based award chart dings you for every connection made, Air Canada won’t charge separately for connecting segments. You can create awards with out of the way stopovers, which can be quite lucrative.
Here is the distance chart for flights within North America. Prices listed on all of the award charts chart are one-way, but sample routes below are priced as round-trips.
- A round-trip flight from LaGuardia to Toronto or Montreal on Air Canada starts at 12K miles in coach or 30K miles in business as it’s between 0-500 miles.
- A round-trip flight from Cleveland to Newark on United is 12K miles in coach or 30K miles in business as it’s between 0-500 miles.
- A round-trip flight from Chicago to LaGuardia on United is 20K miles in coach or 40K miles in business as it’s between 501-1,500 miles.
- A round-trip flight from Los Angeles to Newark on United is 25K miles in coach or 50K miles in business as it’s between 1,501-2,750 miles.
- A round-trip flight from Miami to Vancouver on United is 45K miles in coach or 70K miles in business as it’s 2,751+ miles.
- A round-trip flight from Newark to Honolulu on United is 45K miles in coach or 70K miles in business as it’s 2,751+ miles.
- A round-trip flight from Toronto to Honolulu on Air Canada starts at 35K miles in coach or 70K miles in business as it’s 2,751+ miles.
If you’re flying from North America to Europe, Africa, India, or the Middle East, you’ll have to consult this chart:
- A round-trip flight from Newark to London on United is 70K miles in coach or 120K miles in business as it’s between 0-4,000 miles.
- A round-trip flight from Newark to Frankfurt on Lufthansa is 70K miles in coach, 120K miles in business, or 180K miles in first as it’s between 0-4,000 miles.
- A round-trip flight from Newark to Tel Aviv on United is 80K miles in coach or 140K miles in business as it’s between 4,001-6,000 miles.
- A round-trip flight from Newark to Cape Town on United is 110K miles in coach or 180K miles in business as it’s between 6,001-8,000 miles.
- A round-trip flight from Los Angeles to Cape Town on United is 140K miles in coach or 220K miles in business as it’s 8,001+ miles.
If you’re flying from North America to the Far East or Oceania, you’ll have to consult this chart:
- A round-trip flight from Seattle to Tokyo on ANA is 70K miles in coach, 110K miles in business, or 180K miles in first as it’s between 0-5,000 miles.
- A round-trip flight from JFK to Tokyo on ANA is 100K miles in coach, 150K miles in business, or 220K miles in first as it’s between 5,001-7,500 miles.
- A round-trip flight from JFK to Singapore on Singapore is 120K miles in coach, 170K miles in business, or 260K miles as it’s between 7,501-11,000 miles.
- A round-trip flight from Los Angeles to Sydney on United is 120K miles in coach or 175K miles in business as it’s between 7,501-11,000 miles.
- A round-trip flight from Newark to Perth on United and Air New Zealand is 150K miles in coach or 230K miles in business as it’s 11,001+ miles.
If you’re flying from North America to South America, you’ll have to consult this chart:
- A round-trip flight from Newark to Bogota on United is 40K miles in coach or 80K miles in business as it’s between 0-2,500 miles.
- A round-trip flight from Newark to Lima on United is 60K miles in coach or 100K miles in business as it’s between 2,501-4,000 miles.
- A round-trip flight from Newark to Sao Paulo on United is 80K miles in coach or 120K miles in business as it’s between 4,501+ miles.
Want to earn Aeroplan miles?
You can earn miles with the Chase Aeroplan Card.
You can instantly transfer AMEX, Chase, Or Capital One points to Air Canada at a 1:1 ratio or Marriott points at a 60K:25K ratio.
If you, a member in your household, or an authorized user has one of the following Chase cards, you can transfer points into miles:
- Chase Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card® Card has 60K signup bonus, earns 2.1 points per dollar on travel, 3.1 points per dollar on dining, streaming, and online groceries, has a $50 hotel credit, can transfer all Chase points into miles, and points are worth at least 1.3 cents each for paid travel or pay yourself back categories ($95 annual fee). Read more here.
