I was planning vacation is in high season of August, and I figured I should try to use up my Aeroplan miles before the reward redemption levels increase on July 15 [see link for Globe & Mail article]
After spending hours researching dates & flight permutations, and on hold with Aeroplan call centre, it's done
I'm flying Toronto-Tokyo-Taipei in Air Canada and ANA Business Class
Returning Taipei-Singapore-Bangkok-Zurich-Montreal-Toronto in Singapore Airlines, Thai Airways, Swiss Air, and Air Canada Business Class
Total miles 20328 miles, and 100,000 Aeroplan miles, plus ~$400 out of pocket, on 5 airlines, and 17 + 29+ hours
Here are the itinerary
AC1 Toronto Pearson (YYZ) Tokyo Narita (NRT) 77W Executive
14:05 - TERMINAL T1 INTL 15:50 - TERMINAL 1
NH1083 Tokyo Narita (NRT) Taipei (TPE) 763 Executive
17:25 20:00
...TPE...
SQ877 Taipei (TPE) Singapore Changi (SIN) 333 Executive
14:25 18:50
TG410 Singapore Changi (SIN) Bangkok (BKK) 773 Economy
20:50 22:10
TG970 Bangkok (BKK) Zurich (ZRH) 346 Executive
00:30 07:25
LX86 Zurich (ZRH) Montreal Trudeau (YUL) 333 Executive
12:50 15:00
AC437 Montreal Trudeau (YUL) Toronto Pearson (YYZ) 320 Executive
17:30 18:44 - TERMINAL T1
Taxes, surcharges and airline fees per passenger (age of 2 and over)
Canada Security Charge (CA) 25.91
Canada Harmonized Sales Tax (HST #10009-2287) (RC) 3.25
Combined taxes, fees, charges and surcharges *for ClassicFlight, see fare calculation below (XT) 326.00
Additional Charge in Canadian dollars : 0.00
Total in Canadian dollars : 355.16
THE NON-REFUNDABLE AEROPLAN SERVICE FEE OF CAD30.00 PLUS 3.90 HST PER PASSENGER
*Fare calculation:
19AUG11YTO AC X/TYO NH TPE SQ SIN M0.00TG BKK M0.00TG X/ZRH
LX X/YMQ AC YTO M0.00CAD0.00 END ROE1.00 XT12.60SW6.20OI205.00YQ30.00YR10.40TW25.00SQ27.10CH7.30SG2.40OO
Good for you on a great routing. Not enough people take advantage of the flexibility offered by Aeroplan rewards.
ReplyDeleteI see you didn't use any of your 2 free stopovers though. Could have spent some time in Zurich and Thailand included in the fare you paid.
@Jim
ReplyDeleteIndeed, despite all the Aeroplan devaluation, it still seems good enough at times to redeem for Mini-RTW
Unfortunately I had no time to do any real stopover, plus it's no fun to travel/visit alone.
However I did visit Zurich with a 5-hour transfer window and spent 2~3 hours walking downtown. It's a lovely city for sure.
I'm sure I'll get to visit Singapore & Bangkok in future, when I go back to Taiwan, so no real rush