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  • How I earned Aeroplan Distinction without flying once!

    I love the Aeroplan distinction program as it is not just a frequent flyer program (I no longer travel frequently for work).

    It gives you many nice bonuses like bonus Aeroplan Miles for stays, reduced miles for Market Fare Flight Rewards, bid miles on dExclusives, one-of-a-kind experiences and items offered through an exclusive online auction site.

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    Distinction benefits

    I don’t fly as much (2 little ones and I have been busy this year).

    I wanted to show Canadians that even if you do not fly a lot that you can still earn many frequent flyer miles!

    Look at my statement below, shopping at Thriftys, pump my gas at Esso, and I bought a vanity with a promotion at Shop.ca. These are activities where I just purchased at my favourite merchants but I planned to stack to earn the bonus miles. The way I looked at this is that I earned a free flight!

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    Earn frequent flyer miles without flying.

    As a result of my careful spending, I became a Distinction Silver member this month – without flying with Air Canada or any other Star Alliance members once all year!

  • Aeroplan Distinction members can now bid on one-of-a-kind experiences and items #dExclusives

    Introducing dExclusives, one-of-a-kind rewards available to Distinction members through an exclusive auction site.

    Sample Aeroplan Distinction Auction
    Sample Aeroplan Distinction Auction

    Distinction members can use Aeroplan Miles to bid on—and hopefully win—a fantastic range of dExclusives rewards. Choose from once-in-a-lifetime trips, to tickets to some of the most exciting events in town to highly coveted collectibles. Here are just some of the dExclusives rewards up for auction:

    – Luxury trip to the 2014 Soccer Championship Finals in Brazil
    – Napa Valley wine tasting weekend
    – Tickets to see OneRepublic in concert
    – Customized Epiphone guitar autographed by Nickelback
    – And many more

    New rewards are being added all the time. What’s more, in addition to the items up for bid in the auction, you’ll occasionally be able to redeem miles for dExclusives rewards available at fixed mileage levels and in limited quantities.

    Be sure to visit aeroplan.com/dExclusives.

    I thought I had a lot of Aeroplan miles but check out the current high bid for the World Cup tickets, 1,126,000 miles!

    This is totally worth it (if you didn’t have the cash for the tickets).

    This dExclusives experience for two includes:
    • 2 roundtrip Business Class flights from anywhere in Canada to Brazil
    • 5 nights’ accommodation at the Hotel Atlantico Business Centro in Rio de Janeiro
    • 4 nights’ accommodation at the Novotel São Paulo Jaragua in São Paulo
    • Daily continental breakfast at your hotels
    • Guided Tour of São Paulo
    • Guided Tour of Rio de Janeiro, including tour of Sugar Loaf mountain
    • Private Hotel transfers to/from the airport and to/from the soccer matches
    • Top category tickets to the Semi Finals in São Paulo
    • Top category tickets to the Finals in Rio de Janeiro
    • At-destination representative for assistance, if needed

    I still think the Lady Gaga concert tickets is a good buy!