New Aeroplan Credit Cards (TD / CIBC / Amex)

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Aug 11th, 2020 5:48 am

efrant [OP]: Deal Fanatic; Jan 4, 2011; 6392 posts; 7909 upvotes; Montreal

Aug 11th, 2020 5:48 am

New Aeroplan Credit Cards (TD / CIBC / Amex)

EDIT: Comparison of the premium card features of TD, CIBC and Amex: https://a.dam-img.rfdcontent.com/cms/00 ... iginal.jpg

TD Aeroplan credit cards:

Quebec: https://www.td.com/ca/en/personal-banki ... an/quebec/
Rest of Canada: https://www.td.com/ca/en/personal-banki ... /aeroplan/

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CIBC Aeroplan credit cards:

CIBC Aeroplan Visa Card for Students: https://www.cibc.com/en/personal-bankin ... dents.html
CIBC Aeroplan Visa Card: https://www.cibc.com/en/personal-bankin ... -card.html
CIBC Aeroplan Visa Infinite Card: https://www.cibc.com/en/personal-bankin ... -card.html
CIBC Aeroplan Visa Infinite Privilege Card: https://www.cibc.com/en/personal-bankin ... -card.html
CIBC Aeroplan Visa Business Card: https://www.cibc.com/en/personal-bankin ... iness.html
CIBC Aeroplan Visa Business Plus Card: https://www.cibc.com/en/personal-bankin ... -visa.html

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Amex Aeroplan cards:

American Express Aeroplan Card: https://www.americanexpress.com/ca/en/c ... plan-card/
American Express Aeroplan Reserve Card: https://www.americanexpress.com/ca/en/c ... n-reserve/
American Express Aeroplan Business Reserve Card: https://www.americanexpress.com/ca/en/c ... erve-card/

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In conjunction with releasing details about Aeroplan 2.0, new Aeroplan credit cards benefits have been announced: https://www.aircanada.com/ca/en/aco/hom ... cards.html

There will be three personal card tiers and two business card tiers. Cards launch on November 8.

Here are the details from AC's website:

Basic Personal Card:
- Higher earn rate for AC purchases
- Preferred pricing on award redemptions

Mid-tier Personal Card
- Higher earn rate for AC purchases
- Preferred pricing on award redemptions
- Free first checked bag for you an a companion on travel originating on an AC flight
- Secondary cardholder gets many of the same benefits
- 1 EQS and 1,000 EQM with every $10,000 spend

Top-tier Personal Card
- Higher earn rate for AC purchases
- Preferred pricing on award redemptions
- Free first checked bag for you an a companion on travel originating on an AC flight
- Secondary cardholder gets many of the same benefits
- Maple Leaf Lounge access for you and a guest when flying on AC or Star Alliance partners
- Priority check-in for you and up to eight travel companions
- Priority boarding for you and up to eight travel companions
- Priority baggage handling for you and up to eight travel companions
- Priority standby for you and up to eight travel companions
- Priority upgrades (if you have elite status) for you and up to eight travel companions
- One companion pass after $25k in spending. Redeemable for a flight (still have to pay $99 or higher + fees and taxes)
- 1 EQS and 1,000 EQM with every $5,000 spend
- Rollover status-qualifying miles
- Rollover e-upgrade credits

Basic Business Card
- Higher earn rate for AC purchases
- Preferred pricing on award redemptions
- Free first checked bag for you an a companion on travel originating on an AC flight
- Secondary cardholder gets many of the same benefits
- 1 Maple Leaf Lounge pass per $10,000 spend (up to 4 passes annually) for use when flying on AC flighta
- 1 EQS and 1,000 EQM with every $5,000 spend

Top-tier Business Card
- Higher earn rate for AC purchases
- Preferred pricing on award redemptions
- Free first checked bag for you an a companion on travel originating on an AC flight
- Secondary cardholder gets many of the same benefits
- Maple Leaf Lounge access for you and a guest when flying on AC or Star Alliance partners
- Priority check-in for you and up to eight travel companions
- Priority boarding for you and up to eight travel companions
- Priority baggage handling for you and up to eight travel companions
- Priority standby for you and up to eight travel companions
- Priority upgrades (if you have elite status) for you and up to eight travel companions
- One companion pass after $25k in spending. Redeemable for a flight (still have to pay $99 or higher + fees and taxes)
- 1 EQS and 1,000 EQM with every $5,000 spend
- Rollover status-qualifying miles
- Rollover e-upgrade credits

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Aug 11th, 2020 5:53 am

eye84u: Newbie; May 27, 2018; 55 posts; 50 upvotes; Vancouver

Aug 11th, 2020 5:53 am

https://www.cibc.com/en/special-offers/ ... efits.html

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Aug 11th, 2020 6:00 am

efrant [OP]: Deal Fanatic; Jan 4, 2011; 6392 posts; 7909 upvotes; Montreal

Aug 11th, 2020 6:00 am

eye84u wrote: ↑ https://www.cibc.com/en/special-offers/ ... efits.html

Thanks, I'll update the first post.

