Air Canada Aeroplane Points

Travel
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Recently I booked Bahrain - Bangalore for 12.5k AC points + Rs 5800 in taxes for an Etihad flight.

AC already has Emirates already in the dynamic chart. Even the Lost Cost Carrier arm - Flydubai is dynamically priced and has a separate award chart.

From Emirates/Flydubai redemptions, we can tell that Etihad redemption won’t be of good value.

From March 25, Air Canada (AC) is moving Etihad, United and some other airlines to a dynamic chart, aka a devaluation

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Has Air Canada done this before with other airlines?

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Yes, Aeroplan has already moved Emirates and Flydubai to dynamic pricing.

  • Emirates redemptions became significantly more expensive.
  • Flydubai, despite being a low-cost airline, has a separate award chart with dynamic pricing.
    Based on these past changes, it is expected that Etihad and United redemptions will also lose value.
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I’ve booked Flydubai using Aeroplan before, and it wasn’t great value, Flydubai redemptions have been overpriced ever since they got their own award chart. If Etihad follows a similar model, economy redemptions might still be okay, but business class deals could be gone.