Check before you transfer

Points transfers can't be undone. Enter the transfer you're about to make and the seat you want, and this checklist shows what has gone wrong for other people on the same route this year.

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1 high risk. Confirm before you transfer.

Amex Membership Rewards → Air Canada Aeroplan · ANA (partner award) · 2 travelers

Transfer time

Usually instantcheck

Usually fine, but it can take hours or delays have been reported. Don't count on it being instant. 2 delayed transfers reported for this pair in the last year.

Published times

Nov 2025Frequent Miler · Instant
Oct 2026Roame · Instant
Oct 2026AwardWallet · Immediate

Reports

Apr 2026Reddit · Points left Amex, then bounced back minutes later; Amex said Aeroplan was rejecting all Amex transfers, no fix date
Apr 2026Reddit · Instant once the April outage cleared (Apr 13)
Mar 2026Reddit · Amex-side glitch: points left Amex on Mar 1 and hadn't posted a week later. Transfers worked again by mid-April.
Mar 2026Reddit · Two transfers in ten days were instant
Mar 2026Reddit · A third, started in the evening, posted about 10 hours later
Oct 2025Reddit · Instant

Published times: checked by handSomething wrong?

Phantom seats

Partner awardhigh

Phantom partner space on Aeroplan was widely reported this year, including ANA, JAL and Copa. One poster had dates confirmed by an agent after a 2-hour hold and still couldn't book any of them.

Reports

Apr 2026Reddit · Aeroplan phantom bookings are out of control
Oct 2026Reddit · Copa via Aeroplan turned out phantom

Pattern: r/awardtravel and r/churning postsSomething wrong?

Taxes & fees

No reportsno reports

No fee surprises were reported for this program in a year of threads. Still check the final total, including taxes, before you transfer.

Something wrong?

Account rules

2 to checkcheck

Check for mixed cabinsAeroplan now hides the "mixed cabin" notice until you hover over each flight. Make sure every long leg is actually in business.Source
First transfer to a new accountTransfers into a brand-new Aeroplan account have taken 1–4 days, apparently a fraud check; later transfers are usually instant. Open the account early and send a small amount first. One poster says adding profile details (like a traveler) sped it up.Source 1 · Source 2 · Source 3 · Source 4

Rule: r/awardtravel and r/churning postsSomething wrong?

Seats open

Mon, Nov 30, 2026no reports

ANA opens its own seats about 355 days before departure, so seats for this date should appear around Mon, Nov 30, 2026, 34 days from today. Partner programs may show them later. Posters search right at 8pm ET for ANA's newest date. Premium saver seats often release only one or two per flight, so 2 seats together is harder.

Booking window: Award Travel Finder, refreshed Mar 2026 · last checked Mar 1, 2026Something wrong?

Safe order

Confirm the seat is bookable: check a second partner that sells ANA seats, or call Air Canada Aeroplan and have the agent confirm it.
Note the total cash taxes and fees on the final page.
Clear the account rules above before moving points.
This transfer may not be instant. If the program lets you hold the seat, hold it first, and decide whether you can live with losing it while points are in transit.
Transfer only the points you need, with the name matching your airline account exactly.
Book right away. Then report how it went below so the next person knows.

Award search

Add your airports above to pre-fill the search where the site supports it. Crosscheck never searches on your behalf.

Report how it went

Amex Membership Rewards → Air Canada Aeroplan · ANA · transferred

Rules change often, and a clean checklist is not a guarantee. Confirm with the program before you move points.