Article: How I Booked Business Class to Asia on Points for Christmas

[AFF Editor]

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Case Study: Business Class to Asia on Points for Christmas is an article written by Stephanie from the AFF editorial team:

Case Study: Business Class to Asia on Points for Christmas

Christmas is a busy, and expensive, time to travel. But by strategically using frequent flyer points, I managed to book cheap business class flights to Asia for myself and my family. Here’s how I did it - and how you can too.

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[acumen2020]

Excellent article, thanks Stephanie. I haven't had much luck buying Aeroplan points for here in Oz.
I joined up easily and the purchase of points went through but was then reversed.
My points balance was 0 to start. I'm guessing they like you to have taken a flight with them before being eligible to buy points?

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Excellent article, thanks Stephanie. I haven't had much luck buying Aeroplan points for here in Oz.
I joined up easily and the purchase of points went through but was then reversed.
My points balance was 0 to start. I'm guessing they like you to have taken a flight with them before being eligible to buy points?

Zero balance is fine for aeroplan.

When you say the purchase went through but was the. reversed… the points went into your account and then came out again? Or there was an authorisation on your credit card which then dropped off?

 

[Steph123]

Excellent article, thanks Stephanie. I haven't had much luck buying Aeroplan points for here in Oz.
I joined up easily and the purchase of points went through but was then reversed.
My points balance was 0 to start. I'm guessing they like you to have taken a flight with them before being eligible to buy points?

Thanks! I haven't taken or assigned any flights with Aeroplan before. This was my first transaction with them. Seems odd that you haven't been able to buy points, as I was in the same situation with my balance being 0 before I purchased the points I needed for this trip!

 

[acumen2020]

Zero balance is fine for aeroplan.

When you say the purchase went through but was the. reversed… the points went into your account and then came out again? Or there was an authorisation on your credit card which then dropped off?

Purchase was confirmed and a cc auth went through, then a day later I received an email from Aeroplan saying purchase cancelled. I didn't follow-up but now I will. Thank you.

Thanks! I haven't taken or assigned any flights with Aeroplan before. This was my first transaction with them. Seems odd that you haven't been able to buy points, as I was in the same situation with my balance being 0 before I purchased the points I needed for this trip!

Thanks for the reply. I didn't follow-up but now i'll try again.

 

[am0985]

If too many Australians get a wind of this Aeroplan hack then we will definitely see availability get worse and/or Air Canada patch up the sweet spot in the redemption chart.

Another good ploy is 90k points return to CGK via SIN then flying cheap $4k business class return to Europe from CGK.

Here's hoping it stays under the radar for now!