Air Canada’s Black Friday sale is offering 20% off & bonus points

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Air Canada is currently running its Black Friday sale which, for US flyers, is valid on all fares to Canada, South America, and “sun destinations” as well as on select fares to Asia and Australia. If you’re purchasing an Air Canada fare that originates outside the US, other destinations may be included.

Key sale details

• No promotion code required
• This Offer is valid on new bookings made as of November 18, 2021 at 00:01 EST until November 28, 2021 at 11:59 pm, from your city of departure in the U.S. (“Offer Period”).
• The discount is valid on any flight operated by Air Canada (including flights operated under the Air Canada Express banner and operated by Air Canada Rouge), to all destinations in Canada, South America, sun, Asia and Australia where Air Canada flies.
• Travel between November 18, 2021 and June 30, 2022.
• Blackout dates apply:
  • December 16, 2021 until January 6, 2022
  • February 26, 2022 until March 20, 2022.
• Not valid on codeshare flights.
• The discount applies on select classes of service to Canada, South America, and sun destinations, and on Standard Economy and Premium Economy Lowest Class to Asia and Australia, undiscounted Air Canada published base fares only, which form part of the applicable air transportation charges, when booking on aircanada.com.
• The discount will not be applied to surcharges (which are also included in the air transportation charges), applicable taxes, fees and charges, which will apply to all bookings and must be paid in full by all travellers, including children and infants occupying a seat.

Full terms and conditions can be found on the sale page.

Get a share of 20 million points

As well as offering 20% off fares to select destinations, Air Canada says that it’s also giving away 20 million points, and getting your share of those points couldn’t be simpler.

To get your share of 20 million points, use promo code 20MILLION when booking Air Canada fares by 28 November and you’ll earn a guaranteed 1,000 bonus points for every booking made for travel in the eligible period.

Key terms:

The following definitions apply for the purposes of the Terms and Conditions of the Black Friday – 20 million bonus points offer:

• “Eligible Fare” means those fares that are exclusively eligible for this Offer, being:
  – Canada, Asia, Australia, South America, and sun destinations: Economy Standard, Economy Flex, comfort, Latitude, Premium Economy Lowest, Premium Economy Flexible, Premium Rouge, Business Class Lowest and Business Class Flexible.
• “Eligible Scheduled Flights” means a flight operated by Air Canada, Air Canada Rouge® and under the Air Canada Express brand.
• “Offer Period” means November 18, 2021 starting at 9:00 am EST through to November 28, 2021 inclusively, ending at 23:59 PST.
• “Travel Period” means November 18, 2021 starting at 00:01 NST through to June 30, 2022 inclusively, ending at 23:59 PST.
• In order to participate, you must be an Aeroplan Member.
• To be eligible to receive the Bonus Aeroplan points, you must ensure to provide your Aeroplan Number as well as the promotion code 20Million at the time of booking.
• A minimum of one round trip or two one-way segments on Eligible Scheduled Flights is required to earn and qualify for the Offer.
• The 20,000,000 Bonus Aeroplan points will be divided equally amongst all eligible Aeroplan Members who make a new booking by purchasing Eligible Fares during the Offer Period on Eligible Scheduled Flights for travel during the Travel Period and apply the promotion code 20Million.
• The number of Bonus Aeroplan points to be awarded will depend on the total number of eligible members who participate in the promotion. We are guaranteeing that a minimum of 1,000 Bonus Aeroplan points will be given for each new booking under this promotion.
• The Bonus Aeroplan points will be credited as follows:
  • The 1,000 guaranteed Bonus Aeroplan points will be credited up to eight weeks after the qualifying flights have been flown.
  • Your share of the remainder of the 20,000,000 Bonus Aeroplan points pool, if any, will be calculated at the end of the Travel Period, and will be deposited by July 31, 2022.
• The Bonus Aeroplan points for this Offer will only be credited to the first passenger with their Aeroplan Number listed (appended) on the reservation. Should this passenger cancel his/her flights, the Bonus Aeroplan points will be awarded to the next passenger with their Aeroplan Number listed, who becomes the first listed on the reservation.

Full terms and conditions can be found on the sale & offer page.

Bottom Line

Air Canada’s Black Friday sale is currently in progress and the airline is offering 20% off fares to select destinations as well as a guaranteed 1,000 bonus points for every eligible booking. No promo code is needed to trigger the 20% discount (presumably the search results will automatically include the savings) but the promo code 20MILLION is needed at the time of booking to lock in the bonus points.