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The Best Time to Call Aeroplan?

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 21, 2016December 21, 2016 9 Comments

Aeroplan hold times have historically been so horrible that even Aeroplan admitted it in a recent ad campaign—

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The only problem? Wait times are almost as bad as before. Aeroplan states–

Truthfully, while this may have happened in the past, we have since upgraded our system so your wait time should be shorter.

Unfortunately the upgraded phone system has not solved the underlying problem that Aeroplan simply does not have enough agents to handle the volume of calls that arrive each day. The culprit is one employee trying to do the job of two.

Aeroplan continues–

But why call at all? You can book a flight online and through the Aeroplan app! We have also worked hard to offer you a wide variety of self-serve tools so you can get the help you need right away.

Sure sounds nice, but the website does not work as it should. I just outlined a recent (positive) Aeroplan experience that only happened because the website was broken.

>> Read More: My Plan for Fixing Aeroplan

The Best Time to Call Aeroplan

The best time to call Aeroplan is between 3pm-5pm ET each day.

To understand the best time to call Aeroplan, you must first note that the call center is closed from midnight to 7am ET each day, which is inexcusable for a travel company that large in 2017. As as a result, wait times are terrible early in the morning and late at night.

Aeroplan has two call centers: one in Montreal, one in Vancouver. The Montreal call center starts the day out and “holds down the fort” till until the Vancouver agents show up. Thus, calling is the morning is usually horrible because the call center is at half strength.

Same in the evening. Somewhere early in the evening the Montreal call center signs off leaving only the Vancouver call center to deal with worldwide callers. Compound that with the limited hours and evenings are usually even worse than mornings.

But there is a brief window each day — I find it between 3pm-5pm ET — in which most of the Vancouver and most of the Montreal agents are working and thus hold times tend to be much less than usual.

Just yesterday I picked up the phone at around 4pm ET and waited only five minutes for an agent. That’s pretty amazing considering I waited over 90 minutes for an agent the night before.

CONCLUSION

Aeroplan’s labor distribution and limited office hours create massive bottlenecks that can ruin a perfectly good day. Avoid the headache by calling between 3pm-5pm ET. It may not always save you time, but chances are it will.

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Matthew Klint

Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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9 Comments

  1. Eric Reply
    December 21, 2016 at 9:38 am

    Posts like this are super value-add. Many thanks.

  2. Charlie Reply
    December 21, 2016 at 9:49 am

    Great post, Matthew, especially since I am currently sitting on the phone with them again – for 30 minutes already. I will call back during the times above! Thanks!

  3. Andy Reply
    December 22, 2016 at 6:50 pm

    I called at 7 am eastern and didn’t have a single minute of hold time!

    • Matthew Reply
      December 22, 2016 at 8:07 pm

      Call volume this week is historically light due to the holidays. 7am ET may be a good time, but I have waited over two hours calling at that time earlier this year. But glad you got through quickly Andy!

    • George Reply
      October 19, 2022 at 7:33 am

      I also called this morning at 7am and was told by the robo guy that wait time is 784 minutes …. is this a joke?
      Last 2 days I gave up after 1.5 hours calling in the afternoon. Considering ditching this ridiculous plan!

  4. Kevin McBurney Reply
    February 5, 2020 at 8:50 am

    Thanks for this post! Have made several attempts to get through to Aeroplan…twice over an hour wait until their system went down yesterday. Just want to make an itinerary change. And have “diamond” status !!
    CEO should be fired .

    • Matthew Reply
      February 5, 2020 at 9:04 am

      You have Diamond status and you still had to wait?! Do you have SE status with Air Canada?

      • joel kopstein Reply
        February 18, 2020 at 7:45 pm

        tried calling all day today from california.Impossible wait times 1 to 2 hours.
        please fire the President . I could run the company much better at 85 years old

  5. Me Reply
    February 28, 2023 at 2:12 pm

    They are as bad as Rogers. Unfortunately both have the monopoly in canada.

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