Air Canada Aeroplan is currently offering a 15% bonus when you transfer Bonvoy points to Aeroplan during the month of October. If transferred in increments of 60,000 Bonvoy points, it means that you get a 2:14 Bonvoy:1 Aeroplan point ratio.
Given that Aeroplan is a 1:1 transfer partner of Amex, Chase, Capital One and Bilt, transferring from Marriott at that ratio most likely won’t be appealing to many folks.
The Deal
- Air Canada Aeroplan is offering a 15% transfer bonus on all point transfers from Marriott Bonvoy to Aeroplan.
- Expires 10/31/24
- Registration not required.
- Bonus is on Air Canada’s side so won’t show on Marriott’s site
Direct link to transfer points
Terms and Conditions
- Offer valid on conversion transactions from Participating Hotel program points (“Hotel Points”) into Aeroplan points (“Aeroplan Points”) made between October 1, 2024 at 12:00 AM EDT and October 31, 2024 at 11:59 PM EDT (“Promotional Period”).
- During the Promotional Period, Aeroplan members converting Hotel Points into Aeroplan Points in accordance with the Participating Hotel’s Terms and conditions of Membership using the website of Participating Hotel program will earn 15% bonus Aeroplan Points. As an example: Aeroplan members who convert 30,000 Marriott Bonvoy points at the standard 3:1 ratio to receive 10,000 Aeroplan Points during the Promotional Period, will receive an additional 1,500 Aeroplan points through this Offer.
- Before you make a conversion request, ensure that your name registered in your Aeroplan account exactly matches your membership account name in your Marriott Bonvoy account. If the names on the two accounts do not match, the transfer request will not be processed.
- Bonus Aeroplan points may take up to 8–10 weeks to be credited to Aeroplan members’ account after the end of the Promotional Period.
Quick Thoughts
Marriott Bonvoy transfers to Aeroplan at a 3:1 ratio, but there’s an additional bonus of 5,000 Aeroplan points when you transfer exactly 60,000 Bonvoy points (ie, 60,000 Bonvoy points gets a 5,000 Aeroplan points bonus, 120,000 gets 10,000, etc).
So, the best play here is to transfer in bundles of 60,000 points, as the transfer ratio will effectively go from 3:1 to 2.14:1. If you transfer 60,000 Bonvoy points during the 15% bonus period, you’ll receive a total of 28,000 Aeroplan points. 60,000 Bonvoy points will become 20,000 Aeroplan points, you’ll get another 5,000 bonus Aeroplan points and then you’ll get another 3,000 points because of the 15% bonus for a total of 28,000.
Marriott points are worth .7 cents at our current Reasonable Redemption Values and Aeroplan is worth 1.3 cents per point. At the normal 3:1 ratio, that’s 2:25:1.3 which = bad value. At 2:14:1, that shifts to 1.5:1.3, which is much closer to parity.
That said, given that Aeroplan is a 1:1 transfer partner of so many points currencies and there’s limited opportunities to quickly earn lots of Marriott points, this probably isn’t worth doing unless you want an avenue to dump Marriott points.
Best Uses of Aeroplan Points
- Add Stopovers for 5,000 miles: There's great value in the Aeroplan due to the ability to add a stopover on a one-way award for 5,000 additional miles, making it possible to combine two destinations on one award.
- Lap Infants: Lap infants are just $25 CAD or 2,500 miles per direction (far cheaper than what most programs charge).
- Travel within US and Canada: Aeroplan charges 6K to 22.5K miles each way in economy class or as low as 15K miles each way in business class within US and Canada
- Business Class to Asia and the South Pacific: Flights to Asia and South Pacific range from 55K-105K one-way in business class (plus 5K miles for a stopover), which can be a particularly good value for awards combining Asia and the South Pacific in one itinerary.
- Business Class to Africa (with a stopover in Europe): Flights to Africa can vary between from 60K to 100K in business class based on distance (add 5K miles for a stopover within Africa or Europe).
- Explore remote Canada for far less (Northwest territories for cheap!). In some cases, Air Canada only charges 12.5K miles one-way to remote stretches of Canada. See more here.
- See more best uses here: Best uses of Air Canada Aeroplan points
Things to Know
- How to find awards: Search for available space at Aeroplan.com (you’ll need to create a free Aeroplan frequent flyer account to search)
- Change and cancellation fees: Fees vary from $25 for a Flex fare change to $100 for a close-in saver change and from $75-$175 for cancellations.
- Key warnings: Cancellation fees can be high, particularly for close-in travel.
- Transfer from: Amex, Capital One, Chase, Marriott
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