Last updated: October 14, 2026
Air Canada Aeroplan is selling points with a bonus of up to 90% through 11:59 p.m. PT on October 29, 2026. This round adds bonus points. The price of each point you purchase stays 3.75¢ CAD. At 90%, buying 80,000 points costs CA$3,000 and returns 152,000, which is 1.97¢ CAD per point you receive, about 1.38¢ USD in the conversions AwardWallet and Upgraded Points published on October 14.
The offer is targeted. AwardWallet, Upgraded Points, Milesopedia, and InsideFlyer are describing the same window, and the three longer writeups then split on where 50% and 75% stop. InsideFlyer’s short post describes 90% on purchases from 3,000 points. The grid in your own logged-in account is the offer.
The points are for a seat you can already find. A 90% headline does not apply to a small top-up. On every tiered grid checked here, 90% starts when you buy 80,000 points. A 60,000-point award bought from zero lands in the 75% band, at CA$1,312.50 for 61,250 points if your screen matches the purchase AwardWallet priced. Recent bonus rounds were cheaper.
Before you buy points: Run your spending through the credit card rewards calculator. A buy-points sale does not fix a wallet that should be earning a transferable currency. Chase Ultimate Rewards, Amex Membership Rewards, Capital One miles, and Bilt all transfer to Aeroplan at 1:1. Chase Aeroplan cardholders also have a 10% Ultimate Rewards transfer bonus through December 31, 2026. Pay cash only for the gap a transfer cannot cover.
The promo, without the fluff
Open the Aeroplan buy-points page while you are logged in. The ratio and the total on that screen are the offer. A logged-out visit to that address on October 14 did not show a purchase grid. AwardWallet’s screenshots of this round are Points.com.
| Detail | What the sources actually say |
|---|---|
| Window | Through 11:59 p.m. PT on October 29, 2026. AwardWallet prints that clock. Milesopedia dates the standard grid October 14 to October 29, 2026. Upgraded Points and InsideFlyer date the end as October 29, 2026, without a clock |
| What kind of sale | Bonus points. Milesopedia says this outright: the bonus is points, and the September 28–October 13 round that ended yesterday was a discount of up to 30% |
| Who | Targeted. AwardWallet says some members may see a different bonus, or a discount, and that Chase Aeroplan cardholders are sometimes targeted for something extra. Upgraded Points says most members it is describing see 90%, and that your offer may differ. Confirm the page |
| Who sells them | Points.com. AwardWallet and Upgraded Points both say so. The charge does not code as airfare |
| List price | 3.75¢ CAD per point you buy, before the bonus and before any tax the checkout adds |
| Top tier | 90% more points, from 80,000 points bought on all three tiered grids. 1.97¢ CAD, about 1.38¢ USD |
| Per transaction | 500,000 points bought, before the bonus. Milesopedia notes that the discount round that ended October 13 capped a transaction at 250,000 |
| Calendar year | 1,000,000 points purchased, before the bonus. Gifting is capped at 500,000 points in a calendar year (AwardWallet, Milesopedia) |
| Minimum | Disputed. AwardWallet: 2,000, with no bonus through 4,000. Upgraded Points: 1,000–4,000 with no bonus. InsideFlyer: 3,000. Milesopedia’s table starts at 5,000 |
| Status | Purchased, transferred, and gifted points do not count toward elite status (AwardWallet). InsideFlyer says the bonus points do not count |
| Refunds | Non-refundable and non-reversible (AwardWallet) |
| Posting | Typically within 72 hours. Milesopedia says it is often faster |
| Currency | The charge is in Canadian dollars. AwardWallet states $1 USD = $1.43 CAD at the time of writing. A U.S. card’s own conversion, and a foreign-transaction fee if the card charges one, is the price you pay |
This sale is listed with the other active sales on the point sales page. Card transfer bonuses that are live this month are on the transfer bonuses page. A purchase is not a transfer bonus, so there is no Aeroplan buy-points row to add there.
