Air Canada delays the launch of the new Aeroplan program to November 9

 

Air Canada let us know late yesterday afternoon that they have had to delay the launch of the new Air Canada. Initially slated to go live sometime this afternoon the new program will now launch in the late morning on Monday November 9.

Here is what Aeroplan told us as to why they did had to delay the launch:

We have determined that we need some additional time to complete adequate testing with our partners (both current and new). 

The program did however proceed with the release of their entire suite of new Aeroplan co-brand credit cards to which we covered all the consumer cards here on Rewards Canada and we will cover the business cards shortly:

• The new American Express® Aeroplan®* Card offer is up to 20,000 Bonus Aeroplan Points and a buddy pass for travel in North America including Hawaii & Mexico 
• The new TD® Aeroplan® Visa Infinite* Privilege Card offer is 50,000 Bonus Aeroplan Points and a buddy pass for travel in North America including Hawaii & Mexico
• The new American Express® Aeroplan®* Reserve Card offer is up to 75,000 Bonus Aeroplan Points with $100 statement credit or 40K points, $100 credit + buddy pass for travel in North America including Hawaii & Mexico 
  
• The new TD® Aeroplan® Visa Infinite* Card offer is 10,000 Bonus Aeroplan Points and a buddy pass for travel in North America including Hawaii & Mexico
•  The new CIBC Aeroplan® Visa Infinite* Card offer is 10,000 Bonus Aeroplan Points and a buddy pass for travel in North America including Hawaii & Mexico
• The new TD® Aeroplan® Visa Platinum* Card offer is 10,000 Bonus Aeroplan Points and first year annual fee rebate
• The new CIBC Aeroplan® Visa* Card offer is 10,000 Bonus Aeroplan Points and first year annual fee rebate  
• The new CIBC Aeroplan® Visa Infinite Privilege* Card offer is 20,000 Bonus Aeroplan Points and a buddy pass for travel in North America including Hawaii & Mexico 
  

The new CIBC Aeroplan® Visa* Card offer is 10,000 Bonus Aeroplan Points and first year annual fee rebate

 

And our final post of the night for the new Aeroplan cards is for CIBC's entry level card the CIBC Aeroplan® Visa* Card.

The new CIBC Aeroplan® Visa Infinite Privilege* Card offer is 20,000 Bonus Aeroplan Points and a buddy pass for travel in North America including Hawaii & Mexico

The second of three CIBC cards that we'll be covering this morning is the CIBC® Aeroplan® Visa Infinite* Privilege Card 

The new CIBC Aeroplan® Visa Infinite* Card offer is 10,000 Bonus Aeroplan Points and a buddy pass for travel in North America including Hawaii & Mexico

The last set of cards we look at early this morning (or late at night for those out West like us) are the CIBC Aeroplan cards. We start with their mainstay card - the CIBC Aeroplan® Visa Infinite* Card which is CIBC's equivalent card to the TD® Aeroplan® Visa Infinite* Card and replaces the venerable CIBC Aerogold Visa Infinite Card. 

The new TD® Aeroplan® Visa Platinum* Card offer is 10,000 Bonus Aeroplan Points and first year annual fee rebate

  

Now onto our fifth post of the night covering the suite of Aeroplan cards and this one looks at the entry level version from TD, the TD® Aeroplan® Visa Platinum* Card

The new American Express® Aeroplan®* Reserve Card offer is up to 75,000 Bonus Aeroplan Points with $100 statement credit or 40K points, $100 credit + buddy pass for travel in North America

 
Post number four covering the new suite of Aeroplan co-brand payment cards takes us to the new American Express® Aeroplan®* Reserve Card

The new TD® Aeroplan® Visa Infinite* Privilege Card offer is up to 50,000 Bonus Aeroplan Points and a buddy pass for travel in North America including Hawaii & Mexico

 
It's a busy night/early morning here on Rewards Canada thanks to the new Air Canada Aeroplan program launching today! We continue here with our coverage of the new credit card offers. In this post we take a look at the new TD® Aeroplan® Visa Infinite* Privilege Card

The new American Express® Aeroplan®* Card offer is up to 20,000 Bonus Aeroplan Points and a buddy pass for travel in North America including Hawaii & Mexico

 

Here we are jumping right into second post of the night with coverage what would be considered Air Canada Aeroplan's mainstay American Express card - the American Express® Aeroplan®* Card

The new TD® Aeroplan® Visa Infinite* Card offer is 10,000 Bonus Aeroplan Points and a buddy pass for travel in North America including Hawaii & Mexico

 
The launch of the new Air Canada Aeroplan program has been delayed until Monday but the new credit card offers have not been! Many of the program details were revealed this past summer although there were several items being left to the actual launch date. One of those being kept behind door number three was what the new welcome offers would be on the suite of Aeroplan co-brand credit cards. Now we are pleased to pass them along and we start off with what would be considered Air Canada Aeroplan's flagship or mainstay card - the TD® Aeroplan® Visa Infinite* Card

Sneak Peek at what will be offered on the new Air Canada Aeroplan credit cards as of Sunday

 

Technically speaking as a partner of all of Aeroplan's financial partners we have not been able to disclose what sort of welcome bonuses will be offered come Sunday when the new program launches. However thanks (or perhaps no thanks) to a person who we'd guess to be a branch employee with TD leaked some of the details of the TD cards onto Reddit. So Aeroplan gave us the go ahead to give you this sneak peek at what will be coming:

• On eligible* cards, members earn a Buddy Pass** for a buy-one-get-one ticket anywhere Air Canada flies in North America – including Mexico and Hawaii. After first buying an economy class ticket, on the second they pay only the government taxes and third-party charges. The Buddy Pass can be used very flexibly: it can be applied to a ticket purchased in any Economy fare class; it can be used any time within a year of when it’s issued, with no blackouts; there are no inventory restrictions—last seat availability.
  * All Core cards are eligible, and Premium cards at CIBC and TD. Entry-level cards are not eligible.
  ** The Air Canada Buddy Pass and the welcome bonuses require a minimum spend requirement to be earned.
  

All this being said I did notice that not all the details were provided on the Reddit sub-forum where this info was leaked so there will still be some new info coming on Sunday. 

Recommended reading: A closer look at the new Air Canada Aeroplan credit cards