- Chase Sapphire Reserve® has a 60K signup bonus, earns 3 points per dollar on dining/travel, has a $300 travel credit, can transfer all Chase points into miles, and points are worth at least 1.5 cents each for paid travel or pay yourself back categories ($550 annual fee with $300 travel credit). Read more here.
- Ink Business Preferred® Credit Card earns 3 points per dollar on shipping, advertising, and travel, can transfer all Chase points into miles, and points are worth at least 1.25 cents each for paid travel or pay yourself back categories ($95 annual fee). Read more here.
Chase no-annual fee cards that are fantastic for earning points, but require one of the cards above for points transfers include:
- Ink Business Cash® Credit Card has a 75K signup bonus and earns 5 points per dollar on cable, TV, telecom, cellular, office supply stores, and gift cards from office supply stores, plus 2 points per dollar on dining and gas ($0 annual fee). Read more here.
- Ink Business Unlimited® Credit Card has a 75K signup bonus and earns 1.5 points per dollar everywhere ($0 annual fee). Read more here.
- Chase Freedom Flex has a 20K signup bonus, plus 5 points on rotating categories, 5 points per dollar on travel purchased through the Chase Ultimate Rewards portal, and 3 points per dollar on dining and drugstores ($0 annual fee). Read more here.
- Chase Freedom Unlimited® has a signup bonus offering 3 points per dollar on up to $20K of spending in your first 12 month, afterwards earn at least 1.5 points per dollar everywhere, 5 points per dollar on travel purchased through the Chase Ultimate Rewards portal, and 3 points per dollar on dining and drugstores ($0 annual fee). Read more here.
Capital One cards with transferable points include:
- Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card X Rewards Credit Card: Earn 75,000 bonus miles for spending $4,000 in 3 months, plus earn 2 miles per dollar spent, $300 annual travel credit, 10K anniversary bonus miles, Global Entry/Pre-Check, Capital One lounge access, Priority Pass Lounge membership, and more. Read more here.
- Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card: Earn 75,000 bonus miles for spending $4,000 in 3 months, plus 2 miles per dollar spent. Read more here.
- Capital One Spark Miles for Business: Earn 50,000 bonus miles, plus 2 miles per dollar spent.
- Capital One Spark Cash Plus: Earn up to 100,000 bonus miles, plus 2 miles per dollar spent, convertible into transferrable miles with any of the 3 cards above. Read more here.
AMEX cards with transferable Membership Rewards points include:
- AMEX Blue Business Plus
- AMEX Platinum Business
- AMEX Gold Business Card
- The Platinum Card® from American Express
- American Express® Gold Card
- AMEX Green Consumer Card
- AMEX Everyday Preferred Consumer Card
- AMEX Everyday Consumer Card
Marriott cards with transferable points include:
- Chase Marriott Bonvoy Boundless Consumer Card
- Marriott Bonvoy Business® American Express® Card
- Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant™ American Express®Card
- Marriott Bonvoy Bold Card
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Can i product change any chase card to the Chase Air Canada Aeroplan in order to get the extra 10%?
as far as I know you could only product change in the same family of cards let’s say Chase sapphire to freedom you can’t change to a regular Chase care to a Chase co branded card
No.
that’s funny I just posted in the comments of the virgin Atlantic Chase transfer bonus article that aeroplan now has a bonus and sure enough you posted it a few minutes later but I didn’t get the HT
HT goes to first poster, in this case on DDF.
Can you cancel air canada award tickets easily? Do the points just get redeposited into you acct? How close to a flight can you cancel?
No, that’s one area where United does it well.
Thank you! Does chase ever offer transfer bonuses to United?
never mind, I see your reply to another comment that it’s never been offered for United
Is this not correct? Or is it correct, but they charge $
https://www.aircanada.com/ca/en/aco/home/fly/customer-support/cancellation-refund.html#/
Please remember to cancel your booking via your original point of purchase as each partner has a unique booking system that we are unable to access, and they are better equipped to assist you.
