If their rationale for changing the 70K gift from being a 2-for-1 coupon to a free Y-class NAmerican ticket, I would suspect it was to answer complaints that many people don't have the opportunity to travel with a partner on a complete itinerary. This makes it much more flexible, as the partner can come along on either the outbound or inbound trip, then choose their own date for independent travel to or back while we stay on for business, etc. Or it can be used by the member, or given to a relative, friend or colleague. [Wonder why they didn't leave the option of just taking another 30K bonus at this tier?]

And remember also that those earning this many miles will have done so on business, and thus must use the award in a business-related fashion or pay tax on it to RevCanada. It is harder to explain the accompanying partner coupon as a legitimate business expense, and of course most people would not be claiming it as a personal benefit and voluntarily pay taxes on it. I think this type of coupon is more appropriate for AC to issue on a number of levels.

You note at the 100K level, one gets an additional 30K. Is this in addition to the 10K threshold bonus as received at each 10K of Q-miles over the 50K level? i.e. does one get a 40K bonus upon reaching 100K. And if this is the case, then it is really equivilent to another NAmerican ticket, this time in Executive Class!

At what level do they start giving away mothballed DC9s?