9 INSANE Aeroplan Sweet Spots!

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In this video, let's do a round-up of some of the most valuable ways to redeem your Aeroplan points when travel opens up again.
Here are nine of the best sweet spots in the new Aeroplan program, ranging from direct routes that cost much fewer points than what other loyalty programs might charge, to over-arching strategies such as aiming for the "Asia 3" zone or booking Economy Latitude fares and using eUpgrades to upgrade into business class.
Aeroplan won't be the perfect program for everyone, but there's a fair mix of sweet spots for all Canadians, regardless of whether you're based on the West Coast or the East Coast and whether your travel style involves trips closer to home or farther away.
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- Optimizing Your eUpgrade Strategies (Latitude Attitude): tinyurl.com/y68mlh77
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- How to Maximize Priority Rewards: tinyurl.com/y6l6wwpa
0:00 Introduction
1:11 1. Vancouver or Calgary to Tokyo
2:19 2. Vancouver to Hawaii
4:06 3. Mexico / Central America / Caribbean
5:20 4. Toronto or Montreal to Morocco
6:31 5. "Asia 3" Sweet Spot
8:35 6. "Latitude Attitude"
10:38 7. Short-Haul Flights Around the World
12:25 8. Crazy Routings
13:14 9. Priority Rewards 3-in-1
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[@PrinceofTravel]

Brb moving to Vancouver for the sweet spots

[@SuiteFlyer]

Move to Vancouver please!!!

[@challbekan6272]

Does it also have something to do with the weather?

[@TheLandMiler]

I've been telling every one of my Vancouverite friends to start collecting Aeroplan for Tokyo LOL!

[@PrinceofTravel]

55k is too good 🔥

[@fionayuen5127]

You really opened my eyes to learn Aeroplan. Love your video. Yes, please make a video about eUpgrade.

[@samuelkim4185]

Great content once again. Would love to see that video on e-upgrades as that is something I'm very interested in. Anyways, keep up the good work!

[@PrinceofTravel]

Duly noted

[@jordanwonsul4017]

you are a knowledge machine ! always insightful

[@myrdz]

Thank you Rickey! Great job distilling down the sweet spots!

[@dalensajero6805]

I have almost 200k points now and planning to use it for travel later this year or early next. Your videos on the redemption of points are very important and useful. I may have to review earlier ones for my purpose, Thanks so much for your articulate information - no one else on KZbin presents this as well.

[@AK-ku4ed]

As always, great job. Thank you

[@KevinRusnellDigitalConsultant]

Amazing video as always.

[@susanyeung4165]

This is great! Would be interested to see more of these crazy routing redemption videos! Looking to go to Seychelles in the future and stopping in Kenya.

[@snowbums]

yes, please make a video on how to get e-upgrade credits and status! Thanks Ricky!

[@PrinceofTravel]

Coming soon!

[@arihas]

Love the vid. Would be curious to hear more about the crazy routings...

[@thegrumpycanadian274]

Awesome, I'm logging in to Aeroplan right now. Going to try some crazy routing. This is gonna be fun!!!

[@TheBeniah]

Nice one @princeoftravel ...really insightful especially to me as a newbie

[@PrinceofTravel]

Glad you liked it!

[@tidy]

Great video.

[@ArturasDzeikas]

Great video and very useful! Cant wait to travel again

[@PrinceofTravel]

You and me both!

[@daveneuburger3154]

Thanks Ricky. Great video! Packed full of excellent information.

[@PrinceofTravel]

Thanks Dave, hope you're doing well during these times with reduced travel!

[@daveneuburger3154]

@@PrinceofTravel Doing well staying safe and healthy thanks. But approaching the one year anniversary since I've been on a plane!! Even the travel withdrawal stage is long in the past! LOL

[@kevinhsu8184]

I remember Lucky mentioned about the new Aeroplan program and that there will be lots of great redemption opportunities. But since he’s not Canadian, I don’t think he’s as on top of this program as you are. You really know this program inside and out and some of the more complicated route is just hilarious... only avgeeks would be excited about. Your content is very helpful and I should look into signing up Aeroplan program so I may do some arbitraging in the future when world opens up again. 😉

[@robmich5480]

Great video!

[@Meegles309]

❤❤❤ your videos are amazing thank you soooo much. Trying to plan a trip from Canada to Australia with an infant wish me luck! 🤞🏼

[@frankli3802]

Thank you Ricky!

