CIBC Aventura VISA INFINITE Card Consumer Reviews

This credit card is a total rip-off. Booking travel takes hours of sitting on hold and to get a deal you have to take incredibly convoluted routes. I had a $500 credit after cancelling a flight due to Covid and was never able to claim it because the travel rewards centre did not call back as promised. When I spoke to customer service they said there was nothing they could do. Godawful

Picture this, you buy a round trip through Aventura, you make it to your destination when it’s time to go home, you try to check-in at the airport, lo and behold, CIBC rewards has made the booking but not acquired an actual ticket, you are told that the airline can do nothing because the ticket was purchased under CIBC rewards, you attempt to call the line and are put on hold for 2 hours and then dropped, you try again and are told your calling after hours and to call the next day.
The next flight is after your covid test requirements so you purchase a rapid PCR test which is what is now the only thing available required for an additional $900 dollars at the foreign airport. You purchase your own ticket for 3x the original price. + a new 7-hour layover because CIBC rewards cannot be reached, and you need to get home...
You arrive home and continue calling CIBC rewards and are continuously being put on machine hold for over the next 3 days with nobody picking up the phone. You are very very angry
Welcome to my life.

I booked a flight with them which I had to reschedule due to Covid restrictions.

The wait time to rebook the tickets has been preposterous. Also, I was able to get to a call center associate who advised that my call will go to the ticketing department and I should expect a call back in three days. Guess what, I missed one call and I had to go through the same process again. The ticket prices became double by the time I was able to reschedule. DO NOT BOOK A FLIGHT WITH THE REWARDS CENTER.

I have been on hold for 1 hour. I purchased a trip last night and received confirmation. Just now received an email saying payment now hasn't been processed and requires me to call in to process the payment.
Why can't this be done online? Why did I receive confirmation and issuance of the ticket if the payment was not processed? Why do I have to call in separately and wait over an hour... thus far?
If you do get Aventura prepare yourself for incredible, tremendous frustration!!!

My experience with CIBC Rewards Centre has been horrible. To book a trip on the phone, the waiting time is 1,5h or more and you still don't get on hold of anyone to help you.
Another problem I had is when I exchanged my points for some Save on Food gift cards. I realized this chain of supermarkets is not available in Toronto, so I called the Rewards Centre the right way to cancel the order. They said they would try to help, but it wasn't guaranteed. How come? I called only 1 hour later after my purchase. It doesn't make sense the operator can't do anything. I don't know why, but I do believe the system should be more flexible when it comes to orders and cancellations. My overall experience with the CIBC Rewards Centre has been terrible. Don't recommend it to anyone.

I have booked a flight with CIBC rewards, and I am abroad and I need to book my ticket, and I have currently been waiting for 3,5 hours on the phone (paying for minutes, as I am calling Canada from a foreign country).
I thought being a CIBC Visa customer would come with some perks, but instead, it comes with nothing but uncertainty and pain.
As soon as I am home from this trip, I will change to another VISA card!
DO NOT CHOOSE CIBC VISA for travel point and service - the service you'll get is nothing!

Travel on an airline at the best of times is stressful. Trying to negotiate a vacation in today's climate makes you wonder if it is worth the effort. We had a flight booked, arranged our accommodations accordingly, the flight was cancelled, were given an option of another flight 2 days later, which was not going to work for us. Found another flight that would work for us but, for some reason, the Aventura representative was not able to get us on the flight that was available. Consequently, we are missing 2 days of our vacation and paying for accommodations that we are not able to use.

I have been waiting online for more than 3 hours and still no luck. I am trying to book a one-way ticket from Paris to Vancouver and was unable to do it online.

I thought the Aeroplane was bad - Aventura is even worse.

I will be switching credit cards immediately... It is unacceptable that CIBC is allowed to provide such poor service.

To book a trip its 234,000 points or some lower trios 60,000 points plus 1,400$ . These prices are way more than on the travel websites. It will take 10+ years to get to 234,000 points if you spend 2,000 a month. Given that the fee is $129 a year, you're pretty much paying for the trip yourself. Other cards are way better.