The tiers are not the same on every writeup
All four pages are about this sale. Three of them print a ladder. None of them replaces the grid in your account.
| Bonus | AwardWallet | Upgraded Points | Milesopedia |
|---|---|---|---|
| None | 2,000–4,000 (3.75¢ CAD, printed as 2.65¢ USD) | 1,000–4,000 | Not printed. The bonus starts at 5,000 |
| 50% | 5,000–25,000 (2.5¢ CAD, 1.75¢ USD) | 5,000–29,000 | 5,000–25,000 (2.50¢) |
| 75% | 30,000–70,000 (2.14¢ CAD, 1.5¢ USD) | 30,000–79,000 | 30,000–70,000 (2.14¢) |
| 90% | 80,000–500,000 (1.97¢ CAD, 1.38¢ USD) | 80,000 or more (1.38¢) | 80,000–500,000 (1.97¢) |
AwardWallet and Milesopedia leave two holes: 26,000–29,000 and 71,000–79,000. Upgraded Points fills both, with 50% through 29,000 and 75% through 79,000. If your amount lands in a hole on the page you read, the purchase screen still has a number. Use that number.
InsideFlyer, published October 14, is the outlier. It lists a minimum of 3,000 points and describes the full 90% bonus on qualifying purchases from 3,000 to 500,000 base points. That is a different offer from the three tiered grids. Treat it as a short syndicated report, originally credited to Traveling For Miles, and read your own screen before you pay a 90% price on a small buy.
Milesopedia’s page still opens with a September 29 update about the discount of up to 30% that ran through October 13. The section under that is the 90% bonus. The September paragraph is the round that ended.
What you pay per point
The cash is the list price times the points you buy. 3.75¢ CAD × points purchased. The bonus changes how many points you receive, so the price per point received is 3.75¢ divided by 1.50, 1.75, or 1.90.
| Bonus on your screen | CAD per point received | What the writeups print |
|---|---|---|
| None | 3.75¢ | 3.75¢ CAD. AwardWallet also prints 2.65¢ USD. At the $1.43 rate in that same article, 3.75 ÷ 1.43 is 2.62¢. Use the CAD total |
| 50% | 2.50¢ | 2.5¢ CAD, about 1.75¢ USD |
| 75% | 2.1429¢ | 2.14¢ CAD, about 1.50¢ USD |
| 90% | 1.9737¢ | 1.97¢ CAD, about 1.38¢ USD |
These amounts are inside every published tiered grid, so the bonus does not depend on which writeup you read:
| Points you buy | Bonus | Points you receive | CAD, before tax |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5,000 | 50% | 7,500 | CA$187.50 |
| 25,000 | 50% | 37,500 | CA$937.50 |
| 30,000 | 75% | 52,500 | CA$1,125 |
| 35,000 | 75% | 61,250 | CA$1,312.50 |
| 70,000 | 75% | 122,500 | CA$2,625 |
| 80,000 | 90% | 152,000 | CA$3,000 |
| 100,000 | 90% | 190,000 | CA$3,750 |
| 500,000 | 90% | 950,000 | CA$18,750 |
Milesopedia’s worked example is the 100,000 line: CA$3,750 buys 190,000 points, about 1.97¢. AwardWallet’s worked example of the top tier is 80,000 bought for CA$3,000, returned as 152,000, which it converts to $2,100. The same page converts the 500,000-point purchase, CA$18,750 for 950,000 points, to $13,125.56. Upgraded Points converts that same CA$18,750 to $13,136.88 and also calls the result 1.38¢. Both USD totals round to 1.38¢ a point. They are not the same card conversion. The CAD figure on your receipt is the price. A tax line, a worse exchange rate, or a foreign-transaction fee makes it higher. AwardWallet’s comment thread on this page includes readers noting that the bill is in CAD.
Buying 500,000 points to “get 1.38¢” is a CA$18,750 stash. Buying 80,000 gets the same rate. The rate does not improve between those two. What improves is the pile, and only if you will use it.
A threshold can make a larger buy cheaper than a smaller one, and the place to look depends on the grid. On AwardWallet’s and Milesopedia’s printed bands, 25,000 points at 50% cost CA$937.50 for 37,500 points. The next printed band starts at 30,000, which is CA$1,125 for 52,500. That step costs more money for more points. It is worth taking only when you will use the extra points. On Upgraded Points’ grid, 29,000 is still 50% and 30,000 is 75%. Read the total for the amount you are about to buy. Do not buy 80,000 points, CA$3,000, to reach 90% when the award needs the 7,500 points a CA$187.50 purchase already returns.