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Aug 11th, 2020 8:02 am

Meisen: Newbie; Mar 22, 2019; 16 posts; 9 upvotes

Aug 11th, 2020 8:02 am

So if I am understanding the changes to CIBCs Infinite Privilege correctly, they have removed the 6 Priority Pass benefit and giving unlimited access to the Maple Leaf Lounges as long as they are on a ticketed (not necessarily reward) Air Canada flight?

Also does anyone see the benefits that warrant a $200 increase? I have been looking forward to the metal card change having already have one elsewhere but I felt this would have a $100 increase at most. What else am I missing?

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Aug 11th, 2020 8:06 am

joshnet: Deal Addict; Jan 16, 2007; 1927 posts; 2315 upvotes

Aug 11th, 2020 8:06 am

I'm interested in where Amex is going to land. As it is they only have 2 active cards, so will they launch a higher tier one? Hopefully details in a bit will appear.

Banking: Alterna Bank (2.5%), Motive Financial (4.1%)
Investing: Qtrade Direct Investing
Spending: Scotia Amex Gold (6 pts/Sobeys, 5 pts/dining, 1 pts/rest), Scene Visa (1 pts)
Mobile: Eastlink 20GB Rollover ($39/mth)

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Aug 11th, 2020 8:13 am

efrant [OP]: Deal Fanatic; Jan 4, 2011; 6392 posts; 7909 upvotes; Montreal

Aug 11th, 2020 8:13 am

Meisen wrote: ↑ So if I am understanding the changes to CIBCs Infinite Privilege correctly, they have removed the 6 Priority Pass benefit and giving unlimited access to the Maple Leaf Lounges as long as they are on a ticketed (not necessarily reward) Air Canada flight?

Also does anyone see the benefits that warrant a $200 increase? I have been looking forward to the metal card change having already have one elsewhere but I felt this would have a $100 increase at most. What else am I missing?

Yes, unlimited access to Maple Leaf Lounges, but only in North America, and yes, it looks like its good on all AC and Star Alliance tickets, whether award or revenue.

As for the 6 Priority Pass passes, I'm not sure if they are removed or not. That seems to be an Visa Infinite Privilege benefit, not something offered by CIBC or Air Canada. We'll have to wait an see I guess.

EDIT: As to your second point, yeah, it looks like we would be paying $200 more for North American MLL access, a metal card, mobile device insurance, a Nexus credit every four years, and slightly better insurance.

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Aug 11th, 2020 8:16 am

ozzie16: Deal Addict; Oct 27, 2012; 2944 posts; 4832 upvotes; Toronto

Aug 11th, 2020 8:16 am

Let's wait and see what the sign up bonuses for the new cards will look like! That said, I'm happy I cashed out my MRs at 2c/each as the redemptions I normally do suffered a massive devaluation (e.g. J to Asia).

Overall there are some positive and bad changes. Looks like there could be some sweet spots to be milked, and I like the ability to add stopovers on one-ways.

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Aug 11th, 2020 8:25 am

Meisen: Newbie; Mar 22, 2019; 16 posts; 9 upvotes

Aug 11th, 2020 8:25 am

efrant wrote: ↑ Yes, unlimited access to Maple Leaf Lounges, but only in North America, and yes, it looks like its good on all AC and Star Alliance tickets, whether award or revenue.

As for the 6 Priority Pass passes, I'm not sure if they are removed or not. That seems to be an Visa Infinite Privilege benefit, not something offered by CIBC or Air Canada. We'll have to wait an see I guess.

EDIT: As to your second point, yeah, it looks like we would be paying $200 more for North American MLL access, a metal card, mobile device insurance, a Nexus credit every four years, and slightly better insurance.

Thanks! Yeah it's a steep increase, but given the Infinite Privilege Aventura has all those already at $499, I think the $100 extra jump really is for the North American MLL access in the end. I don't use my Priority Pass through the card
because I have Select Priority Pass through my Chase Reserve so the unlimited MLL access will be a welcomed addition. I think I will offset the price increase by finally opening a Smart Plus account so it rebates $120 of the year annually off the card.

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Aug 11th, 2020 8:30 am

mtsctravels: Newbie; Aug 5, 2020; 19 posts; 14 upvotes

Aug 11th, 2020 8:30 am

Was anyone able to successfully link their Aeroplan number to their credit card here? I keep getting an error: https://www.aircanada.com/linkmycard

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Aug 11th, 2020 8:43 am

Meisen: Newbie; Mar 22, 2019; 16 posts; 9 upvotes

Aug 11th, 2020 8:43 am

mtsctravels wrote: ↑ Was anyone able to successfully link their Aeroplan number to their credit card here? I keep getting an error: https://www.aircanada.com/linkmycard

It says in the fine print that the link does not work until November 8th.

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Aug 11th, 2020 10:07 am

mranu1: Newbie; Jun 21, 2011; 29 posts; 16 upvotes; Toronto

Aug 11th, 2020 10:07 am

Major points de-value is coming, Currently ticket to Asia is 100,000 miles,. with the new plan its around 220,000. Time to burn my points and looks a new rewards program.

