Become an Aeroplan Advisor

“You can make a real difference to Aeroplan^® – just by sharing your thoughts. Your opinion matters to us – so much that we would like you to join our online Aeroplan Advisors panel.
All you have to do is complete a five-minute survey and, for a limited time, you’ll get a chance to win 50,000 Aeroplan Miles.^* That’s enough for two roundtrip flight rewards to anywhere in North America.”

I received the same invitation last year and again I did not join for the same reasons: I had to fill out some basic details for example the postal code and the year and month I was born in.

About the postal code they said “We collect this so we can send you surveys relevant to your local area.” Fair enough, but I filled out the province, that should do it or at most ask only for the first 3 characters of the postal code, they do not need the full postal code.

They did not give any explanations why they needed the year and month I was born in. It makes sense the year, but the month?! Do they need to know the exact age?!

Again age brackets would be sufficient for their marketing purposes.

I could have made up the postal code and year/month but I did not feel good about this so appealing as the chance to win 50,000 Aeroplan miles might be, I decided to pass and not join any panel. Perhaps next year if they change the questions.