Transfer first, then price the gap
For a U.S. reader, the comparison that matters is cash for Aeroplan points against points you can already move there.
This site’s transfer pages list Air Canada Aeroplan at 1:1 for four currencies:
- Chase Ultimate Rewards. Every Chase airline partner on that page is 1:1, including Aeroplan.
- Amex Membership Rewards. Aeroplan is listed at 1:1.
- Capital One miles. Aeroplan is listed at 1:1. Emirates, EVA Air, and Japan Airlines are 2:1.5 on that page, and JetBlue is 5:3.
- Bilt. Aeroplan is listed at 1:1.
The Points Guy’s October 2026 valuations, which every MaxPoints tool uses, put a Capital One mile at 1.85¢, an Amex point at 2¢, a Chase point at 2.05¢, and a Bilt point at 2.2¢. They value the Aeroplan point those become at 1.5¢. Those are planning figures. An Aeroplan point you transfer is a point you could have used somewhere else.
Chase Aeroplan cardholders have a separate 10% on one Ultimate Rewards transfer of at least 50,000, through December 31, 2026, capped at 25,000 bonus points a year. 55,000 Ultimate Rewards become 60,500 Aeroplan points once the bonus posts. The full rules, including who is left out and the fact that bonus points already posted in 2026 count toward the cap, are in the Chase Aeroplan card article. On TPG’s 2.05¢, that 55,000-point transfer is about $1,127.50 of Chase points, or about 1.86¢ per Aeroplan point after the 10%. That is still more than 1.38¢, and more than the 1.50¢ a 75% purchase costs. It is also cash you do not spend. The base transfer can take up to seven business days. The 10% can take another seven days after that. A seat that needs the bonus points has to survive the wait. If the seat needs 60,000 points this week, transfer 60,000 so the base covers the ticket, and treat the 6,000 bonus as leftover.
There is no public Chase-to-Aeroplan transfer bonus on the transfer bonuses page. The 20% public bonus ended September 30. The 10% is the cardholder benefit, and it is the one to check if you hold the card.
Marriott Bonvoy is a different pile. Aeroplan is still paying 15% on Bonvoy conversions through October 31, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. EDT. A 60,000-point Bonvoy chunk is reported at 28,750 Aeroplan points, and the Marriott to Aeroplan article is the one to read if the balance is already Bonvoy. Count on 28,000 until the bonus posts. The bonus can take 8–10 weeks after October 31, so it does not cover a seat you need this week. Chase already transfers to Aeroplan at 1:1. Routing Ultimate Rewards through Marriott returns fewer miles than the direct transfer. That arithmetic is in the same piece. Do not send Chase points through it to dodge this receipt.
Points.com purchases do not code as airfare. Put the charge on a card where the spending itself is useful, which is the calculator’s question, and read the merchant name before you assume an airline category will pay.
Price the seat, then buy the gap
Search the award before a dollar goes to Points.com. This site’s Sapphire Reserve guide uses 60,000 Aeroplan points for one-way partner business between the U.S. and Europe under 4,000 miles, and 75,000 for 4,001–6,000 miles. The same guide records Air Canada’s June 2026 chart changes on the longer bands: 85,000 for North America–Pacific business at 5,001–7,500 miles, and 102,500 for 7,501–11,000 miles. Those are chart cells. If the flight is not in your search at that price, the cell is a number on a page.
AwardWallet’s October 14 examples are specific searches, and each one is a one-way price set next to a round-trip cash fare. A one-way award against a round-trip cash price overstates the savings if you were only going to buy one way.
