I work there. A year later, I can confirm this video holds up. One, the amount of seats left also has a pretty deep impact on the price. If a flight is mainly open last minute, there's good chances youl have a decent price. Two, I like the way you use latitude but it has other perks too. Mainly flexibility via free refunds & changes. That's a major plus since we are not offering free changes & refunds anymore. Two bags & preferred seating is in there as well. Lastly, I can also confirm the very high PTS costs. It has been rising to say the least. Always EXPLORE your options before commiting to a price somewhere. Do your research before putting your foot down.
@vsagar3 жыл бұрын
WOW - even after using 8 E Upgrades...he still has 58 left.
@AS-oz6ep3 жыл бұрын
Dynamic pricing just absolutely destroys the Aeroplan program. I'm frankly disgusted with just how horrible it is.
@jaymonhung45713 жыл бұрын
Subtle flex with 700k Aeroplan points 😂
@lynniep26533 жыл бұрын
That was a really helpful demo and also love the cover pic 😂😂😂
@PrinceofTravel3 жыл бұрын
Thanks 😠🤗
@thegrumpycanadian2743 жыл бұрын
This would explain why I just saw a YYC to BKK with 6% in Business Class for only 321K points. One Way!
@nikolalevnaich19863 жыл бұрын
With Dynamic pricing I can get yxe-yyz rt in J for 37000 PTS. Previously it was 50K rt in J. When you plan and book ahead, there a tons of sweet spots with dynamic pricing!
@JonathanSorunke3 жыл бұрын
I never fly using Air Canada before but this is good info. Thanks for this!
@mikeb0918z013 жыл бұрын
Love the thumbnail. Nicely done, Rick!
@mblakeborough3 жыл бұрын
Ive never seem 5k or 10k awards and i have aeroplan VIP but no 25k status. How is everyone else seeing that?
@jayzee3163 жыл бұрын
Agreed, 1-way flights toronto to haneda, seoul, shanghai are all 175k pt starting, even flights in jan/feb.
@PrinceofTravel3 жыл бұрын
I'd say the uncertainty in border reopenings prices into that too. Typically I wouldn't expect those flights to be so high once frequencies increase a bit in the future.
@jayzee3163 жыл бұрын
@@PrinceofTravel definitely hope so as well, hope 2022 is the year of travel
@sasanvancouver Жыл бұрын
Can I use AC Wallet to pay for my upcoming AC vacation??
@TheLandMiler3 жыл бұрын
LOL i think i stared at the thumbnail for a good five minutes!
@quick.easy.eat23 Жыл бұрын
I shall check out that e upgrade vid after this!!
@taylorl26733 жыл бұрын
First for once. The dynamic pricing has been very skewed to the upside lately...
@shitaocheng15273 жыл бұрын
Cause order reopened two days sgo
@pascalecourrieu85353 жыл бұрын
From what I've seen most cheap award flights with AC are for less than desirable planes. Even economy fares are very high on the 777 and Dreamliners.
@PrinceofTravel3 жыл бұрын
That's different from what I've experienced - been able to book several 777s and 787s at the lower pricing level in business class, and even more by using eUps.
@peasoup29809 ай бұрын
You don’t say dynamic pricing enough
@Yesitssjess3 жыл бұрын
How long did you take you to get that 600 000+ points
@PrinceofTravel3 жыл бұрын
A couple minutes when I cancelled my 2020 trips 😭
@harryt98811 ай бұрын
He’s Asian We gotta believe him right ?!
@jameschang25573 жыл бұрын
Wow, thank you for the eupgrade clip, super useful! Now I have to find an excuse to use them :)
@cherifbar Жыл бұрын
is it worth it to transfer MEMBERSHIP REWARDS from AMEX to AEROPLAN? I currently have 600,000 Aeroplan Points and 250,000 AMEX Points but no AEROPLAN STATUS. Thanks
@mtlporsche28772 жыл бұрын
Every single flight shows waitlist. This is complete BS. All these videos that talk about dynamic pricing or eupgrades hold no weight in the present. Flights to Europe are a minimum of 180k in business one way and literally not one single flight shows eupgrade available. They’re all waitlist.
@Eilen7192 жыл бұрын
Make your viewer aware. Marriott will/can cancel your reservations without notification . I booked a Autograph hotel in Lisbon on March 2,2022 with points. . Between 3/2 - 6/20 . The hotel is no longer a Marriott property . My reservation was cancelled and Marriott said is not there problem nothing they can do. The new reservation now cost me from 237,000 pts to 606,000 pts. I have been a member for over 40 years. Titanium Elite member. Marriott is getting too big , has no control ..
@vicer842 жыл бұрын
Hi, it's possible to make upgrade without elite status just paying extra points (not using credits)?? Thanks
@evotorentals3 жыл бұрын
hey Ricky, were you in Atlanta airport sometime in August? I thought I might have seen you.
