Air Canada has now launched its Black Friday and Cyber Monday offers for 2021, valid for purchases made until November 28.
Aeroplan members save up to 20% on all Air Canada, Air Canada Express, and Air Canada Rouge flights through June 30, 2022, and will earn a minimum of 1,000 bonus miles for each ticket. Aeroplan members also earn 5 miles per CAD in Air Canada Gift Cards purchases.
You can access Air Canada’s Black Friday offers here.
Flight Discount
Air Canada claims to have millions of seats on sale up to 20% off on Air Canada, Air Canada Express, and Air Canada Rouge flights.
Bonus Miles
Aeroplan members who book using promotional code 20MILLION will earn a minimum of 1,000 bonus miles per booking OR a higher number if fewer than 20,000 purchases are made using this offer.
Gift Cards With Bonus Miles
Aeroplan members earn 1 mile per 1 CAD in gift card purchases up to C$750 and 5 points per CAD for purchases over C%750 for up to C$10,000 (max 50,000 Aeroplan miles).
Conclusion
It makes sense to buy some gift cards (remember that you forgo any credit card-provided travel insurance) if you know that you can use them in the next 12 or so months. Also, earning bonus miles for bookings during the Cyber Sale is a nice extra sweetener.
Let’s see if they have a buy Aeroplan points Flash Sale next week too.
Here are the terms and conditions of these offers:
Black Friday sale – Up to 20% off
- This offer is available for new bookings only made by November 28, 2021.
- The discount is valid on any flight operated by Air Canada (including flights operated under the Air Canada Express® banner and by Air Canada Rouge®) to all destinations, for travel between November 18, 2021, and June 30, 2022.
- Blackout dates: December 16, 2021, to January 6, 2022, February 26 to March 20,2022.
• The discount applies on all Air Canada-published Economy, Premium Economy and Business Class base fares when booking on aircanada.com and cannot be combined with any other discount offer.- Availability may vary.
- Some flights may be operated by carriers other than Air Canada, as shown at time of booking.
- Not valid on codeshare flights.
- Due to travel restrictions, government recommendations and passenger demand resulting from the impact of COVID 19, eligible scheduled flights available for booking during the Offer Period may vary and are subject to change at any time without notice.
Black Friday sale – 20 million points to share
The following definitions apply for the purposes of the Terms and Conditions of the Black Friday sale – 20 million points to share promotional offer:
- “Aeroplan Member” means a member of the Aeroplan program.
- “Eligible Fare” means those fares that are exclusively eligible for this Offer, namely the following: Economy Standard, Economy Flex, comfort, Latitude, Premium Economy Lowest, Premium Economy Flexible, Premium Rouge, Business Class Lowest and Business Class Flexible.
- “Eligible Scheduled Flights” means a flight operated by Air Canada®, Air Canada Rouge® and under the Air Canada Express® brand.
- “Offer” means this Black Friday sale – 20 million points to share promotional offer.
- “Offer Period” means November 18, 2021 starting at 9:00 EST through to November 28, 2021 inclusively, ending at 23:59 PST.
- “Travel Period” means November 18, 2021 starting at 00:01 NST through to June 30, 2022 inclusively, ending at 23:59 PST.
- To participate, you must be an Aeroplan Member. If you are not an Aeroplan Member, you can visit the Aeroplan web site (aircanada.com/aeroplan) and enroll today. Membership is free.
- To be eligible to receive the Bonus Aeroplan Miles, you must provide your Aeroplan Number and the promotion code “20Million” at the time of booking.
- To earn and qualify for the Offer, a minimum booking of one round-trip or two one-way segments on Eligible Scheduled Flights is required.
- The 20,000,000 Bonus Aeroplan points will be divided equally among all eligible Aeroplan Members who make a new booking by purchasing Eligible Fares during the Offer Period on Eligible Scheduled Flights for travel during the Travel Period and apply the promotion code “20Million”. The number of Bonus Aeroplan points to be awarded will depend on the total number of eligible members who participate in the promotion. We are guaranteeing that a minimum of 1,000 Bonus Aeroplan points will be given for each new booking under this promotion. The Bonus Aeroplan points will be credited as follows:
- The 1,000 guaranteed Bonus Aeroplan points will be credited up to eight weeks after the qualifying flights have been flown.
- Your share of the remainder of the 20,000,000 Bonus Aeroplan points pool, if any, will be calculated at the end of the Travel Period, and will be deposited by July 31, 2022.