| AwardWallet’s example | Award price | Cash fare it prints | Purchase that actually covers it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia–Frankfurt, Discover business | 60,000 + CA$80 each way | $7,140 round trip | Buy 35,000 at 75%: CA$1,312.50 for 61,250 points, which AwardWallet converts to $918.79 |
| Boston–Zurich, SWISS business | 60,000 + CA$80 each way | $6,990 round trip | The same CA$1,312.50 purchase |
| Toronto–Buenos Aires, Avianca business | 60,000 + CA$119 each way | $2,510 round trip | The same CA$1,312.50 purchase. The cash fare here is the one to read twice |
| Chicago–Addis Ababa, EgyptAir business | 90,000 + CA$113 each way | $5,480 round trip | AwardWallet’s 75% purchase is 60,000 bought for CA$2,250, which returns 105,000 points and converts to $1,575.07 |
Each of those rows also prints an “optimal rate”: $828.98 for exactly 60,000 points, and $1,243.47 for exactly 90,000. Both are the 90% unit price times the points the award needs. A 90% purchase starts at 80,000 points bought, which is CA$3,000 for 152,000 points, about $2,100 in AwardWallet’s conversion. You do not get 60,000 points at 1.38¢. You get 152,000 points for CA$3,000, and then you still have to use the extra 92,000.
35,000 points bought is inside the 75% band on AwardWallet (30,000–70,000), Upgraded Points (30,000–79,000), and Milesopedia (30,000–70,000). 60,000 bought, the EgyptAir example, is inside those same bands. If your screen sells a smaller amount that still returns 90,000 points at 75%, the total will be lower than CA$2,250. AwardWallet says the increments widen as you buy more, and it does not print the step size. Use the screen.
Here is the 60,000-point case against a transfer, using the purchase every tiered grid can actually price.
| How you cover 60,000 Aeroplan points | What it costs on these figures |
|---|---|
| Buy 35,000 at 75% | CA$1,312.50 before tax. You receive 61,250. AwardWallet’s conversion is $918.79 |
| Buy 80,000 at 90% | CA$3,000. You receive 152,000. About $2,100. The extra points need a second seat |
| Transfer 60,000 Capital One miles | No cash. About $1,110 at 1.85¢ |
| Chase Aeroplan cardholder: transfer 55,000 Ultimate Rewards | 60,500 Aeroplan points after the 10% posts. About $1,127.50 at 2.05¢. The bonus can take 7 days |
| Transfer 60,000 Amex points | No cash. About $1,200 at 2¢ |
| Transfer 60,000 Chase points, with no cardholder bonus | No cash. About $1,230 at 2.05¢ |
| Transfer 60,000 Bilt points | No cash. About $1,320 at 2.2¢ |
| Typical value of 60,000 Aeroplan points (TPG, 1.5¢) | About $900 |
On those figures, the 75% purchase is about what the Aeroplan points are worth and less than the planning cost of moving any of the four currencies. Transfer when the points are spare and the seat can wait for them to post. Buy when you would rather keep those points for a redemption worth more than this award, and the cash fare loses to the receipt plus the taxes on the award.
A redemption that will actually use 152,000 points is the 90% case. CA$3,000 is about $2,100. TPG’s 1.5¢ values those 152,000 points at about $2,280. Transferring 152,000 Chase points is about $3,116, 152,000 Amex points about $3,040, 152,000 Capital One miles about $2,812, and 152,000 Bilt points about $3,344. The cash is the smaller number. It is still CA$3,000, and it is only smaller if the seats exist.
AwardWallet’s user redemptions average 1.86¢, and the cabin split is the useful part: short-haul economy 1.21¢, long-haul economy and premium economy 1.27¢, short-haul business and first 2.56¢, long-haul business and first 2.63¢. Economy averages sit under every tier of this sale, including 1.38¢. Long-haul business and first sit above it. Averages are not your fare. The Toronto–Buenos Aires example, at a $2,510 round-trip cash fare against a one-way award that costs CA$1,312.50 plus CA$119 in taxes, is the row that can fail this test even in business class.
Where 1.38¢ sits, including the rounds that were cheaper
The Points Guy’s October 2026 value for an Aeroplan point is 1.5¢. Upgraded Points uses the same 1.5¢ and says the 90% price is below it. Milesopedia values an Aeroplan point at 2¢ CAD, and 1.97¢ CAD sits just under that. This site’s point sales page calls a price “near” typical value when it is above 80% of the valuation and at or under the valuation. Eighty percent of 1.5¢ is 1.20¢. 1.38¢ is under 1.5¢ and over 1.20¢, so the page marks this sale near typical value. It does not mark it cheaper than typical value.
