Originally Posted by
promethe
Air Canada's 35K limit for *G does sound pretty amazing. Is then Aeroplan any different from AC Top Tier? The wording on
the website is fairly unclear:
I understand it as meaning that within these 35K on *A partners, I have to fly 10K or 5 segments on AC. Am I reading it wrong? This does not sound unreasonable, as routing there and back on WAW-SFO is 6 segments, but always two of them are operated by LO or LH. Oh well.
UA Premier Exec, while requires 15K more to qualify for *G then AC, does have the advantage of free upgrades to Economy Plus, and does provide 100% mileage on nearly all LH, OU, and LX bookings and on all UA/CA. (which are respectively the airlines I fly most out of EU, and most in the US) But then - from what I have heard, and I might have heard wrong - it has a constricted award availability, and they are pretty expensive.
No silver bullet I guess. Thank you for your help so far!
You should post that AC qualification question on the AC board. The AC experts dont seem to be frequenting this thread.
However, its not necessary that UA/CO has poor award availability. But AC traditionally does have some cheaper award deals.
Also, yes, with UA/CO elite, you get E+ always. This is a big plus if thats who you fly the most.