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Ricky, Excelent post!! Quick question to see if I understand it correctly. Stopovers with Aeroplan airlines that don´t have fuel surcharges save you $ on the surcharges; however is it correct that they require more quantity of Aeroplan miles than if the flight had no stopovers? You reply is much appreciated. Once again for you top knotch post that everyone appreciates!!
Always great to refresh my knowledge!
Thank you.
Also, quick question: If I wanted to do South America and Europe using 2 stops (Cartagena or maybe even Sao Paolo and a western European city so I can hop around for a couple of months) , which destination should I have in order to be within a working MPM? I think Johannesburg could be an option, however I would be travelling with an infant daughter so it might not be ideal..
You’re right Joburg might be ideal MPM wise, since there’s a direct flight from São Paulo. However you can only pick two stops out of Cartagena, São Paulo, and western Europe, since Joburg would have to count as the “destination”.
Cartagena might be tricky now that Avianca space is blocked on Aeroplan, but you could probably use a mix of Air Canada Rouge and Copa.
Excellent post! I have been looking for availability on transatlantic flights using award.flights on either SWISS or Turkish Airlines for business class but it appears to be quite hard to find. Is that usual? I was looking for August 2018 or January 2019.
I was also curious how you added Lisbon into the Europe trip in number 3 for such a low amount of taxes/surcharges. Which airline would you use for this one?
Thank you so much for sharing!
Yes, the “good” award availability – low fuel surcharges in peak season – tends to get booked up fast. The good thing is that Swiss often opens last-minute business class availability quite reliably. You can also look for Brussels Airlines, SAS, and United award space.
About Lisbon, for a period Aeroplan didn’t levy fuel surcharges on TAP Portugal. Now that they do, you can look for United’s Lisbon-Newark flight, or try to integrate it into a wider trip using intra-Europe flights.
Spent about 3h on your site and I got hooked.
Can you please clarify Part 3. Europe trip? I’m on Aeroplan’s site and click multi-city to try and recreate this flight.
There is only input for 3 flights, so where would I input the 4th leg? Do I have to call in for this?
Hey Stan!
Welcome, hope you stick around. Yes, for bookings that are more complex than just one stopover or just one open-jaw (i.e., the best-value bookings), you’ll have to call in to book.
Ricky
Finally, a good Canadian travel miles/rewards site.
Excellent post.
Have you ever actually found availability on the Turkish EZE-GRU flight? I’m not questioning the post, but I’ve looked for both Y and J availability for it and I’ve literally found nothing. It kinda lead me to believe that they didn’t release space for that flight for some reason.
I’ve found availability in the past, but you’re right that it was quite scarce. A good Plan B in this case is to make it an open-jaw and then book the Qatar Airways segment on the same route via BA Avios. Availability is a bit better and their business class is excellent as well.
Excellent post
Thanks Salim 🙂
Just one question. How to book these trips? Multi city option or aeroplan site? Or call and ask?
Using the Aeroplan site can help with searching for availability. You can also try using the Multi-city search option, but that only works for simple one-way, round-trip, or trips involving only one stopover. For more complex trips, you’ll have to call in to book.
Great ideas! Thanks! They are even useful for us Americans 😉
– Erica from Seattle
Thanks for the kind words Erica, glad you find it helpful!
Man, people love to complain. Rather than bashing Toronto, they should appreciate all your hard work and maybe use your itineraries as inspiration to use a little energy to find their own. You gave me some ideas (and I’m in Vancouver). Thanks! Much appreciated!
Haha, I suppose a little pinch of controversy on the blog never hurt anyone. Glad you found it useful!
Yup, I agree with the last remark. Not everyone in Canada lives in Toronto (or even wants to go there) although it may seem like it to Torontonians. And there are a lot of us who have never flown business class cause we can’t wrack up that many points. Does any of this work going cattle class?
The people have spoken and I shall deliver. Stay tuned.
As for economy class, yes, everything works! You should have a much easier time finding availability, and enjoy a much lower mileage cost.
Love this post. Would love it even more, if you did one with vancouver as the starting point.
Thanks Jamie, duly noted.
Fantastic tips!! Thnx!
Thank you for this! Some incredible trip ideas I have never considered before!