There’s extra excellent news from Air Canada’s Aeroplan.

Now you can redeem as little as 60,000 Aeroplan factors to e-book a world one-way business-class flight from the U.S. on Singapore Airways. This information comes only a week after Aeroplan added Emirates financial system and business-class associate redemptions, with top notch set to turn out to be accessible subsequent 12 months.

“We’ve got certainly labored with Singapore to strengthen our partnership behind the scenes,” stated Scott O’Leary, Air Canada’s vice chairman of loyalty and product, in a press release to TPG. “Because of this, our members will take pleasure in higher redemption availability on Singapore flights going ahead.”

That is massive information contemplating Singapore Airways normally restricts premium cabin award redemptions to its personal loyalty program, Singapore Airways KrisFlyer. This implies you can’t e-book Singapore business-class awards with United MileagePlus, Avianca LifeMiles or most different Star Alliance loyalty applications.

All through the approaching months, there’s widespread business-class award area on Singapore Airways’ North America routes. Because of this, you may have the power to make use of your Aeroplan factors on nonstop flights from San Francisco Worldwide Airport (SFO), Los Angeles Worldwide Airport (LAX), Seattle-Tacoma Worldwide Airport (SEA), Vancouver Worldwide Airport (YVR), John F. Kennedy Worldwide Airport (JFK) and Newark Liberty Worldwide Airport (EWR) to Singapore Changi Airport (SIN).

Moreover, you need to use Aeroplan factors on Singapore Airways’ North America fifth-freedom flights from LAX to Tokyo’s Narita Worldwide Airport (NRT), Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) to Manchester Airport (MAN) and JFK to Frankfurt Airport (FRA).

Better of all, Aeroplan’s award costs are a fraction of KrisFlyer’s award charges. If you e-book with Aeroplan, these Singapore Airways flights have taxes and charges that price as little as 47 Canadian {dollars} (about $35).

Let’s take a better have a look at open Singapore Airways business-class award area that is bookable with Aeroplan factors.

The deal

Airways: Singapore Airways.
Routes: SFO, LAX, SEA, YVR, SEA, JFK and EWR to/from SIN. There’s additionally award area on LAX-NRT, IAH-MAN and JFK-FRA.
Price: From 60,000 Aeroplan factors, plus $35 in taxes and charges, one-way in enterprise class.
Dates: Now by means of October 2023.
Pay taxes/charges with: The Platinum Card® from American Categorical (5 factors per greenback spent on airfare booked immediately with the airline, on as much as $500,000 on these purchases per calendar 12 months), the Chase Sapphire Reserve (3 factors per greenback spent on journey) or the Chase Sapphire Most well-liked Card (2 factors per greenback spent on journey) for journey protections on the award flight.

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Pattern itineraries

For every of those pattern itineraries, I will present two screenshots. The primary is what this award flight prices utilizing Aeroplan, and the second is similar flight(s) priced with Singapore Airways KrisFlyer.

New York to Frankfurt, Germany, in January

Los Angeles to Tokyo in September

Los Angeles to Singapore in September

New York to Singapore in July

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Maximize your Aeroplan award ticket with a stopover

You’ll be able to add an Aeroplan stopover from simply 5,000 factors on-line. This lets you spend time in Singapore earlier than persevering with to a different metropolis that is bookable with Aeroplan. To e-book an Aeroplan stopover on-line, choose “Multi-city/stopover.” Then, you’ll be able to enter one other metropolis as your remaining vacation spot and mark your stopover metropolis as “Singapore.” You may also customise the size of your stopover.

On the subsequent web page, you may discover award area (if it is accessible). Here is an instance of a 5,000-point stopover in Singapore earlier than persevering with to Bali’s Ngurah Rai Worldwide Airport (DPS).

In contrast to reserving stopovers with Krisflyer, you’ll be able to combine airline companions on a single itinerary with Aeroplan. For instance, this implies you’ll be able to fly Singapore Airways enterprise class from JFK to FRA and proceed to Abu Dhabi Worldwide Airport (AUH) with Etihad Airways after a stopover.

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Incomes Aeroplan factors

You’ll be able to switch factors to Aeroplan from American Categorical Membership Rewards, Bilt Rewards, Chase Final Rewards, Citi ThankYou Rewards, Capital One miles and Marriott Bonvoy.

Transfers to Aeroplan sometimes must be in increments of 1,000. Keep in mind that transfers from Marriott Bonvoy to Aeroplan are at a 3:1 ratio, and with each 60,000 Marriott Bonvoy factors you switch, you obtain 5,000 bonus Aeroplan factors. So, for those who switch 180,000 Marriott factors to Aeroplan, you’d have 75,000 Aeroplan factors.

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Backside line

Lengthy-haul Singapore Airways flights in enterprise class appeared on Air Canada’s web site a few weeks in the past. Nonetheless, a technical glitch prevented Aeroplan members from having the ability to e-book them after they have been first made accessible on-line.

Now, Aeroplan members can reserve Singapore Airways flights at charges which might be typically far cheaper than Singapore Airways’ personal loyalty program.

“We’re not solely working to have the biggest associate lineup on the planet,” Air Canada’s O’Leary stated, “however we’re additionally targeted on how we are able to go deeper with present companions to create higher worth for our members.”

As each Air Canada and Singapore Airways are members of Star Alliance, the 2 airways have strengthened their relationship, including extra worth for Aeroplan members — that is an enormous win.