The 75% tier, about 1.50¢ USD, ties the valuation. The 50% tier, about 1.75¢ USD, is above it. The no-bonus price, 3.75¢ CAD, is about 2.6¢ USD even on AwardWallet’s $1.43 rate. A 4,000-point top-up at that price is CA$150. The unit price is poor. The total can still be the right way to finish an award you can already hold, when CA$150 plus the award taxes beats the cash fare and a transfer cannot cover the gap.
Prior rounds were cheaper, and the sources agree on the direction even when the currency differs.
| Round | Milesopedia, in CAD | AwardWallet, in USD |
|---|---|---|
| Through August 12, 2026 | Up to 110%, about 1.79¢, described as a cardholder offer | 110% bonus, 1.27¢, up to 1,050,000 points with the bonus |
| Through September 25, 2026 | Up to 100%, about 1.88¢ (or 2.03¢ on an up-to-85% offer) | 100% bonus, 1.35¢ |
| Through October 13, 2026 | Up to 30% off, 2.625¢ | 30% discount, 1.85¢, transaction cap 250,000 |
| Through October 29, 2026 | Up to 90%, about 1.97¢ | 90% bonus, 1.38¢, transaction cap 950,000 with the bonus |
InsideFlyer says the same thing in one line: 100% and 110% bonuses appeared earlier this year, and this is not a record. AwardWallet’s history table also shows a 90% bonus that ended March 19, 2026 at 1.44¢ USD, and another that ended October 29, 2025 at 1.40¢. Waiting can be cheaper. It can also cost you the seat. That is a reason to skip a speculative buy. It is not a promise that the next sale arrives before your seat does.
When to buy
Pay Points.com only when all of these are true:
- The award is already in your Aeroplan search. A specific flight, cabin, date, points price, and tax line. The 60,000 and 75,000 figures are chart cells from this site’s guides. AwardWallet’s four examples are searches it ran on October 14. They are the price when your search says so.
- You have read your tier, not a headline. Log in and read the total. A 25,000-point purchase is 50% on every tiered grid, at CA$937.50. A 29,000-point purchase is 50% on Upgraded Points and unpublished on the other two. The screen’s total is the total.
- The cash fare loses. Cash price of the trip you would actually buy, minus the taxes on the award, is greater than the Points.com total, including whatever tax and foreign-transaction fee the receipt adds. Compare one way with one way.
- Chase, Amex, Capital One, and Bilt do not already cover it on points you can spare. Transfer at 1:1 first. If you hold the Chase Aeroplan card, price the 10% cardholder bonus before you pay cash, and remember the bonus posts after the base. A Bonvoy balance belongs in the Marriott to Aeroplan comparison. Buy the gap that is left.
- The purchase matches the award. A 60,000-point seat is the CA$1,312.50 purchase, not the $828.98 “optimal” line and not a CA$3,000 buy of 152,000 points. Step up a tier only when you will use the points the higher tier delivers.
- The cap still has room. 500,000 points in this transaction, before the bonus. 1,000,000 purchased this calendar year, before the bonus. The gift cap is a separate 500,000 if you are buying for someone else.
- The seat can survive the posting delay. The points typically arrive within 72 hours. The bonus follows a purchase completed by 11:59 p.m. PT on October 29. The seat does not have to wait with you.
The clean yes: you are short a known number of points for an award you have already priced, a 1:1 transfer would spend points you still want, your screen shows the tier you calculated, and the cash fare is higher than the receipt.
When to leave the cash alone
Skip the sale if any of these are true:
- Nothing is bookable. Buying 500,000 points on October 29 because a headline says 90%, then searching an empty calendar, is CA$18,750 for 950,000 points you hope Aeroplan will still price kindly. The August and September bonus rounds were cheaper than this one.
- Your screen is a different offer. AwardWallet says some accounts see another bonus or a discount. A checkout with no bonus is 3.75¢ CAD. Do not pay a 90% headline against a different checkout. Chase Aeroplan cardholders should look for the extra offer AwardWallet says those accounts sometimes get, and then price that screen, not this table.
- You are buying the 90% tier for a 60,000-point seat. CA$3,000 for 152,000 points is 1.38¢ on the whole pile and about 5¢ CAD on the 60,000 you fly, unless the other 92,000 have a seat too.
