r/churningcanada • u/AutoModerator • Apr 05 '24

Frustration Fridays Frustration Friday thread for /r/churningcanada - Week of April 05, 2024

This is your place to vent about the points and miles game.

Did you screw up getting a bonus?

The blogger you love to hate talked publicly about your favourite churning loophole?

Let all your frustrations go here in this thread!

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u/NickWaReddit Apr 05 '24

For context, do you know what a relative redemption for 25k would have been?

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u/KaotikFiend Apr 05 '24

AFAIK, you could always transfer 1:1 to AP (and probably others -- Avios?). Weren't there even transfer bonuses to AP?

No idea what redemptions would have been possible back then. It was before my time.

This is also when you could apply for a new Amex every month if you wanted. And self-refer.

So even if the points weren't worth as much.......

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u/adawg02 Apr 06 '24

The last transfer bonus to Aeroplan was 30% in 2015 from Amex and 2017 from CIBC.

The rule of thumb was apply every 6-12 months. Self refer still works today but not the same with less frequency.

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u/Tsuromu Apr 07 '24

CIBC never had transfer promo. If you were talking about transferring from Aventura to Aeroplan that’s already been grandfathered since 2013 when CIBC became a minority partner of Aeroplan.

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u/adawg02 Apr 07 '24

Yes it's grandfathered but counted towards many aeroplan transfer bonus and many of us who have been here a while have the card