- The Bonus Aeroplan points for this Offer will only be credited to the first passenger with their Aeroplan Number listed (appended) on the reservation. Should this passenger cancel his/her flights, the Bonus Aeroplan points will be awarded to the next passenger with their Aeroplan Number listed, who becomes the first listed on the reservation.
- This Offer cannot be combined, unless specifically stated, with any other offer or promotion, including, for certainty, the points earned in conjunction with the Aeroplan Elite Status bonus, which are expressly excluded from this Offer.
- Eligible Travel Period may vary and are subject to change at any time without notice. Due to travel restrictions, government recommendations and passenger demand resulting from the impact of COVID-19, Eligible Scheduled Flights available for booking during the Offer Period may vary and are subject to change at any time without notice.
- This Offer cannot be combined, unless specifically stated, with any other offer or promotion, including, for certainty, the points earned in conjunction with the Aeroplan Elite Status bonus, which are expressly excluded from this Offer.
- Bonus Aeroplan points awarded through this Offer will count towards Everyday Status Qualification. Learn more
- Bonus Aeroplan points awarded pursuant to this Offer are not Status Qualifying Miles (SQM).
- Bonus Aeroplan Miles cannot be sold and are non-transferable. They have no cash value and cannot be converted to cash or refunded if unused.
- Aeroplan Flight Rewards are not eligible for points accumulation and are therefore not eligible for this Offer.
- Offer is subject to change at Aeroplan’s sole discretion without notice; other conditions and restrictions may apply.
- All Eligible Scheduled Flights are subject to Air Canada’s General Conditions of Carriage and Tariffs and can be found on aircanada.com.
- Aeroplan reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual from this Offer, and to ban them from any future offers, if it finds or believes them to be tampering with the process or the operation of this Offer, to be acting in violation of these Terms and Conditions or the Aeroplan General Terms and Conditions, or to be acting in a disruptive manner or with bad faith. Any attempt by a member or any other person to deliberately damage any website or undermine the legitimate operation of this Offer is a violation of criminal and civil laws, and should such an attempt be made, Aeroplan reserve the right to seek damages from any such person.
Terms and Conditions – Air Canada Gift Card
- This Aeroplan bonus points offer (the “Offer”) is open to Aeroplan Members who are in good standing.
- This Offer is available for a limited time to members purchasing Air Canada Gift Cards, online at aircanada.buyatab.
- Purchases must be made between November 18, 2021 at 12:01am EST and November 29, 2021 at 11:59pm EST (“Offer Period”).
- If any of the eligible transactions are cancelled, the bonus Aeroplan points will be removed from the member’s account.
- Members can earn: (a) 1 bonus Aeroplan point for every $1 spent, up to $750; or (b) 5 bonus Aeroplan points for every $1 spent, above $750.
- The maximum online purchase is $2,000 per transaction, up to a maximum of $10,000 spend in gift card purchases. Maximum of 50,000 bonus Aeroplan points per Aeroplan Member.
- In order to be eligible for this Offer, you must enter your Aeroplan number at time of purchase.
- Members will be credited points by December 31, 2021 based on the total amount spent during the Offer Period.
- The Offer does not apply to any redemptions for Air Canada gift cards made by a member using points.
- Bonus Aeroplan points are not Status Qualifying Miles and do not count towards Aeroplan EliteTMStatus.
- The Offer can be withdrawn at any time; terms and conditions are subject to change at Aeroplan’s sole discretion without prior notice; other conditions and restrictions may apply. Offer is is not redeemable for cash.
- Aeroplan reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual from this Offer and to ban the individual from any future offers that it finds or believes to be tampering with the process or the operation of this Offer, to be acting in violation of these Terms and Conditions, the General Terms and Conditions of the Aeroplan Program, any other applicable terms and conditions or in a disruptive manner, or with bad faith.
- If this Offer is not capable of running as planned for any reason, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, pandemic or any other causes beyond the reasonable control of Aeroplan which corrupt or affect the administration, security or proper conduct of this Offer, Aeroplan reserves the right at its sole discretion to, without advance notice, terminate or suspend the Offer, in whole or in part, or modify it in any way.
- The following terms apply to this Offer, but in the event of conflict, these Terms and Conditions shall govern: Air Canada Gift Card terms and conditions can be found at aircanada.com/giftcard.