Donate points

Interesting item in today's Globe and Mail: Air Canada's frequent-flyer program, Aeroplan, is partnering with charities such as the Stephen Lewis Foundation, Médecins Sans Frontières and others to motivate people to donate unused frequent-flyer miles, which can help transport volunteers to farflung countries in need of help. The item (subscription required) says that "to make it easy to donate, Aeroplan's website is being revamped to allow the program's members to click and deposit miles directly to one of the charities listed." They're urging people to comb through their papers in case they or somebody in their family have points they won't use -- evidently if you don't use or acquire Aeroplan points for three years, they get cancelled.