@PrinceofTravel3 жыл бұрын
Nope - I've never been to ATL
@evotorentals3 жыл бұрын
@@PrinceofTravel lol it was a lookalike then
@uzifaizy2 жыл бұрын
Hi, I would like to fly to Mumbai from YYZ but i do not see anything under 150k points one way for feb 2023. Please guide best value
@B-kl8vj Жыл бұрын
On many routes, AC doesn't offer a Latitude class. On others, such as YVR to Tokyo, latitude economy is the same price as basic business class. How does that work?
@jpknowledge88523 жыл бұрын
I love the thumbnails 🤣
@AW-si9oj2 жыл бұрын
Hi Ricky, I am a 35K member. If I have enough eupgrade credits for the family (of 4), can I upgrade the full family using this lattitude attitude trick? I heard mixed voices on this, and some said I can only upgrade 1 family member and I have to nominate him/her under my account. Can you clarify? P.S. other family members don't have status with Aeroplan. Thanks!
@davidmcquaid2557 Жыл бұрын
Hey. Can you tell me if you were able to do this?
@AW-si9oj Жыл бұрын
@@davidmcquaid2557 I am still not sure. I did once but got denied when trying to do it again.
@crush42mash62 жыл бұрын
So explain to me how I can get an upgrade by booking a flight with Air Canada economy level. I don’t understand how I can get upgrades or any bonuses besides using my points for a regular transaction
@jfeener6559 Жыл бұрын
Does anyone know if Aeroplan is also using dynamic pricing for advanced seat selection? My partner and I booked two identical tickets in the same class of service for an upcoming flight. My cost for advanced seat selection is almost double the other ticket. Air Canada referred us to Aeroplan. Aeroplan at first tried to investigate it as an error, but then refused to do anything and blamed it on dynamic pricing. Doesn't pass the smell test. I've had the worst experiences with Aeroplan since Air Canada bought it back and changed everything.
@dalensajero68053 жыл бұрын
Hi Ricky -- have you heard of Steve Belkin and his just released book: Mileage Maniac. He was featured on CNN Travel
@mindyauntymindyandunclemon33663 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this very helpful video. I will certainly be using it, particularly for flights across the oceans. I was wondering how you keep your 50k status when you seem to always fly on points? Do you have a video/article on efficient ways to maximize status miles?
@justinwong32183 жыл бұрын
best thumbnail ever!!
@rahamancyber464 Жыл бұрын
Bro how to book air india flight through THIS CARD
@andrewbleackley1832 Жыл бұрын
The eupgrade latitude hack is awesome. Using that!!!
@alexseip82332 жыл бұрын
Holy Cr*p! Love this thumbnail haha.
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@Susan-xg7qn3 жыл бұрын
Ricky, Thank you for all your videos, and your following on your facebook page. It would be great if one day you could do some kind of video for those of us that only use Economy to fly with points , for whatever reason. I have 7 in my family, so using points for trips is always only enough for economy. thanks os much !
@PrinceofTravel3 жыл бұрын
Noted!
@patrickmurphy39422 жыл бұрын
Not sure this is the guy on yourbdide
@jburron3 жыл бұрын
Awesome video! I was just wondering how to get LatAtt with pts and didn't appreciate that I could use its to get Lat. Thanks!!!
@patrickmurphy39422 жыл бұрын
Noting that my comments are disappearing from this chain.
@AW-si9oj2 жыл бұрын
Hey Ricky, I normally can find only 2 business award seats (YYZ to China) but we are a family of 4. Any tips for me to fly the whole family in business? Many thanks!
@tidy2 жыл бұрын
I dropped Aeroplan years ago. Just not worth it.
@hughchurchwell20733 жыл бұрын
If you chose an itinerary that included a partner airline flight and an air canada one eg. YVR-YYZ on Air Canada and YYZ-IAD on United, would the points be a fixed rate as they are for partner airlines?
@jburron3 жыл бұрын
OMG...re-booking with a better price is awesome!!!
@stuartpelly Жыл бұрын
Can you use your eupgrades for your partner? Or does she need to use her own eupgrades?
@shirinmalik22353 жыл бұрын
Very helpful demonstration. Thanks
@josephmaq45232 жыл бұрын
Hi Ricky, any experience on buying points to trade off reward flights? Do those points count towards the status evaluation?
@lesliealvarez44053 жыл бұрын
could you answer this short question because i,m having a hard time on the phone with aeroplan. can i book toronto - dublin- porto, portugal for the 5000 point stopover
@PrinceofTravel3 жыл бұрын
Yes
@indirakumaralagan2442 Жыл бұрын
Thanks this is very helpful
@LubaAlanna3 жыл бұрын
Very informative video ! Thanks for the tips
@Flyer4EVER73 жыл бұрын
Hey Ricky, thanks for sharing - do you have the link to the AE eUpgrade charts?
