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Using Aventura Points on a CIBC Card is a great way to reduce the cost of travel. Here's how to do it.
Use your Aventura Points for Travel Expenses
Charge the Expense to the CIBC Aventura Card
Pending Transactions
Redeeming Aventura Points
Confirmation
Use your Aventura Points for a Hotel Room
Use your Aventura Points for an All-Inclusive Vacation Package
Use your Aventura Points for a Car Rental
Bottom Line
Use your Aventura Points for Travel Expenses
Charge the Expense to the CIBC Aventura Card
First, simply make any travel expense of your choice and charge it to a CIBC Aventura Credit Card like the CIBC Aventura® Visa Infinite* Card. These expenses can come from a variety of sources:
- Airlines
- Car rentals
- Travel agency
- Hotel
- Cruise
- Ferries
- Railway company
- Charter bus
- Commuter Transportation Company
- Regional passenger transportation
- Limousine, cab and others
- Regional Marine Transportation Service
Pending Transactions
Immediately after your transaction or reservation, log in to CIBC Online Banking.
The pending transaction will be in your account. Click on Use My Points.
Redeeming Aventura Points
Normally, redeeming 16,000 Aventura Points with Shopping with Points reduces the credit card balance by $100.
But thanks to the Shopping with Points promotion, you only need 8,000 points for $100!
Automatically, the system shows the credit obtained and the points that will be deducted. Click on Use My Points to confirm.
Confirmation
The confirmation is then displayed on the screen.
Then, the credit will be in your account within 2 to 3 business days. There’s now more in your pocket!
Use your Aventura Points for a Hotel Room
You can use your points to book a hotel room directly on the CIBC Rewards Travel website:
Simply search for the destination you want. During the booking process, the more points you use, the cheaper the hotel room will be in dollars.
Use your Aventura Points for an Airline Ticket
Flight Rewards
The number of Aventura Points required to purchase an airline ticket depends on the destination. See the Aventura flight awards table on our CIBC Aventura page.
In the example above, San Francisco is considered a long-haul flight. According to the flight award chart, it requires between 25,000 and 35,000 Aventura points.
Flex Travel
There is also the opportunity to take Aventura points and use them as you wish. The exchange is one point equal to one cent.
Just like booking a hotel, the more Aventura Points you use, the less you pay for your flight.
Use your Aventura Points for an All-Inclusive Vacation Package
With CIBC Rewards Travel’s travel agency search tool, you can find many options for vacationing in the south.
Again, Aventura Points are redeemed at a rate of 1 point to 1 cent. The more points you use, the less you will pay for your getaway out of your own pocket.
Use your Aventura Points for a Car Rental
CIBC Rewards Travel deals with all the major car rental companies and offers a variety of choices.
Aventura Points are redeemed at a rate of one Aventura Point equals 1 cent.
Bottom Line
Depending on your lifestyle, Aventura Points are good allies for paying for travel expenses. It is quite easy to use and the search tool is intuitive.
In addition, the latter offers us the possibility to look at a calendar of dates where it costs less, if you are flexible in your dates. Take advantage of our offers on the CIBC Aventura Visa Infinite* Card and CIBC Aventura Gold Visa* Card to earn points for your next vacation!
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