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priznat
Jul 7, 2009

Let's get drunk and kiss each other all night.
I’m flying for business in a couple weeks (YVR<-> YYZ, about a 4-5 hour flight depending on direction) and I’m eyeing the Air Canada seat upgrade bids. Are these a worthwhile deal on points for business or premium economy?

I have a modest 100k aeroplan points saved up. Do the prices fluctuate closer to the departure? Right now the bid range goes as low as 46k for business and 27k premium economy. I’m tall and getting crammed in economy is not fun. I’ll gut it out if it’s seen as a sucky deal though. I know very little about points rewards and rarely fly for pleasure trips.

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priznat
Jul 7, 2009

Let's get drunk and kiss each other all night.

HookShot posted:

If you already paid for the tickets AND that's what they want as the bid to upgrade, I would probably pass, personally, but that's also because I do travel a lot on Aeroplan points and want to maximize their value. TBH if you're not likely to use the points for anything else, given as you're tall and it's a fairly long flight I would probably go for the PE upgrade. But it's certainly not what I would call a good deal.

It ended up not winning the bid on the one way but getting it the other so I am good with that. It was pretty drat cramped on the flight out so I am really looking forward to it! Thankfully a 787 both ways and no clapped out airbuses.

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