Air Canada says Aeroplan to change how members earn points next year

Advertisement

Advertise with us

MONTREAL - Air Canada says its Aeroplan loyalty program will change how members earn points next year.

Read this article for free:

or

Already have an account? Log in here »

To continue reading, please subscribe:

Digital Subscription

One year of digital access for only $75*

  • Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
  • Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
  • Access News Break, our award-winning app
  • Play interactive puzzles

*Billed as $5.77 plus GST every four weeks. After 52 weeks, price increases to the regular rate of $19.95 plus GST every four weeks. Offer available to new and qualified returning subscribers only. Cancel any time.

Monthly Digital Subscription

$4.99/week*

  • Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
  • Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
  • Access News Break, our award-winning app
  • Play interactive puzzles

*Billed as $19.95 plus GST every four weeks. Cancel any time.

To continue reading, please subscribe:

Add Free Press access to your Brandon Sun subscription for only an additional

$1 for the first 4 weeks*

  • Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
  • Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
  • Access News Break, our award-winning app
  • Play interactive puzzles
Start now

*Your next Brandon Sun subscription payment will increase by $1.00 and you will be charged $17.95 plus GST for four weeks. After four weeks, your payment will increase to $24.95 plus GST every four weeks.

Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 06/08/2025 (362 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

MONTREAL – Air Canada says its Aeroplan loyalty program will change how members earn points next year.

The company says after the changes come into effect members will earn points on eligible Air Canada flights based on dollars spent rather than the distance they travel.

They will earn a minimum of one Aeroplan point per $1 spent on eligible Air Canada flights. 

A potential strike looms as contract talks carry on between Air Canada and the union representing 10,000 of its flight attendants. A person watches as an Air Canada plane lands at Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in Montreal, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024.  THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
A potential strike looms as contract talks carry on between Air Canada and the union representing 10,000 of its flight attendants. A person watches as an Air Canada plane lands at Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in Montreal, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi

The new policy will come into effect for travel on or after Jan. 1, 2026.

On the same date, Air Canada will introduce status qualifying credits, a new path for achieving Aeroplan Elite status.

The company says the changes are designed to better recognize Aeroplan members who spend more and travel more with Air Canada and who actively engage across the program, while keeping Aeroplan Elite status truly special.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 6, 2025.

Companies in this story: (TSX:AC)

The tail of the newly revealed Air Canada Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft is seen at a hangar at the Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ont., on February 9, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mark Blinch
The tail of the newly revealed Air Canada Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft is seen at a hangar at the Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ont., on February 9, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mark Blinch
Report Error Submit a Tip