Aeroplan Up To 30% Transfer Bonus – When Converting From Hotel Points

The Offer

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• Receive up to 30% more miles when you transfer hotel points into Aeroplan miles between March 13th and April 17th, 2016. The bonus you receive depends on how many Aeroplan miles you’ll end up receiving:
  • 2,500 to 99,999 miles: 20% more miles
  • 100,000 to 199,999 miles: 25% more miles
  • 200,000+ miles: 30% more miles

Here are the hotel programs that transfer to Aeroplan and the standard rates you receive:

Below are the transfer rates you’d receive:

• SPG 1:1
• Wyndham Rewards 5:1
• Best Western Rewards 5:1
• Choice Privileges 5:1
• Coast Rewards 1:1
• Club Carlson 10:1
• Hilton HHonors 10:1
• Marriott Rewards 5:1
• Le Club Accorhotels 2:1
• Golden Circle Award 1:1

The Fine Print

Our Verdict

They offer two types of transfer bonuses like this, one is this percentage bonus and the other is a flat bonus. The percentage bonus actually ends up being pretty similar, in the above you’re getting:

• 2,500 to 99,999 (20% bonus if you exchange the lowest increment)
• 100,000 to 149,999 (25% bonus if you exchange the lowest increment)
• 150,000 to 199,999 (26.66% bonus if you exchange the lowest increment)
• 200,000+ (27.5% bonus if you exchange the lowest increment)

SPG & Marriott are really the only partners worth transferring from:

SPG

SPG has a 1:1 transfer rate and you get a bonus 5,000 miles for every 20,000 SPG points you transfer in addition to this 20-30% transfer bonus.

Marriott

Marriott Hotel + Air Package’s are also good value. 7 nights at a category 1-5 property plus 120,000 miles (150,000 miles with this bonus) would cost you 270,000 Marriott points.

I don’t really value Aeroplan miles highly at all, so this offer is a pass for me. Let me know about your thoughts on it in the comments below. They also seem to offer this bonus frequently, it was last offered late last year.

Hat tip to OMaaT