MONTREAL — Air Canada Vacations has expanded its Aeroplan partnership to include cruise redemptions, allowing Aeroplan Members to use their points toward cruise packages across a wide selection of global itineraries.

Members can now redeem Aeroplan points directly on aircanadavacations.com for more than 100 cruise itineraries in key ports including Fort Lauderdale, Hawaii, Mexico, Barcelona, Venice, Athens, Rome, Lisbon, London and Nice, as well as new destinations like Naples and river cruises in Porto and Prague.

Plus, Aeroplan points can be redeemed for vacation packages, flight & hotel bundles, tours and more. Members already benefit from an extensive lineup of Aeroplan travel rewards, which include accumulating Aeroplan points on the flight portion of their trip and earning up to 20,000 extra Aeroplan points on select Air Canada Vacations packages to Mexico, the Caribbean, the U.S., Europe, Asia, Australia and South America.

“We’re thrilled to be able to bring Aeroplan Members one step closer to their next cruise vacation,” said Nino Montagnese, Vice President at Air Canada Vacations. “This is just one of the many perks that Aeroplan Members can enjoy when booking travel with Air Canada Vacations.”

Scott O’Leary, Vice President, Loyalty and Product at Air Canada, added: “With cruise packages now available for redemption, members can choose to redeem for even more incredible journeys – from a relaxing river cruise in Europe to an expedition in Antarctica.”

Travellers can learn more about the program or sign up to become an Aeroplan Member and start earning points towards future travel and more.