Originally Posted by
klparrot
-YEG-YYC- instead of -YYC-YEG- will get a few more miles.
AFAIK it would only give you 2 more miles for this routing. The mileage you earn for both YEG-YYZ and YYC-YEG is 1,670. YVR-YEG earns 502 miles and YYC-YVR earns the minimum 500 miles.
Unless you are super hungry for 2 status miles, I would concentrate more on convenient connection times, aircraft type, overall trip duration, or other considerations.