Can you pass on your Aeroplan points when you die?
Aeroplan points can pass to the estate after a death. While alive, the account holder can use family pooling and transfers to another member.
Protecting Aeroplan points while the account is active
No beneficiary designation, lifetime transfer options for points, and 6-step plan.
How to protect your Aeroplan points while you are alive →Someone died. Handling Aeroplan points after a death
Points can be transferred to the estate, 6-step process, and 5 required documents.
What happens to Aeroplan points when someone dies →Aeroplan is Air Canada's frequent-flyer rewards program, operated by its subsidiary Aeroplan Inc. Members earn points by flying Air Canada and Star Alliance partners and using co-branded credit cards, and redeem them for award flights, upgrades, hotels, car rentals and gift cards.
Air Canada's terms allow Aeroplan points to transfer to the estate after the account holder dies. While the account holder is alive, Air Canada allows family pooling and transfers to another member.
What happens to Aeroplan at death
- Transferable to estate
Although Aeroplan points cannot be willed, a named beneficiary of the late member's estate may request that the points be transferred into the beneficiary's own Aeroplan account, and the executor may make the request on the beneficiaries' behalf.1
Naming who acts after a death
- Designation
There is no way to name a beneficiary on the Aeroplan account itself; the Estate policy transfers points to the beneficiaries named in the member's will.1
Sources1
Air Canada publishes its own process for a deceased person's account: Aeroplan Estate policy (Transferring points from an Aeroplan Member who has passed away); a written request goes by email to estate.solution@aircanada.ca. There is no way to name a beneficiary or successor on an Aeroplan account.
Sources
Data sourced from Air Canada primary sources (5 pages reviewed). How we research.
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