- You hold transferable points with no better use. A Capital One mile, an Amex point, a Chase point, or a Bilt point costs no cash to move at 1:1. On TPG’s values each of those is worth more than 1.38¢, which is why buying can win when you want to keep them. When you do not, transferring wins because the receipt is zero.
- The award is economy, and the cash fare is ordinary. AwardWallet’s economy averages (1.21¢ and 1.27¢) do not clear 1.38¢. A specific economy fare can. Most will not.
- You would need the points inside the posting window and the seat is fragile. Seventy-two hours is the published “typically.” A seat that disappears overnight does not come back because the points are in transit.
- You are buying status. Purchased points do not count toward Aeroplan elite status. Neither do the bonus points.
- The only balance you were going to move is Chase, via Marriott. The direct transfer is 1:1. The Bonvoy path returns fewer Aeroplan points, on a slower clock. Keep that path for Bonvoy points you already hold.
The verdict
Buy Aeroplan points in this window only for an award you can already see, at the bonus your own account shows, after you have checked a 1:1 transfer from Chase, Amex, Capital One, or Bilt.
The clock is through 11:59 p.m. PT on October 29, 2026. The sale adds up to 90% more points. The list price underneath the bonus is 3.75¢ CAD. At 90%, from 80,000 points bought, that is about 1.97¢ CAD, or 1.38¢ USD in the October 14 conversions. 80,000 points cost CA$3,000 and become 152,000. 500,000 points cost CA$18,750 and become 950,000, at the same rate.
1.38¢ is under The Points Guy’s 1.5¢ and over the 1.20¢ line where this site would call the price cheaper than typical value. The point sales row marks it near. A 75% purchase, which is where a 60,000-point award bought from zero actually lands, is about 1.50¢ USD: CA$1,312.50 for 61,250 points. A 50% purchase is 2.50¢ CAD, about 1.75¢ USD. The August 110% round and the September 100% round were cheaper than this 90%.
The grids disagree below 80,000. AwardWallet and Milesopedia stop 50% at 25,000 and 75% at 70,000. Upgraded Points runs 50% through 29,000 and 75% through 79,000. InsideFlyer describes 90% from 3,000 points. Check the buy page. The annual cap is 1,000,000 points purchased, before the bonus. The transaction cap is 500,000. Purchased points do not count toward status. They are non-refundable, and they typically take up to 72 hours to post. The charge is in Canadian dollars, on Points.com.
60,000 Chase, Amex, Capital One, or Bilt points become 60,000 Aeroplan points at no cash cost. Buying the points a 60,000-point award needs costs CA$1,312.50 at 75%, not $828.98. A Chase Aeroplan cardholder who can send 55,000 Ultimate Rewards gets 60,500 Aeroplan points after the 10% posts, through December 31. Transfer when those points are spare. Buy the rest only when the cash fare loses.
Find the seat. Read the taxes. Read your tier. Then buy exactly the points that award requires.
Before you earn the next point toward an Aeroplan award, run your spending through the credit card rewards calculator.
See this sale with the other active point sales →.
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Point values are The Points Guy’s October 2026 valuations, the same ones every MaxPoints tool uses.
Disclaimer / sources
This article reflects the Air Canada Aeroplan buy-points bonus reported for a window ending October 29, 2026. Checked October 14, 2026.
