How to protect your Aeroplan points while you are alive

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

Aeroplan Family Sharing lets up to 8 Verified Family Members pool their points into one shared balance while each keeps an individual account; all points earned, including existing balances, go into the shared balance and are redeemed proportionally from each account.²

The Family Lead, who must be 18 or older and a member for at least 6 months, invites up to 7 others and sets each member's redemption permissions; members with redemption privileges redeem from the shared balance for anyone, with no transfer fees.²

To create, join or invite to a pool, a member must have been an Aeroplan member for at least 6 months, must not have been in another pool for at least 6 months and must be a Verified Aeroplan Member; there is no minimum age to join, and members stay at least 3 months.²

Aeroplan states that creating a new Family Sharing pool is temporarily unavailable; existing pools are unaffected, including adding and removing members.²

Outside Family Sharing, a member can transfer points to another Aeroplan member for a fee; Family Sharing is the no-fee way to combine points within a household.²

Members can redeem points for award travel for any passenger, including people who are not Aeroplan members.^{2, 3}

Points expire after 18 months with no points earned, redeemed, donated, transferred or converted, and Aeroplan emails a notice up to 60 days before the points expire.⁴

Points never expire for a primary TD, American Express or CIBC Aeroplan cardholder or a holder of Aeroplan Elite Status; expired points can be reinstated within 6 months by buying them back for a fee, flying Air Canada or getting an Aeroplan credit card.⁴

Aeroplan has paused the expiry of points until November 30, 2026, when its normal expiry policy applies again.⁵