Aeroplan: Better than a round-trip reward ticket

Finally, we have sufficient Aeroplan miles to redeem a round-trip reward ticket from Ottawa, ON, Canada to Bangkok, Thailand.

1. In order to maximize the benefit of using these hard-earned miles, we will go to Bangkok, Thailand and stop overs at 2 other cities.
   • Aeroplan allows an international travel reward to have 2 stopovers in addition to the destination, which requires the same amount of Aeroplan miles as a simple round-trip international  travel reward.
   • Stop over is a stay or connecting flights at an airport for 24 hours or more.
   • An example of itineraries :
     • Ottawa, Canada (origin) -> Paris, France (stop over #1)
     • Paris, France -> Bangkok, Thailand (destination)
     • Bangkok, Thailand -> Hong Kong, China (stop over #2)
     • Hong Kong, China -> Ottawa, Canada (origin).
2. Alternatively, we can stop over at 1 other city and have an open-jaw connection.
   • Aeroplan allows an international travel reward to have 1 stopover and an open-jaw connection at either destination or origin.
   • An example of itineraries (open-jaw at destination):
     • Ottawa, Canada (origin) -> Paris, France (stop over)
     • Paris, France -> Bangkok, Thailand (destination);
     • [we will arrange the travel from Bangkok, Thailand to Hong Kong ourselves];
     • Hong Kong (open-jaw at destination) -> Ottawa, Canada (origin).
   • An example of itineraries (open-jaw at origin):
     • Ottawa, Canada (origin) -> Paris, France (stop over)
     • Paris, France -> Bangkok, Thailand (destination)
     • Bangkok, Thailand -> Toronto, Canada (open-jaw at origin);
     • [we will arrange the travel from Toronto, Canada to Ottawa, Canada ourselves].
3. In addition, we may take advantages of connecting fights at an airport for less than 24 hours and have a day-trip there.
   • Aeroplan considers that a flight connection of 23 hours 59 minutes or less at an airport is not a stopover.
     • An example of itineraries :
       • Ottawa, Canada (origin) -> New York, USA (connecting flights in 23 hours 59 minutes or less)
       • New York, USA -> Paris, France (stop over #1)
       • Paris, France -> Bangkok, Thailand (destination)
       • Bangkok, Thailand -> Hong Kong, China (stop over #2)
       • Hong Kong, China -> Taipei, Taiwan (connecting flights in 23 hours 59 minutes or less)
       • Taipei, Taiwan -> San Francisco, USA (connecting flights in 23 hours 59 minutes or less)
       • San Francisco, USA ->  Toronto, Canada (connecting flights in 23 hours 59 minutes or less)
       • Toronto, Canada -> Ottawa, Canada (origin).

Money Saving Tips:

• Plan ahead and take the advantages of either 2 stopovers, or 1 stopover and 1 open-jaw connection
• Plan for day trips at many cities on route to the destination as long as the connecting flights are less than 24 hours apart)