As of October 28, 2026, Aeroplan members can redeem points on eligible scheduled Harbour Air seaplane flights between Vancouver, Victoria, Nanaimo and other coastal communities in British Columbia. You book these flights on aircanada.com or in the Air Canada app. If you do business on the BC coast, your Aeroplan points just picked up a new everyday use.
What changed with Aeroplan and Harbour Air?
You can now spend Aeroplan points on Harbour Air. Before this, there was no way to put your Aeroplan balance toward a seaplane across the Strait of Georgia.
The flights are booked through Air Canada, on aircanada.com or in the Air Canada app. That is the same place you already search for Air Canada and partner rewards, so there is no new account to set up and no new site to learn.
The word to watch is "eligible." Prince of Travel reports that the change covers eligible scheduled Harbour Air flights. The news is about scheduled flights, so do not assume charters or sightseeing trips count. And do not assume every flight on every day will show up. Search your dates before you plan around it.
Who wins and who loses?
The winners are people who fly this coast for work. If you go between Vancouver, Victoria or Nanaimo for meetings, clients or job sites, a trip you used to pay cash for can now come out of your points. For a business owner who earns a lot of Aeroplan points on spending, that is real money back in the budget.
No one loses points here. This adds an option, it does not take one away. The real loser, in our view, is a habit: paying cash for short hops while a big points balance sits unused. The ferry lineup may lose a few regulars too.
Honestly, this is a big deal for Vancouver and Victoria, and a nice story for everyone else. If you never fly the BC coast, nothing changes for you.
How many Aeroplan points does a Harbour Air flight cost?
The story does not give point prices, so check aircanada.com for your route and date. We will not guess at a number.
Here is a simple test once you see the price. Take the cash fare and divide it by the points needed. That tells you how many cents each point is worth on that trip. Then ask if you could get more from the same points somewhere else. Remember that points priced rewards often still carry some taxes and fees in cash, so count those too.
This works the same way for any reward, which is why it is worth doing every time.
Should you use points on a short seaplane flight?
Use points on Harbour Air if you would pay cash for the trip anyway and you have points to spare. Skip it if you are saving for a big trip.
The best value in Aeroplan usually comes from long flights in business class, where cash fares are high. A short seaplane hop may not stretch your points as far. That is our opinion, not a number from the story, and you should run the test above to be sure.
But value per point is not the only thing that matters. Points sitting in an account earn nothing. If you fly this route a lot, using points for it can free up cash for your business. And if your balance is big, you can do both: book the seaplane now and still keep plenty for the long trip later.
One more thing. A seaplane is about time. If it saves you a day of driving and ferry waits, that has value no points chart will show.
The bottom line
Aeroplan points now work on eligible scheduled Harbour Air flights on the BC coast, booked through Air Canada. If you fly Vancouver, Victoria or Nanaimo for work, look at it this week. If you do not, save your points for the big one.
If you run a business, your card spending is likely already earning more than you think. You can see what your spending buys in business class trips, and decide where your points should go.