Aeroplan revises point requirements

Northern flyers will again be able to earn free flights south on Air Canada with only 15,000 Aeroplan points.

On Dec. 5, Aeroplan, Air Canada’s frequent flyer program, revised its program to require 25,000 points for a free return flight between Whitehorse and British Columbia, direct flights between Iqaluit and Montreal or Ottawa, and non-stop flights between Rankin Inlet and Winnipeg on First Air, or direct flights on Calm Air.

In response to feedback from Aeroplan customers, officials issued a release Jan. 30 stating they would return to the 15,000-point requirement.

“From the ongoing dialogue we have had with the communities Air Canada serves, we recognize the unique situation of our Northern members when travelling to a neighbouring province,” Aeroplan president and CEO Rupert Duchesne said in the release. “We have listened and that is why we have reinstated short-haul redemption status on a number of Northern routes.”

The revised policy is retroactive to Dec. 5, the date of the original policy change. Aeroplan members who have redeemed travel on those routes since that date can ask can for the 10,000-mile difference be credited to their Aeroplan account by mailing their boarding card or ticket with their Aeroplan number to the company’s service centre.