[@PabloC49]

Interested in all your proposed videos!

[@daleschreyer1161]

I want to hear that call to Aeroplan.... good video ...

[@PrinceofTravel]

That should be a fun video when I need to make that booking

[@afzalshaikh2128]

Just had a 💡 moment with your 3-1 rewards trick. Would love a video explaining how you did this. Thanks 🙏🏽

[@gottagetaname]

Better than awesome video!!!!

[@patriciak826]

1. Reminding us to like and subscribe at the beginning of each video really works. I always forget to otherwise. 2. I wish I had come across your videos before I panic traded in all my Aeroplan points for Costco cards because I was convinced they were/are going to collapse. 3. Yes would love to see a video on your experience with the Aeroplan agents.

[@PrinceofTravel]

Thanks Patricia -- and now you know not to trade Aeroplan points for gift cards ever again 😉

[@MrBonesJones]

Thank you!,,

[@ricas77]

Another amazing video! Thank you. Are you going to make a video about canceling flights and getting aeroplan points instead of voucher?

[@PrinceofTravel]

Great video idea! Definitely on the agenda.

[@ricas77]

​@@PrinceofTravel I have about $3k in vouchers that I'm wondering what to do with. Should probably use it up before Air Canada changes their cancelation policies on Feb 28.

[@mikecooperman266]

love your channel, yes please make an Eupgrade credit how to/benefit video.

[@PrinceofTravel]

Yes, will do

[@challbekan6272]

Yeah, I just end up losing mine year after year.

[@ruddylelouche5178]

Hello Ricky! Thank you very much for this video, great and clear as always. Re. the latitude attitude, the eUpgrades can be used only on Air Canada, right? However, I have come across several instances where the latitude ticket costs more that the lower business ticket on the same flight. This is likely to happen often with the dynamic pricing, isn't it? In that case, what is the advantage of the latitude attitude? Thanks for your reply.

[@PrinceofTravel]

No real advantage in this case - it's best for when the Latitude price represents significant savings compared to Business (Lowest). Just be sure to always compare the two whenever your goal is to fly Air Canada business class.

[@Kingjasim]

Hawaii-yay!

[@pascalecourrieu8535]

Thanks for talking about the Sao Tomé and Principe sweet spot. I remembered vaguely reading about it before but couldn’t remember where. Bucket list for sure although apparently it’s not a very safe place.

[@PrinceofTravel]

Thanks Pascale! I'll have to find out one day...

[@pascalecourrieu8535]

@@PrinceofTravel I noticed that ACC-TMS in J costs 249$ in taxes whereas YUL-TMS is 149$! Isn't that strange? The route is great BTW, YUL-LIS-TMS. Direct flight from LIS to TMS, that surprised me. I know that it has Portuguese history but still.

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[@santoshgujar3796]

Never traveled in airplane but enjoyed the video

[@huyoung9153]

Ph. D of travel! Great info!

[@PrinceofTravel]

🤓

[@gmilne67]

Great video! I am looking to book the Asian arbitrage sweet spot. Would love to learn more about number 9 and other offers you may know. Thanks.

[@ashanperera5661]

Well done mate! Great video! What is the best frequent flyer program for flying between YUL and VIE? VIE is just over 4000 miles in aeroplan so not the best value as per the current points rdeeming table. Also, please make a video about the air canada tier levels! Cheers.

[@PrinceofTravel]

Aeroplan will probably still be a good deal here, even if it's not necessarily the best sweet spot. You could also consider flying into MUC or PRG and taking a budget airline or the train if the Aeroplan points savings are worth it.

[@GrantsPerspective]

Aeroplan from YYC to Tokyo is now up to 75k in business class, but booking the same flight from YVR is 50k. So the sweet spot requires a cheap flight to Vancouver (

[@arkiloth7295]

yes to the elite status videoo

[@ca416]

That Santiago -> Toronto -> Panama -> Bogota route is hilarious LOL

[@PrinceofTravel]

🤔

[@jasonscarrotts577]

Thanks for another great video Ricky...Interesting on the Partner Airline point chart from YVR to TYO that there is no Premium Economy point value...I flew this route on ANA back in 2019 and flew Premium Economy, so why wouldn't they have it available to book that? Only Economy, Business and First have values listed.

[@PrinceofTravel]

Premium economy redemptions on partner airlines are not available at this time.

[@mgustavson]

Very interested in an Elite Status/eUpgrade video!

