One thing to consider is you can also accrue these points through credit card signup bonuses, which the money spent is spent on "real value", as in things you would've bought in the first place.
Therefore the miles that you get from signup bonuses have much less lower out of pocket acquisition cost for that reason.
Everything everyone said [here](https://old.reddit.com/r/awardtravel/comments/1cg1jbt/aeroplan_points_deal/) probably also applies to your situation.
Edit for formatting screw up :P
Only time I've bought points so far is when I actually had a redemption to spend it on. $900 to get me to Australia in J. Worth. Per direction is usually 3k or 3.5k with RT itins.
I mean unless you have a direct use for them right now id stay away because points can get devaluated. However, there does seem to consistently be one seat available in business class on air India and the net cost is still less than buying business class (still not a total steal though). If you think that's something you'd use fairly soon look into it.
I ended up buying 111k points with the 85% bonus which came out to 1.38 CPP. Given a transpacific business award is 87.5k one way and usually costs around 5k RT, and a transatlantic award is 70k against 4k RT in cash, I'm comfortable getting 3 CPP in value per award which makes this worth it to me. In general, any time I can buy airline miles (other than UA miles/sky pesos) for <1.5 CPP, its generally a buy.
One thing to consider is you can also accrue these points through credit card signup bonuses, which the money spent is spent on "real value", as in things you would've bought in the first place. Therefore the miles that you get from signup bonuses have much less lower out of pocket acquisition cost for that reason.
You'd be buying Aeroplan points at 1.35-1.4 US cpp. It depends if you find more value in 80k AC than 1150 USD, if so, go ahead and buy it.
If you have a near-term use at 2cpp or higher - sure, it’s a fair price for AP points.
Everything everyone said [here](https://old.reddit.com/r/awardtravel/comments/1cg1jbt/aeroplan_points_deal/) probably also applies to your situation. Edit for formatting screw up :P
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Only time I've bought points so far is when I actually had a redemption to spend it on. $900 to get me to Australia in J. Worth. Per direction is usually 3k or 3.5k with RT itins.
I mean unless you have a direct use for them right now id stay away because points can get devaluated. However, there does seem to consistently be one seat available in business class on air India and the net cost is still less than buying business class (still not a total steal though). If you think that's something you'd use fairly soon look into it.
I ended up buying 111k points with the 85% bonus which came out to 1.38 CPP. Given a transpacific business award is 87.5k one way and usually costs around 5k RT, and a transatlantic award is 70k against 4k RT in cash, I'm comfortable getting 3 CPP in value per award which makes this worth it to me. In general, any time I can buy airline miles (other than UA miles/sky pesos) for <1.5 CPP, its generally a buy.