If you booked directly through Air Canada, you may cancel your booking online by visiting My Bookings and following the instructions.
You may cancel your booking online if:
You originally booked your flight on aircanada.com or via the Air Canada mobile app
You are cancelling an Aeroplan flight reward booking
You are cancelling your entire booking
You are cancelling your flight at least two hours before departure
It’s correct as I wrote it.
Anyway to get chase to offer transfer bonus points on united or hyatt?
Sadly, those have never been offered.
Will this stack with the 1.25 pay yourself back?
Not sure how that would stack with a transfer?
10,000UR=12,000AC=$150 (same as CSR)
Not sure I’d call that stacking tho
50k UR transfers to 65k AC (with the card). Pay yourself back gets you 1.25 for an effective 1.65 on the chase sapphire preferred. Unless I am off with the math?
Ah, for AC cardholders. Sure.
Great. That is a fantastic cash out option!
Tried to transfer Chase points yesterday but they have still not arrived. Desired award booking is gone. Guess I’ll have even more points stuck with Air Canada when they finally show up.
I’d call ASAP to have that cancelled so you can redo it with a bonus.
How in the world do you cancel a transfer? I’ve already had several delays transferring from chase, and every time they told me that there is no way back.
How are you so sure they won’t drop award charts and go dynamic like other airlines?
I’ve spoken to the leaders of that program. They came from Continental and are big fans of award charts and allowing good value redemptions. I believe they will stick to them.
At least in the near term. I still wouldn’t hoard miles in an airline as that’s never a good idea.
Are partner awards bookable on their website? Do I need to call to book?
For example, searched EWR to Seattle in Aug, and nothing comes up.
Yes, but they’re based on partners having saver award space.
So if nothing is coming up on Air Canada’s site for NYC-DEN RT, this means that there is nothing available from partners?
Yes, but always search OW, not RT.
Hi. New to this game. If you transfer into Aeroplan can you transfer back to Chase down the road?
No, transfers to airlines are a one-way street. That’s why you don’t want to transfer more than you’ll need in the near term.
which partner program/miles would you say is best for short flight hauls like nyc to chicago/Clev/detroit where there is no booking/phone fees etc..
It seems they all have these annoying booking fees(Aeroplan etc),
who gives good value without booking fees?
Dan any program that does not charge a booking fee that gives good value for short flights?
BA, Virgin Atlantic, and Turkish have no fees.
Lifemiles has lower fees.
But they all charge more miles, so…
seems to me VA miles on delta metal short flights maybe be the winner
7500 miles and no booking fee?
BA on AA is the same way. I use both VS (VA is actually Virgin Australia) and BA to book direct short hauls on DL and AA all the time. For the routes I look at, at least DL and AA release a lot more saver space than United.
I have the ink and aeroplan chase cards.
Does anyone have any data point of getting the 10 % bonus from an ink card. I’m afraid that the business “arm” of chase won’t recognize the personnel “arm” and they won’t give me the extra 10 %
Are your business and personal accounts linked to the same login?
No they are separate
You can call Chase to merge them, but as noted below, no need to do that.
I transferred during the stackable bonus last year. I have no personal UR cards only business. My Chase personal and business accounts are not linked and the 10% bonus posted just fine (it took a few days).
Thank you
Just to update this time around to 10% is taking longer to post. Last time it posted in a couple of days. This time around I transferred last Friday and I not seeing it yet.
Is the Bonus also instantly?
Hi
Please explain how do i get the extra 10% bones? if i transfer more then 50k points?
somebody told me that i shell not transfer to air canada now becuse they are closing accounts for who is tranfering now from chase do you know if its real ??
Nonsense.
somebody who buy miles told me this
I have an air Canada chase card and only got the 20% bonus never god the additional 10% transfer took place 2 weeks ago it says 7 days, any idea why?
The 10% bonus doesn’t appear to be posting for anybody. You can follow up with Chase. On a related note I also had an issue with the grocery bonus points offer on my BA card. Bonus points showed transfered to BA on Chase statement but never showed up. Chasing Chase on that too right now.