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What is your Aeroplan redemption worth?

Pointy is a free Chrome extension that adds a cents-per-point value badge to each flight in Air Canada Aeroplan’s award search, right on aircanada.com, so you can tell a great redemption from a poor one before you book.

A real Aeroplan search

We ran this search on aircanada.com. Prices and award charts change, so your search will differ, which is why Pointy works it out live, on the page.

YVR → LHR

One way, Nov 12, 2026. Searched Sep 28, 2026.

Each bar counts the fares at that value in cents per point. Further right is better.
  1. 2.65¢CPPYVR-LHR 0925 [EXECLAT]$3,693 or 135,605 pts
  2. 1.30¢CPPYVR-LHR 1430 [EXECSTAND]$6,341 or 485,012 pts
  3. 1.18¢CPPYVR-LHR 1235 [EXECSTAND]$5,794 or 485,012 pts
  4. 1.18¢CPPYVR-LHR 0930 [EXECSTAND]$5,794 or 485,012 pts
  5. 1.18¢CPPYVR-LHR 0930 [EXECSTAND]$5,794 or 485,012 pts

41 of 60 results had both a cash and a points price; the best 5 are listed. Prices were in CAD, converted to US dollars at the rate Pointy had then.

Using Pointy on Aeroplan

  1. Search with points

    Go to aircanada.com, turn on the points, miles or award option and search as usual. Pointy reads the points price and the cash price already on the page. There’s nothing to type.

    Aeroplan shows cash and award prices in separate views. Load both, in either order, and Pointy pairs them up. The bar at the top of the page tells you which view it still needs.

  2. Read the badge

    Each result with both a cash and a points price gets a badge with its value in cents per point: the cash price ÷ the points price × 100. Higher is better. The label compares each value with your own Aeroplan searches once you have 30 saved results there.

  3. Handles all the special fees

    Hover over a badge to see how it was worked out.

    • Currency: other currencies are converted to US dollars at a daily rate.
    • Taxes: Pointy uses the price with taxes included wherever the site shows one.
    • Award taxes on flights: taken off the cash price the same way.
    • Round trips: values compare whole stays, and both legs of a round trip.

    Fares that may mix cabins (part business, part economy) get no badge, so they never pass for a full-cabin deal.

Know the value before you book.

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