Transfer 20,000 Starpoints Into 30,000 Air Canada Aeroplan Miles!

what are the pros and cons of tranfering to air canada?
is this something i should jump on?
who do they partner with?
is there ever availibility on the partners?

@al:
They are part of Star Alliance which is the best network of carriers to redeem miles on.
If people want I can make a post on the nuances between redeeming miles from different Star Alliance carriers like Air Canada, Continental, and USAirways.

Sure people want!

@Dan: that sounds useful, thanks

@Dan: yes please!

What is the fuel surcharge on air canada flights? i.e baltimore to toronto

Thanks Dan, we always appreciate it!

by the way, I had done as you say often, applied using 3 different browsers at the same time, go only one card. Does it make sense to you? Thanks!

@Ely:
It varies for every flight, but it won’t be cheap.
Better off using them for partner airlines like Continental, United, or USAirways.

@zev:
The advantage of that method is that you only get 1 credit inquiry. Now you just have to call reconsideration and negotiate to get the other cards approved.

FYI: Aeroplan recently increased the number of miles needed to book award travel. Europe seems to be the only destination cheaper then the other star alliance carriers.

does anybody have experience with aeroplan redemption to get the most value from the miles on getting from Toronto to Tel Aviv (Israel)

Which star alliance airline to fly with?
take a stop over/direct?

I have apx,. 250,000 aeroplan miles and i want to use them.

thanks,

@Hudi:
True, though they actually lowered their rates to Israel which had been very high.

@danfan:
Best dealt with on http://www.dansdeals.com/forums

can you use aircanada miles to book domestic flights on other star alliance airlines?

@r:
Yes.

how many aircanada miles does it cost to book a standard domestic flight on a star alliance airline? are there fuel surcharges?

@r:
These questions can all be answered by looking at their award chart (I even linked to it in the post!) and reading what I wrote in the post.

@Ely: Fuel surcharge (YQ) would be $27 one way.

Note that using Aeroplan miles to book other Star Alliance partners will still result in higher taxes, even though they don’t charge a fuel surcharge.

@Devorah:
I’ve never heard of that. Care to give an example?

Dan,
The T&C indicate tht there is a “Maximum 5,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles can be earned per participating partner loyalty program per Aeroplan Member during this promotion.”
Does that mean transferring 25000 hotel points is the max we can do?
Jane

@Jane:
Yes, you will be limited to 1 transfer of 20,000 Starpoints which will earn you 30,000 Aeroplan miles.

You can transfer to multiple Aeroplan accounts though and each registered account will get that bonus.

@Dan:

Just check out LAX-EWR. On CO, it’s $2.50, on Aeroplan $7.
or worse YYZ-LGA. On CO, it’s $53.80, on Aeroplan $69.66.

@Devorah:
Don’t have enough miles to see that, but it is interesting. At any rate it doesn’t seem too terrible.

Actually that’s for one way. If you do round-trip from EWR-YYZ, its $56.30 on CO vs $93.16 on Aeroplan. And Aeroplan will charge you 25K miles (they only give you the 15K miles rate for travel on AC) vs CO’s 20K.

Then again, they don’t charge a close-in fee which can sometimes make a big difference.

can I transfer my aeroplan points into starwood, then transfer it back from starwood to aeroplan to get this offer?

Dan, Can aeroplan accounts be combined?