There’s more good news from Air Canada’s Aeroplan.
You can now redeem as little as 60,000 Aeroplan points to book an international one-way business-class flight from the U.S. on Singapore Airlines. This news comes just a week after Aeroplan added Emirates economy and business-class partner redemptions, with first class set to become available next year.
“We have indeed worked with Singapore [to] strengthen our partnership behind the scenes,” said Scott O’Leary, Air Canada’s vice president of loyalty and product, in a statement to TPG. “As a result, our members will enjoy better redemption availability on Singapore flights going forward.”
This is big news considering Singapore Airlines usually restricts premium cabin award redemptions to its own loyalty program, Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer. This means you cannot book Singapore business-class awards with United MileagePlus, Avianca LifeMiles or most other Star Alliance loyalty…