Rove Miles Adds Aeroplan as a Transfer Partner with a 25% Launch Bonus

Rove Miles has been on a tear this year, adding SAS EuroBonus, JAL Mileage Bank, and Virgin Atlantic to its transfer chart in the first quarter of 2026. As of this week, the program has its first Canadian airline partner, Aeroplan.

Transfers run at 1:1, with a 25% launch bonus on top through June 6, 2026. That makes Rove Miles the newest path to Aeroplan points for anyone who can actually use the platform.

And that "anyone who can actually use it" caveat is the part of this story that matters most up here. Rove still requires a US phone number to sign up, and pricing on the platform is in US dollars.

Some Canadians have made it work with workarounds, but it isn't the smoothest path. Here's what the partnership looks like in practice, and where it fits into the broader Aeroplan picture.

What's New

Aeroplan is now Rove Miles' 18th transfer partner overall, joining a roster that already covers Flying Blue, Cathay Pacific, Qatar Airways Privilege Club, JAL Mileage Bank, and Virgin Atlantic Flying Club, among others.

Transfers occur at a 1:1 ratio with a 2,000-mile minimum, moving in 100-mile increments. Processing is usually instant but can take up to a day.

The 25% launch bonus runs through 11:59pm ET on June 6, 2026. During the promo window, 1,000 Rove Miles convert to 1,250 Aeroplan points, so a 40,000-Rove-Mile transfer lands as 50,000 Aeroplan points.

That sits at the lower end of historic Aeroplan transfer promotions. Amex Membership Rewards routinely runs 25 to 35% bonuses through the year, and TD, CIBC, and RBC Aeroplan cards already deliver points at 1:1. The angle here isn't bonus size, it's who can now reach Aeroplan.

Why Aeroplan Matters in the Rove Roster

Canadian readers already have plenty of paths into Aeroplan. American Express Membership Rewards transfers at 1:1, TD, RBC, and CIBC all issue co-branded Aeroplan cards, and Marriott Bonvoy moves at 3:1 with a 5,000-point bonus on every 60,000 transferred.

What Rove changes is the type of activity that earns Aeroplan-eligible points. Card spend is already well covered up here. Rove's edge is paid hotel stays, where the platform stacks 10X or more on the cash price for typical bookings, including taxes. On supported chains, you also keep your hotel elite status and credits on top.

Anyone running a US-based travel pattern (paying in US dollars for hotels, using a US-issued card, or routing trips through US-side bookings) gets a useful supplemental earning channel from Rove with Aeroplan in the mix.

For strictly Canadian-side spenders, this is more of a "good to know" than something that changes your stack. The 1:1 path from Amex Membership Rewards or the Aeroplan co-brands is still the path of least resistance.

The Full Rove Miles Partner Roster

With Aeroplan on board, Rove Miles now transfers to 18 partners spanning all three major airline alliances plus a hotel program:

Transfer Partner	Alliance / Program
Aeromexico Rewards	SkyTeam
Aeroplan	Star Alliance
Air France-KLM Flying Blue	SkyTeam
Air India Maharaja Club	Star Alliance
ALL Accor Loyalty Programme	Hotel
Cathay Pacific Asia Miles	oneworld
Etihad Guest	Non-alliance
Finnair Plus	oneworld
Hainan Airlines Fortune Wings Club	Non-alliance
Japan Airlines Mileage Bank	oneworld
Miles & More	Star Alliance
Qatar Airways Privilege Club	oneworld
SAS EuroBonus	SkyTeam
Thai Airways Royal Orchid Plus	Star Alliance
Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles	Star Alliance
Vietnam Airlines Lotusmiles	SkyTeam
Virgin Atlantic Flying Club	Non-alliance
Virgin Red	Lifestyle rewards

All airline transfers remain at 1:1. Accor transfers at 3:2 (three Rove Miles to two ALL points). The recent launches – JAL Mileage Bank in March, SAS EuroBonus a week later, and Virgin Atlantic Flying Club and Virgin Red in April – give a sense of the pace.

My Take on This Launch

Aeroplan was probably the most natural Canadian partnership left on the board for Rove, and it's good to finally see it happen.

There's a catch, though. This partnership is most useful for the people who least need it. If you already have a Rove account and the workarounds to fund it, you've probably also got Canadian credit cards earning Aeroplan directly, plus an Amex Membership Rewards balance ready to transfer. Aeroplan is rarely the bottleneck in a Canadian points stack.

Where it does click is for anyone doing real hotel volume on Rove's platform. Rove's loyalty-eligible rates let you stack hotel points, elite night credit, and Rove Miles on the same booking. Adding Aeroplan as a transfer endpoint gives that earning channel a Canada-flavoured exit ramp it didn't have before.

For everyone else, this lands as a "file it away" addition rather than something to act on this week.

Conclusion

It's a nice addition, but Canadians already have much easier ways into Aeroplan than transferring from Rove Miles. The smarter play is to keep your Rove balance pointed at programs that are harder to earn from this side of the border, like Japan Airlines Mileage Bank or Virgin Atlantic Flying Club.

If you've already got a Rove balance and a specific Aeroplan redemption in mind, the 25% bonus through 11:59pm ET on June 6 is worth using. Otherwise, those Rove Miles are better spent on a JAL First Class redemption or an ANA First Class seat through Virgin Atlantic. Those are programs no Canadian credit card can reach.

What I'll be watching is whether Rove opens up to Canadian sign-ups officially over the next year. If that happens, this partnership stops looking like a footnote and starts looking like the moment Rove became a real Canadian option.