[@Gelliny]

Please make the video about eupgrades!!

[@PrinceofTravel]

We'll definitely take a deep-dive into eUpgrades at some point, it's such a complex topic though so it'll take a bit of planning 👍🏼

[@conniefung8122]

Ricky, Thanks for sharing the 9 sweet spots. Is any disadvantage to join Family Sharing program? Thanks!

[@PrinceofTravel]

None that I can think of. Just be aware that any redemptions made by a Family Sharing member will be deducted proportionally to everyone's balance.

[@mblakeborough]

Did you make an articles about booking the 6 segment booking over the phone mentioned in this video?

[@kleptodathief3946]

great vid PoT! how much APs to fly in economy from toronto to vietnam? thx

[@nikolalevnaich1986]

Move to YXE and dummy book some YXE-YYZ or YXE-YVR for some of those J sweet spots 🥰

[@PrinceofTravel]

I'm more of a big city kinda person -- but loved Saskatoon when I was there :)

[@jcml6800]

With the importance of priority rewards in the new program maybe there should be a video about how to get elite status and start earning priority rewards. Maybe a video on segment runs?

[@PrinceofTravel]

Good idea!

[@davidlesley1328]

Would be good to date all your vids, on the title page is this one 2022?

[@smallmj2886]

Are there any sweet spots for people in YHZ? Most routings go through YUL or YYZ, so miles flown gets pretty high before getting anywhere.

[@judedriscoll276]

More on attitude Latitude please.

[@ssnider420]

Honolulu just blew my mind 114,000 for my whole family 🤯 amazing

[@meditation4718]

Will you able to add stopover on each segment?

[@ashishmasurekar]

Please make video on How to achieve Elite status quickly

[@samst7974]

How do you get priority rewards ? Can you buy them or you absolutely need to fly ?

[@mblakeborough]

On the priority rewards. If im booking for a family of 4 would i get the 50% discount on the total or just 1 ticket?

[@alisonsilcoff3611]

Would be very interested I. More details on eUpgrades and how to get them without flying on paid flights

[@PrinceofTravel]

Lets do it 👍🏼

[@dalensajero6805]

If I want to book a particular Star Alliance partner, I.e. Turkish Airlines, do I book directly with them or can I indicate this preference to the Aeroplan booking agent. Thanks.

[@aceplum]

do those found "crazy route" mean I can add a stop over on those passing cities for 5k too? Example: Santiago to Bogota thru YYZ "crazy route" for 30k in biz. If positive I would love to find routes that for 30k biz (or less in economy) will let me land in Argentina (EZE specially) starting anywhere in South America with stop over in USA, Canada or Mexico...

[@carolwatanabe7576]

Is there any newer information on Aeroplan? Seems that Air Canada doesn't fly to Hawaii anymore...I tried to get a round-trip flight from Honolulu to Frankfurt and they only offered a Lufthansa non-stop from Vancouver.

[@agilecoachfahd]

I would love to see the phone booking with the multi segment!

[@PrinceofTravel]

I'll definitely be making it when it's time to make that behemoth of a booking

[@nickvakil6008]

Could you pls do this for krisflyer miles?

[@user-ff4di9vh9p]

I would appreciate if you can assist me with booking yyz to singapore using aeroplan points

[@latinstalian]

Hi! You haven’t covered South America for example Argentina

[@evotorentals]

can you book VAN - HON - TOK - HON - VAN? Which airline would this be possible on?

[@mohammedyusufidriss8232]

Can I use the Latitude Attitude and eugrade to buy a ticket for someone else?

[@man73sharma]

Can you pls help to find sweet spot for India. For e.g Starting from STL/ORD to New Delhi/CCU?

[@stewartdowbiggin2337]

Please update on elite status and how to achieve it

[@PrinceofTravel]

Coming up soon 👍🏼

[@thomassharp2719]

Is this video for Chase Aeroplan U.S. Residents also ?

[@SuiteFlyer]

Gosh so good! Cant wait for flying to be back! QUestion, the award flights i booked with aeroplan prior to the new aeroplan, am i able to make changes due to covid? Im guessing no... :(

[@PrinceofTravel]

If you make changes, they'll be re-priced under the new rules and charts. However, change fees are waived as long as you've booked by Feb 28, 2021.

[@chobo2]

I can't find the article on Atlantic/pacific arbitrage where is the link?

[@arashmalekzadeh1]

Can i use E-upgrade to book for july even though my E-upgrades expire this Feb? I have 120 that will expire in Feb.

