Sign Up Bonus
The best offer for the card is:
- Earn 10,000 Aeroplan points after your first purchase.
- Earn 20,000 Aeroplan points after spending $4,000 within the first four monthly statements.
- Earn 30,000 Aeroplan points after spending $35,000 within the first twelve monthly statements, after paying the second year annual fee.
- Earn 4,000 to 8,000 Aeroplan points for spending $4,000 within the first four monthly statements.
- Earn 35,000 to 70,000 Aeroplan points for spending $35,000 within the first twelve monthly statements, after paying the second year annual fee.
- First year annual fee waiver for the primary card holder and up to three supplementary card holders.
In the first four monthly card statements, you can earn between 34,000 to 38,000 Aeroplan points after spending $4,000.
In the first year, you can earn between 99,000 to 148,000 Aeroplan points after spending $35,000 and paying the second year annual fee.
Benefits
The insurance benefit of holding the credit card are:
- Trip Cancellation Insurance
- Trip Interruption Insurance
- Flight Delay Insurance
- Baggage Delay Insurance
- Travel Accident Insurance
- Purchase Protection Plan
- Extended Warranty Insurance
The car rental benefits of holding the credit card are:
- Avis Preferred Plus membership
The following travel benefits apply for yourself only:
- Earn 1,000 Status Qualifying Miles (SQM) for every $5,000 in eligible net purchases charged to your credit card,
- Earn 1 Status Qualifying Segment (SQS) for every $5,000 in eligible net purchases charged to your credit card,
- Earn 1 Maple Leaf lounge pass for every $10,000 in eligible net purchases charged to your credit card, up to 4 annual Maple Leaf Lounge passes.
The following travel benefits of holding the credit card are available on Air Canada for yourself and 8 other passengers on the same reservation:
- Free first checked bag up to 23kg or 50lbs
Earning Points
You will earn:
- 2 Aeroplan points for every $1 spent on Air Canada,
- 1.5 Aeroplan points for every $1 spent on travel, transportation, dining, shipping, phone, and internet bills,
- 1 Aeroplan point for every $1 spent on all purchases.
Fees
Annual fee of $180.
Supplementary annual card fee of $50.
There is a 2.5% foreign transaction fee on all credit cards.
Summary
An increasingly popular credit card for even a leisure traveler, providing basic benefits on Air Canada to help reduce your vacationing costs.