- AwardWallet, the Aeroplan buy-points page, checked October 14, 2026: ends 11:59 p.m. PT on October 29, 2026; targeted, and some members may see a different bonus or a discount; Chase Aeroplan cardholders are sometimes targeted for an extra offer. Minimum 2,000 points. Bands as printed: 2,000–4,000 none (3.75¢ CAD, 2.65¢ USD); 5,000–25,000 at 50% (2.5¢ CAD, 1.75¢ USD); 30,000–70,000 at 75% (2.14¢ CAD, 1.5¢ USD); 80,000–500,000 at 90% (1.97¢ CAD, 1.38¢ USD). The printed bands skip 26,000–29,000 and 71,000–79,000. AwardWallet says the increments widen as you buy more and does not print the step size. Caps: 500,000 per transaction and 1,000,000 per calendar year, before any bonus, and 500,000 gifted. Purchased points are non-refundable and non-reversible, purchased or transferred or gifted points do not count toward elite status, and points typically credit within 72 hours. Points.com sells them. AwardWallet states $1 USD = $1.43 CAD. 80,000 bought returns 152,000 for CA$3,000, converted to $2,100. 500,000 bought returns 950,000 for CA$18,750, converted to $13,125.56. User-redemption averages in that article: 1.86¢ overall, 1.21¢ short-haul economy, 1.27¢ long-haul economy and premium economy, 2.56¢ short-haul business and first, 2.63¢ long-haul business and first. Examples, each a one-way award next to a round-trip cash fare: Philadelphia–Frankfurt on Discover and Boston–Zurich on SWISS at 60,000 + CA$80, cash $7,140 and $6,990; Toronto–Buenos Aires on Avianca at 60,000 + CA$119, cash $2,510; Chicago–Addis Ababa on EgyptAir at 90,000 + CA$113, cash $5,480. The “buy 61,250 with a 75% bonus” line is CA$1,312.50 = $918.79. The “buy 105,000 with a 75% bonus” line is CA$2,250 = $1,575.07. The “optimal rate” lines are $828.98 for 60,000 points and $1,243.47 for 90,000 points. History rows used here: October 13, 2026, 30% discount at 1.85¢; September 25, 2026, 100% at 1.35¢; August 12, 2026, 110% at 1.27¢; March 19, 2026, 90% at 1.44¢; October 29, 2025, 90% at 1.40¢. Reader comments on that page describe a CAD charge and a foreign-transaction fee. Those comments are not the offer terms.
- Upgraded Points, the Aeroplan bonus article updated October 14, 2026 at 11:51 a.m. CDT, and the buy-points roundup updated October 14, 2026 at 11:54 a.m. CDT: through October 29, 2026; targeted; 1,000–4,000 with no bonus; 5,000–29,000 at 50%; 30,000–79,000 at 75%; 80,000 or more at 90% (1.38¢). Transaction cap 500,000. CA$18,750 for 500,000 points bought returns 950,000 and is converted to $13,136.88. Upgraded Points values Aeroplan at 1.5¢. Points.com processes the sale, so it does not code as airfare. The roundup lists Amex Membership Rewards, Bilt, Capital One, Chase Ultimate Rewards, Rove, and Marriott Bonvoy as programs that transfer to Aeroplan. This site’s Rove page lists Aeroplan at 1:1. This article’s transfer math uses the four bank currencies the calculators value.
- Milesopedia, published October 14, 2026: a bonus, not a discount, through October 29, 2026; the percentage can differ by account; base price 3.75¢; standard tiers 5,000–25,000 at 50% (2.50¢), 30,000–70,000 at 75% (2.14¢), 80,000–500,000 at 90% (1.97¢). The table as printed skips 26,000–29,000 and 71,000–79,000, and it does not print a no-bonus band. Buying 100,000 costs $3,750 and returns 190,000. Buying 500,000 costs $18,750 and returns 950,000. Per-transaction limit 500,000 before the bonus, up from 250,000 on the round that ended October 13. Calendar-year cap 1,000,000 purchased, and 500,000 gifted. Points typically arrive within 72 hours, often sooner. Milesopedia values an Aeroplan point at 2 cents and says the margin at 1.97¢ is thin. Recent rounds it lists: June 30, 2026, 30% off at 2.625¢; August 12, 2026, up to 110% for Aeroplan cardholders at 1.79¢; September 25, 2026, up to 100% at 1.88¢, or 2.03¢ on an up-to-85% offer; October 13, 2026, up to 30% off at 2.625¢. The page still leads with a September 29 update describing that ended discount. The 90% section below it is the current round. The cent figures are before taxes.
- InsideFlyer, October 14, 2026 at 7:31 p.m., edited by Randy Petersen, originally reported by Traveling For Miles: targeted 90% bonus through October 29, 2026; starting price 1.38 U.S. cents; minimum 3,000 points; purchases from 3,000 to 500,000 base points; annual limit 1,000,000; Points.com; points and bonuses generally post within 72 hours; bonus points do not count toward Aeroplan Elite Status; nonrefundable, so confirm award space first; 100% and 110% bonuses appeared earlier this year. That minimum and the flat 90% description do not match the three tiered grids.
- Official buy page. https://www.aeroplan.com/en/buy-points, fetched logged out on October 14, 2026, returned Aeroplan program marketing and did not show a purchase grid. The purchase sources above place the checkout on Points.com after login.