Finally just got around to trying this out! I don't know how you figured this out, but hey, it's pretty awesome and the searches are then so personalized relative to aeroplan elite status etc. Cool!!
@PrinceofTravel2 жыл бұрын
Awesome to hear!
@theteacherandbeyond2 жыл бұрын
@@PrinceofTravel It's what the points redemptions SHOULD be... but what a family of 4 to Paris for 240k business class is pretty impressive.
@djiang63283 жыл бұрын
so I was looking at business one-way from Toronto to shanghai, saw the point was about 181k, so I transferred all my points (200k)from amex to aeroplan, 3 days later once the transfer is done, business fare was suddenly changed to 341k and I’m stuck now smfh
@PrinceofTravel3 жыл бұрын
Sorry to hear that 😕 It’s always a risk with non-instant transfer times unfortunately. Are there alternative travel dates with cheaper pricing that you could book?
@djiang63283 жыл бұрын
@@PrinceofTravel unfortunately the price was jacked up for the entire October. Economy is 49k, premium eco is 59k while business is 341.7k, I guess this is way too dynamic lol
@shitaocheng15273 жыл бұрын
So basically air canada turned into delta two.
@gottagetaname3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Awesome tips!
@itachi01052 жыл бұрын
I hate the waitlist
@hektoriuz3 жыл бұрын
Aeroplan sucks
@ericgoto24593 жыл бұрын
wow so many aeroplan points
@frankstamatakis40802 жыл бұрын
What site are you using ? Mine does not show even close to yours . I get so confused lol.
@PrinceofTravel2 жыл бұрын
aircanada.com
@SkyGenshin3 жыл бұрын
Whoever did your thumbnail deserves a raise LOL
@PrinceofTravel3 жыл бұрын
Job well done for sure 😁
@timtam888 Жыл бұрын
Good tips!
@dalensajero68053 жыл бұрын
Your videos always add to my knowledge of Aeroplan rewards which is very useful…thank you.
@PrinceofTravel3 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear that!
@GavishSethi3 жыл бұрын
Next event do it in gta 🔥
@AllenchenCanada3 жыл бұрын
I have tried to book a trip to Tokyo, even it says eupgrades available before I booked, it says eupgrades not available after I am trying to use the eupgrade, I phoned aircanda, they said they dont know why, anyone experience this?
@kevinklassen43283 жыл бұрын
Isn't Japan closed to visitors right now?
@AllenchenCanada3 жыл бұрын
@@kevinklassen4328 booked for next March, since they sell the ticket, eupgrade don't make any different
@kevinklassen43283 жыл бұрын
@@AllenchenCanada Are they going to be open in March? That was when I was thinking of visiting too, but wasn't sure if it would be possible.
@AllenchenCanada3 жыл бұрын
@@kevinklassen4328 I was just bet they will open, I have booked fully refundable ticket just for spring break period.
@kevinklassen43283 жыл бұрын
@@AllenchenCanada Smart. I think I'll do the same!
@harleyville5653 жыл бұрын
This was certainly eye opening for me. I love having options. All I need now is the status to pull this off.
@PrinceofTravel3 жыл бұрын
The Spend Your Way to Status promotion makes it fairly attainable this year!
@patrickmurphy39422 жыл бұрын
No!! I have no e upgrades. I just don’t want to be ripped off by Aeroplan dynamic pricing. pricing does not seem to be related to anything but individual customer interest. If u are interested by clicking on flight availability the cost skyrockets. This is so WRONG. CONTACTING BBB AND GOVT Wwho is supposed to be policing. We need review that is not co opted by govt.
@the1Douglas3 жыл бұрын
Good job with the Drake meme Ricky! It makes me laugh every time I see it. Do more like that yo!
@PrinceofTravel3 жыл бұрын
Honestly, same 😂
@robcanad2 жыл бұрын
How do you get e-upgrade points and how much would each point be worth in terms aeroplan points? In other words how many e upgrade points are you willing to offer for a given discount of Aeroplan points?
@LubaAlanna3 жыл бұрын
I just got an aeroplane credit card this week. I read it can take 8 weeks to get my welcome offer points. Did it take you guys that long ? Thanks !
@johnjosephwong3 жыл бұрын
Needed this one. Thanks!
@suzettegolam76752 жыл бұрын
He just bought the miles and doing fake video business
@damienmck6923 жыл бұрын
This is awesome! Didn’t know about this
@kleptodathief39463 жыл бұрын
is it a good deal to get toronto to vegas rd trip for all in 62k APs? loweest economy of course
@cha49902 жыл бұрын
now I tried to book 8 month ahead, on latitude , can’t confirm any e upgrade from Vancouver to Tokyo. Cost for business is now 174k points. Any new tricks fo get around this ? Accumulated 700k points because of pandemic , now it’s worthless.