{"id":66314,"date":"2021-08-03T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/?p=66314"},"modified":"2026-04-08T13:40:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T13:40:40","slug":"chase-to-air-canada-points","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/news\/chase-ultimate-rewards\/chase-to-air-canada-points\/","title":{"rendered":"Chase Adds Aeroplan as New Transfer Partner, Announces New Co-Branded Card"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back in December 2020, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/news\/chase-ultimate-rewards\/aeroplan-transfer-bonus\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Chase and Air Canada announced a pending partnership<\/a>. Very few details were given about the partnership, though. At least until now! Beginning today, August 3, 2021, you can now transfer your Chase Ultimate Rewards to Air Canada's loyalty program, Aeroplan.<\/p>\n<p>But wait! There's more. Chase will also be launching a co-branded Air Canada credit card sometime later this year. Details on the card haven't been released, but we know for sure now that it's in the works and coming soon.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"The_Details\">The Details<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Beginning August 3, 2021, you can transfer your Ultimate Rewards to Air Canada's Aeroplan<\/li>\n<li>The transfer rate is 1:1<\/li>\n<li>A new co-branded credit card launching later this year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span id=\"Aeroplan_Sweet_Spots\">Aeroplan Sweet Spots<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Aeroplan is a founding member of the Star Alliance &#8212; which is great and all. But, what really sets it apart from its alliance partners is the ability to still use open jaws and stopovers. Additionally, Aeroplan does not charge airline-imposed fees on partner airlines. Instead, you'll pay a flat C$39 ($29) fee for all partner awards. For flights on airlines like Lufthansa, this amounts to hundreds in savings each way.<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Shorthaul_Flights_under_500_miles_in_North_America\">Shorthaul Flights under 500 miles in North America<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Aeroplan uses a hybrid of distance-based and region-based award charts. Longer flights will cost more miles, but how much more will also depend on the specific zone. Aeroplan has 4 regions: North America, Pacific, Atlantic, and South America.<\/p>\n<p>For flights under 500 miles in the North American region, redemptions are as low as 500 miles. This flight from New York to Toronto's cash price is about $200 one way, or you could pay 6,000 miles and $29.<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Business_Class_to_Europe\">Business Class to Europe<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Another great way to use Aeroplan points is for business class redemptions to Europe. A flight from Dallas, Texas to Frankfurt, Germany on Lufthansa in its aspirational business class cabin runs just 70,000 Aeroplan miles.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"Other_Reasons_to_Love_Aeroplan\">Other Reasons to Love Aeroplan<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Aeroplan points are redeemable for every seat on all Air Canada flights &#8212; although you may have to pay a premium<\/li>\n<li>Air Canada Aeroplan partners with 40 airlines<\/li>\n<li>Countless routing possibilities. Aeroplan gives you the ability to add a stopover for just 5,000 points.<\/li>\n<li>Aeroplan family miles pooling &#8212; families are given the ability to combine points together for no additional costs.<\/li>\n<li>Flexible options to use points to pay for all or a portion of your trip using Aeroplan\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aircanada.com\/pointspredictor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Points Predictor Tool<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span id=\"Best_Ultimate_Rewards_Earning_Cards\">Best Ultimate Rewards Earning Cards<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If this new transfer partnership has you looking at Chase Ultimate Rewards with new eyes, here are the top offers on Ultimate Rewards-earning cards:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a data-ccid=\"4048084\" href=\"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/credit-cards\/chase-ultimate-rewards\/sapphire-reserve\/\">Chase Sapphire Reserve<sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/a> &#8212; <\/strong>Earn 150,000 bonus points after you spend $6,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening<\/li>\n<li><strong><a data-ccid=\"2061159\" href=\"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/credit-cards\/chase-ultimate-rewards\/chase-sapphire-preferred\/\">Chase Sapphire Preferred<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Card<\/a> &#8212; <\/strong>Earn 75,000 bonus points after you spend $5,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening<\/li>\n<li><strong><a data-ccid=\"3006145\" href=\"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/credit-cards\/chase-ultimate-rewards\/ink-business-preferred\/\">Ink Business Preferred<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Credit Card<\/a> &#8212; <\/strong>Earn 100,000 bonus points after you spend $8,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you have an Ultimate Rewards-earning card already, you can boost your balance by earning &#8220;cash back&#8221; through these cards and then <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/credit-cards\/chase-ultimate-rewards\/how-to-combine-chase-points\/\" rel=\"noopener\">combining the points with your Ultimate Rewards card<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a data-ccid=\"4048224\" href=\"\/blog\/link\/ChaseFreedomFlex\" rel=\"noopener nofollow sponsored\">Chase Freedom Flex\u2120<\/a> &#8212; Earn a $200 Bonus after you spend $500 on purchases in your first 3 months from account opening.<\/li>\n<li><a data-ccid=\"3006090\" href=\"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/credit-cards\/chase-ultimate-rewards\/freedom-unlimited\/\">Chase Freedom Unlimited<sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/a> &#8212; Earn a $200 Bonus after you spend $500 on purchases in your first 3 months from account opening<\/li>\n<li><strong><a data-ccid=\"340040\" href=\"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/credit-cards\/chase-ultimate-rewards\/ink-business-cash\/\">Ink Business Cash<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Credit Card<\/a> &#8212; <\/strong>Earn $750 after you spend $6,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a data-ccid=\"4048113\" href=\"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/credit-cards\/chase-ultimate-rewards\/ink-business-unlimited\/\">Ink Business Unlimited<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Credit Card<\/a> &#8212; <\/strong>Earn $750 bonus cash back after you spend $6,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span id=\"Final_Thoughts\">Final Thoughts<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Aeroplan joining the Chase transfer partner lineup is huge news and makes the already amazingly valuable Ultimate Rewards that much more valuable.<\/p>\n<p><em>Are you excited about this new partnership?<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"ftoc\"><div id=\"toc_container\" class=\"toc_light_blue no_bullets\"><p class=\"toc_title\">Page Contents<\/p><ul class=\"toc_list\"><li><a href=\"#The_Details\">The Details<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Aeroplan_Sweet_Spots\">Aeroplan Sweet Spots<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"#Shorthaul_Flights_under_500_miles_in_North_America\">Shorthaul Flights under 500 miles in North America<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Business_Class_to_Europe\">Business Class to Europe<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"#Other_Reasons_to_Love_Aeroplan\">Other Reasons to Love Aeroplan<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Best_Ultimate_Rewards_Earning_Cards\">Best Ultimate Rewards Earning Cards<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Final_Thoughts\">Final Thoughts<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chase just added a new partner to its already amazing list of transfer partners! Beginning today, August 3, 2021, you can now transfer your Ultimate Rewards to Aeroplan &#8211; the loyalty program of Air Canada. But the good news doesn&#8217;t end there. Chase will also be launching a co-branded Aeroplan credit card later this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":48445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":null,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"default","_twitter_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type":"default","_pinterest_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"default","_medium_share_type":"default","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[12069],"tags":[12771,12709,12625],"coauthors":[36400],"class_list":["post-66314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-aeroplan","tag-chase-ultimate-rewards","tag-partners-and-alliances"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66314"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":255562,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66314\/revisions\/255562"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66314"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=66314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}