- Arithmetic. 3.75 / 1.5 = 2.50. 3.75 / 1.75 = 2.142857, which the sources print as 2.14. 3.75 / 1.9 = 1.973684, which the sources print as 1.97. CA$187.50 is 5,000 × 3.75¢, and 5,000 × 1.5 = 7,500. CA$937.50 is 25,000 × 3.75¢, and 25,000 × 1.5 = 37,500. CA$1,125 is 30,000 × 3.75¢, and 30,000 × 1.75 = 52,500. CA$1,312.50 is 35,000 × 3.75¢, and 35,000 × 1.75 = 61,250. CA$2,625 is 70,000 × 3.75¢, and 70,000 × 1.75 = 122,500. CA$3,000 is 80,000 × 3.75¢, and 80,000 × 1.9 = 152,000. CA$3,750 is 100,000 × 3.75¢, and 100,000 × 1.9 = 190,000. CA$18,750 is 500,000 × 3.75¢, and 500,000 × 1.9 = 950,000. CA$2,250 is 60,000 × 3.75¢, and 60,000 × 1.75 = 105,000. CA$150 is 4,000 × 3.75¢. 3.75 / 1.43 = 2.622, against AwardWallet’s printed 2.65. 2.50 / 1.43 = 1.748, printed as 1.75. 2.142857 / 1.43 = 1.4985, printed as 1.50. 1.973684 / 1.43 = 1.380, printed as 1.38. $13,125.56 / 950,000 = 1.3816¢. $13,136.88 / 950,000 = 1.3828¢. $2,100 / 152,000 = 1.3816¢. $918.79 / 61,250 = 1.500¢. $828.98 is 60,000 × ($13,125.56 / 950,000). $1,243.47 is 90,000 × that same unit price. 1.38 / 1.5 = 0.92. 0.8 × 1.5 = 1.20. $900 is 60,000 × 1.5¢. $2,280 is 152,000 × 1.5¢. $1,110 is 60,000 × 1.85¢. $1,200 is 60,000 × 2¢. $1,230 is 60,000 × 2.05¢. $1,320 is 60,000 × 2.2¢. $1,127.50 is 55,000 × 2.05¢. 55,000 × 1.1 = 60,500. 2.05 / 1.1 = 1.8636. 60,000 × 1.1 = 66,000, so a 60,000-point transfer is a 6,000-point bonus. $3,116 is 152,000 × 2.05¢. $3,040 is 152,000 × 2¢. $2,812 is 152,000 × 1.85¢. $3,344 is 152,000 × 2.2¢. About 5¢ CAD is CA$3,000 / 60,000.
- Transfers. Chase, Amex, Capital One, and Bilt list Air Canada Aeroplan at 1:1 on this site’s transfer-partner pages. Capital One’s non-1:1 partners on that page are Emirates, EVA Air, and Japan Airlines at 2:1.5, and JetBlue at 5:3. Marriott lists Aeroplan at 3:1. Point values are The Points Guy’s October 2026 valuations: Capital One 1.85¢, Amex 2¢, Chase 2.05¢, Bilt 2.2¢, Aeroplan 1.5¢, Marriott 0.75¢. The Chase Aeroplan cardholder bonus (minimum 50,000 Ultimate Rewards, 25,000 bonus-point cap, through December 31, 2026, bonus within 7 days, base transfer up to 7 business days) is the offer covered in the Chase Aeroplan card article. The Marriott 15% window, the 28,750 reported figure, the 28,000 planning figure, and the 8–10 week posting note are the Marriott to Aeroplan article.
- Award bands. 60,000 points for partner business under 4,000 miles, and 75,000 for 4,001–6,000 miles, are the figures in MaxPoints’ Sapphire Reserve guide. That guide also records the June 2026 chart figures of 85,000 and 102,500 on the longer bands. Chart cells are not availability.
- Related MaxPoints pages: point sales, transfer bonuses, Chase Ultimate Rewards transfer partners, Amex transfer partners, Capital One transfer partners, Bilt transfer partners, Chase Aeroplan card 10% bonus, Marriott Bonvoy to Aeroplan, Sapphire Reserve guide.
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