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Old Jan 29, 2010 | 8:19 am
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Originally Posted by TedFlyer
I was SE, but I am down to Elite now. You are right - with people collecting all their points without setting foot in an aircraft, I suppose AP has to cutback somewhere. Somewhere in their business model I guess they feel it best to penalize the people who actually fly on AC!
Reality is that Aeroplan is no longer an FF program. But a frequent buyer program. Smoke and mirro, nice promises until you try getting them to deliver.

As such it does really no longer serve AC's interests all that well. Only reason why it does not matter is that in the frequent flyer's world, AC is a monopoly.

Bottom line: if I did not have SE status, first thing I would do would be to switch my credit cards to something other than Aeroplan-tied ones.
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