I hate Air Canada.
I have Aeroplan points. An awful lot of them. Because, like a fool, I believed collecting these points would allow me to travel for free whenever my little heart desired, as long as I planned somewhat in advance. Ha.
Collecting the points is easy. I had my credit card linked to my Aeroplan card, and every dollar I spent gave me an air mile. Cool, eh? Except actually booking a flight is next to impossible unless you book 1.5 years in advance, or you’re trying to fly to Iowa. Lots of available flights to Iowa.
I have been attempting to book a weekend flight to Vegas in September since March. MARCH. I gave these weasels 6 months notice of my plans, and do you think I can book a regular 25,000 point flight? Of course not. However, if I want to book using the “Specialty” flight options, I can pay 121,000 points and get there whenever I want.
Let’s say that again. There ARE seats available. I just have to use almost 5 times the points I *should* have to use in order to get them. Right. Because that makes fiscal sense.
And Air Canada wonders why more and more of us are willing to drive to Buffalo. And they probably also wonder why I cancelled my credit card and got one that just gave me money back instead.
This is why I’m bitchy.
