10% Off Air Canada Gift Cards Sale – Good for Aeroplan Redemption Payments Too!

Air Canada is currently having a flash sale on their gift cards. From now until the 21st, you can save 10% on your Air Canada gift card purchases. While travel may not be on everyone’s mind right now due to worsening of the COVID-19 pandemic, you can always load up now for any future travel bookings with Air Canada, including Aeroplan redemptions.

The Deal

10% off your Gift Card purchase from December 18 – 21.

How it works

  • Purchase any amount from $25 – $2,000.
  • Save 10% on the value purchased until December 21, 2020 on one online order via aircanada.com.
  • For example, if you purchase a $100 gift card, you pay only $90. 
How to Use Air Canada Gift Cards on Aeroplan Redemptions

The most obvious use is to redeem directly on flights and vacation packages from AC themselves. But did you know you can now use AC gift cards on Aeroplan redemptions? While the old Aeroplan program did not offer such an option, this is now possible with the new Aeroplan, which is directly integrated with Air Canada’s system and website. Once you have picked the Aeroplan redemption you want, you will have the option to select paying with a gift card, travel voucher, or eCoupon on the payment summary box:

Is This a Good Deal?

It is important to keep in mind that you can only use up to 2 AC gift cards per purchase, and if you want to use 2 gift cards, then the total cost of your ticket purchase must be fully covered by the 2 gift cards. Otherwise, you can only use 1 gift card. Also, Air Canada does not allow combining of gift cards; so you definitely want to put your entire purchase on one gift card, and not spread your balance across multiple cards. Finally, while Air Canada gift cards do not expire, they will need to be re-issued after 5 years of inactivity, and there may be a re-issue charge.

As long as you can live with the above caveats, and you know for sure you will be making your booking directly with Air Canada or Aeroplan, be it a month or couple years away, then it is a good deal. Finally, Air Canada occasionally offers coupons (i.e. 15% off base fare), providing opportunities to stack coupon savings with discounted gift cards.

Kevin