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Aug 11th, 2020 11:36 am

Vasyllaw: Sr. Member; Jan 14, 2017; 675 posts; 559 upvotes

Aug 11th, 2020 11:36 am

mranu1 wrote: ↑ Major points de-value is coming, Currently ticket to Asia is 100,000 miles,. with the new plan its around 220,000. Time to burn my points and looks a new rewards program.

Exactly, not sure why people are liking this news.

Maybe I am missing something big.

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Aug 11th, 2020 11:54 am

YYJTravel: Jr. Member; Feb 10, 2018; 131 posts; 144 upvotes

Aug 11th, 2020 11:54 am

Vasyllaw wrote: ↑ Exactly, not sure why people are liking this news. Maybe I am missing something big.

PoT and OMAAT have good breakdowns and analysis of the new award charts and possibilities with the new stopover feature. Yes if you book an international itinerary to Asia or Europe on AC metal with the new dynamic pricing you could expect to pay a ton to reflect that you are buying a revenue seat with miles (this isn't new either, i.e. market fare) OR you could still get it at the saver price. Who in their right mind (esp RFDers) is gonna go on AC and pay the potentially high dynamic rate when the saver chart still exists for all of Aeroplan's partners. I don't want to be blunt to say do some research before formulating an opinion, but these changes are fairly significant and there will always be good and bad as FFPs evolve. As an example that benefits me, Vancouver to Tokyo in J just went from 75K to 55K. The new routing rules are also extremely liberal and in many cases even better than the old system under MPM.

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Aug 11th, 2020 12:09 pm

dazz: Deal Fanatic; Dec 10, 2004; 7212 posts; 2836 upvotes; Canada

Aug 11th, 2020 12:09 pm

I wonder if AC will continue with their scam taxes. I mean, they are devaluing the points and to date, an AC reward flight say to Asia or Europe often cost more after their scammy fake taxes than if you would buy it for cash from any other airlines( Eg. AA YYZ-LHR - $700cash vs AC YYZ-LHR -60K miles + $710tax)

I use voice typing, expect mistakes...

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Aug 11th, 2020 12:11 pm

efrant [OP]: Deal Fanatic; Jan 4, 2011; 6392 posts; 7909 upvotes; Montreal

Aug 11th, 2020 12:11 pm

dazz wrote: ↑ I wonder if AC will continue with their scam taxes. I mean, they are devaluing the points and to date, an AC reward flight say to Asia or Europe often cost more after their scammy fake taxes than if you would buy it for cash from any other airlines( Eg. AA YYZ-LHR - $700cash vs AC YYZ-LHR -60K miles + $710tax)

There are no more fuel surcharges after November 8.

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Aug 11th, 2020 12:14 pm

Goose12345: Deal Addict; Jul 20, 2016; 1134 posts; 1146 upvotes; Toronto

Aug 11th, 2020 12:14 pm

mranu1 wrote: ↑ Major points de-value is coming, Currently ticket to Asia is 100,000 miles,. with the new plan its around 220,000. Time to burn my points and looks a new rewards program.

i think they are moving to a dynamic system that would open up all seats on AC flights.. if it's empty in biz then you pay towards lower bound of the range, but if flight is full and you trying to book the last one then it's gonna be closer to the upper bound. Partner airlines redemption remain at the lower bound.. Prince of Travel has a nice chart that compare old versus new , bit of a mixed bag

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Aug 11th, 2020 12:19 pm

coolintheshade: Deal Guru; Aug 24, 2016; 10146 posts; 11708 upvotes; The Prairies

Aug 11th, 2020 12:19 pm

joshnet wrote: ↑ I'm interested in where Amex is going to land. As it is they only have 2 active cards, so will they launch a higher tier one? Hopefully details in a bit will appear.

From their Facebook feed

Link leads to;

https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/a ... 21849.html

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Aug 11th, 2020 12:25 pm

jarfgames: Deal Addict; Nov 10, 2012; 2798 posts; 2140 upvotes; Calgary

Aug 11th, 2020 12:25 pm

As rumoured, the TD Infinite card will now provide a Nexus fee reimbursement:

Each Cardholder on the Account will receive a rebate of up to $100 CAD for a NEXUS™ application and/or renewal fee.

It only comes up every 5 years, but still a nice feature for both my wife and I to get our Nexus fees covered.

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Aug 11th, 2020 12:31 pm

joshnet: Deal Addict; Jan 16, 2007; 1927 posts; 2315 upvotes

Aug 11th, 2020 12:31 pm

coolintheshade wrote: ↑ From their Facebook feed

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Link leads to;

https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/a ... 21849.html

Aye, not a ton of details though and what it means for existing cardholders.

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Aug 11th, 2020 12:46 pm

smartie: Deal Guru; Dec 5, 2006; 14209 posts; 9588 upvotes; Markham

Aug 11th, 2020 12:46 pm

Air Canada? After see how they handle pandemic and refund, will never trust them again

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