[@PrinceofTravel]

Nope, the ones that expire in February will have to be used on flights that take place before the end of February.

[@arashmalekzadeh1]

@@PrinceofTravel Thank you and what shame how AC is not extending the expiry date on the E credit since they know now many can travel.

[@lucasderman4704]

the eUpgrade strategy looks awesome but most of my 48 credits will expire in Feb and May. Is there any way to prevent this? Should I just book a ticket for October and use the eUpgrade strategy?

[@PrinceofTravel]

You need to use the eUpgrades on flights that take place before the expiration. You should've had your Elite Status extended though, so you can get another set of eUpgrades in your account that will go until December 2021.

[@lucasderman4704]

@@PrinceofTravel I got another set of 25 which as you said, expires in December but I wish there were other ways to redeem the eupgrades :/ thanks!

[@xtremextension]

Id like to get the TD aeroplan reserve but aeroplan’s redemption process doesn’t seem worth it. You still have to pay for taxes. I have a TD first class travel but wondering if should upgrade it. I keep changing my mind. Has anyone compared the two cards?

[@jeffreylanteigne3734]

E Upgrade video please

[@PrinceofTravel]

👌🏼

[@Kingjasim]

Please can you make a video discussing sweet spots for non elite members

[@kayarosenbloom1976]

I'm so confused by Aeroplan points. Looking at Japan in March and found 35K flights (71K round trip), but they're subject to $95 in tax. If you want the tax covered, it's 81K points. Identical flight is $1167 including tax. The value of 81K points then is 1.4 cents which is pretty crummy if that's a sweet spot. Is the Prince of Travel valuation of 2.1 cents based on business class travel, or is it that promotions on paid fares are devaluing Aeroplan points? What concerns me is that there's always awesome deals from YVR to Tokyo ($600-800) and Hawaii ($400-500) that lead me to believe these flexible point programs (Scotia, HSBC, etc.) are more valuable for economy travel unless I'm missing something. Love the channel BTW; binge watched almost all your videos so thank you!

[@064624650]

Please do hack 9 and document the phone call with Aeroplan CS.

[@edwarddench5342]

@12:00 you mentioned ACC-TMS (which is 596 miles). You said book in business class for 15k miles in J, but it sounds like 50k. Was initially excited, but UNFORTUNATELY, its copay YQ or taxes is $200 and the flight itself is ringing up at $266 revenue for Economy, so not so exciting. I guess it does yield business class for 2 hours for only 15k though. The SCL-YYZ is more exciting of course. If Canada wasn't bonkers about covid, I might care.

[@PrinceofTravel]

Yeah the $200 is sadly due to Ghana’s super expensive departure fees. Only business class is worth it

[@edwarddench5342]

@@PrinceofTravel Maybe fly down in E on revenue, fly back in J via miles

[@alainmonfette8530]

How do we get E-Upgrade

[@PrinceofTravel]

We'll talk about it in a future video 🙌🏼

[@k.m.7433]

Wait..My account does not show that e-upgrade points.. why is that?

[@PrinceofTravel]

You need Aeroplan Elite Status to earn eUpgrades.

[@k.m.7433]

@@PrinceofTravel Wow! Didn't expect the reply! Thanks :) I have TD infinite Priv, visa, so I do have that 25K status. I still don't see that e-upgrade option anywhere on the booking window.. I will call Aeroplan to find out why.. Thanks for taking time to reply :)

[@AW-si9oj]

Envy those who live in YVR. YYZ was not singled out for any 1 of the 9 sweet points😭

[@PrinceofTravel]

East Coast definitely got the shorter end of the stick.

[@darrenwua]

I don't think the Vancouver OR Calgary TO Tokyo sweet spot exist anymore.

[@joykossivas3863]

One way?

[@shirleysong2746]

Do you get paid by Air Canada for doing all these videos for Aeroplane? You should!

[@PrinceofTravel]

Nope - we like to keep it objective around here 👍🏼

[@burnt1ce85]

If only I could earn eUpgrades by using a credit card...

[@PrinceofTravel]

In theory, you can! If you earn 100K Aeroplan points per year through credit card spending, eStore purchases, and flying activity, you'd earn Aeroplan 25K status which comes with eUpgrades.

[@burnt1ce85]

@@PrinceofTravel haha! I wish I had that kind of money or lifestyle to earn that many points through those methods. But thanks for the tip.