Back in June TD revised the offer for the TD Aeroplan Visa Infinite Card. The
offer provides an awesome welcome bonus of up to 25,000 Aeroplan Miles
and a first year annual fee rebate for the primary card. Sure it isn’t the 30,000
Aeroplan Miles we saw earlier in the year but this 25,000 mile bonus still provides some huge value. The welcome bonus is split as 15,000 miles upon
your first purchase and another 10,000 miles when you spend $2,000 on
the card within the first 90 days of opening your account. For most
people this shouldn’t be too hard as that will equate to $666.67 in
spending per month.no fee etc. This offer ends on September 3, 2019
The questions is after you get the card and receive the miles, how can you get really good value from them?
To start, here is a broad example of what 25,000 Aeroplan Miles can get you:
- 3 one way economy class short haul flights in Canada & Continental USA
- 1 round trip or 2 one way economy class long haul flights in Canada & Continental USA
- 1 one way economy class ticket from Canada to Hawaii, Mexico, Caribbean, Central America, or Northern South America
- 1 one way business class long haul flights in Canada & Continental USA
That’s great but what is the value of those 25,000 miles? With so many
great welcome offers available right now on a variety of travel rewards
credit card why would I want to pick the TD Aeroplan Visa Infinite Card
over others? You would want to because this card has the ability to get
value from as little as $300 to almost $2,000 just from the points –
not any additional benefits like we see added into ‘value’ propositions from
other cards. You have to remember as well – the card is first year free
– so outside of the minimum spend requirement, these miles are coming
to you for free.
Enough blabbing! Let’s look at some examples!
All of the examples below require miles that are at or below the sign up bonus of this card:
Let’s look at Toronto to Boston for Christmas from December 22 to 28:
This round trip flight is 15,000 miles + $197.71 in taxes and fees. To
buy the flight outright with Air Canada would cost $371.01. The savings
is $173.30 or 1.15 cents per mile. Taking that 1.15 cents per mile value means the 25,000 Mile sign up
bonus from the TD Aeroplan Visa Infinite Card would be worth $287. Not bad but we can do better!
Lets look at Toronto-San Francisco in economy class for September 11-18
This round trip flight is 25,000 miles + $197.71 in taxes and fees. To
buy the flight outright with Air Canada would cost $639.81. The savings
is $442.10 or 1.76 cents per mile. This means the 25,000 Mile sign up
bonus from the TD Aeroplan Visa Infinite Card would be worth $442.
Ok those are so-so offers and they are ones that many Canadians would
typically book but lets look another popular route. I know some of you
like to see higher value per mile redeemed and sometimes you get can
real out-sized value from the program. Here is one of those, Vancouver to Calgary for a Christmas visit:
This round trip flight is 15,000 miles + $155.66 in taxes and fees. To
buy the flight outright with Air Canada would cost $465.41. The savings
is $309.75 or 2 cents per mile. Taking that 2 cents per miles value means the 25,000 Mile sign up
bonus from the TD Aeroplan Visa Infinite Card would be worth $500! But wait, we can do even better….
How about doing a one-way in business class between Toronto and San Francisco – and there’s a bonus – it is on Boeing
787-9 with lie flat seats:
This round trip flight is 25,000 miles + $123.69 in taxes and fees. To
buy the flight outright with Air Canada would cost $2063.60. The savings
is $1939.91 or 7.75 cents per mile. That means the 25,000 Mile sign up
bonus from the TD Aeroplan Visa Infinite Card is worth $1,939!
Are you starting to get the picture here? Sure people like to nitpick on
airline frequent flyer programs on how seats aren’t available, dates
aren’t available, too many miles are required. And this isn’t false –
this is true in many cases when you need to travel when everyone else
does. But as we have preached for 18 years, if you can be flexible in
your travel (ie you don’t need to travel during Spring Break or
Christmas and can move your vacations around by a few days) then the
best bang for your buck are always going to be frequent flyer and
frequent guest programs.
Related: A look at how The Marriott Bonvoy American Express Card provides huge value!
If this isn’t you then you are probably still best suited to take part in proprietary credit card reward programs
Related: Why proprietary credit card reward programs are the best option for most Canadians
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