Well... maybe I'll be the little devil here. I still think the benefits that SEs get are still a little better than all the other top tiers programs. No one can beat the no capacity control on award seats in all classes, this is the one benefit that is keeping me with Aeroplan (and the most valuable benefit IMO). Whether they decide to keep it around next year is another issue. Rupert said they don't have any intentions to take it away but I wouldn't put money on that. The second thing I've found is upgrading have gotten harder on all carriers not just Aeroplan. In fact, maybe one could even argue that it has gotten a lot easier to upgrade because of the new restrictions. It's the C class inventory that is frustrating me [The zeroing out crap despite J being 50%+ open]. It's up to Rupert to go figure out whether the new policies are backfiring on them.