You're dealing with a couple of time related delays. As EMPRESS notes, the upgrade coupons come with your statement, and are not mailed separately as they were with Cdn+. I got my 4 NAs in my March statement, because the activity in that period put me above 20K Q-miles. I have now clicked over 30K and expect the April statement will be mailed with another 2 NAs. Unfortunately, my MX flights from my MHD last month have still not posted, or I would get another 2 NAs with the April statement. Will now have to wait two months for them to come with the May statement, sometime in late May or early June.

I think we have concluded from another topic that most Aeroplan elite statements get prepared on the 10th of each month and end up in the mail about a week later, arriving any time before the end of the month and the first week of the following month. Also about a week after the 10th, they seem to get posted on the web retrieval system.

So if your March statement, now showing on the web site, has Q-miles in excess of 20K, you should get 4 SWs with your posted statement which should have arrived by now. In the next few days, your April statement will be prepared, and if you have had most of those 70K Q-miles posted (assuming they are AC and not slow-posting partners), then the April statement should contain a bounty of certificates.

A related question. I noticed in the Elite handbook, it indicates that one continues to receive 2 NA upgrade certificates at every 10K, even after passing the 100K mark. This raises two questions.

1. I had assumed that upon reaching 100K mid-year (i.e. before December 2001) AC would move the member up the status ladder to SE for the balance of the benefits year, and of course through the following year. Is this not the case? I expect to reach SE by late summer, or at least by September with my current travel plans, and thanks to a couple more MHDs.

2. If one does move up to SE, would the threshold upgrades received not be SE SystemWides, and not Elite NAs? And can an SE use Elite NA upgrades? I would likely have quite a few of thse unused if I keep doing MHDs in J for my transcons.