Originally Posted by
Tar787
Thanks Jasper.
I know that's the official policy. I just know that a few years ago my dad got the Elite threshold in mid January after the end of the calendar year, and Aeroplan gave him the status. Made me wonder if anyone else had seen that before or if it was something that may have been done in the past but no longer occurs.
Note aware of any examples where AC took flying at the beginning of the following year into account however there have been exceptions to the general rules:
1) AC seems to have an (unpublished) number of miles you may fall short of the threshold, but still get status (e.g. 34980 miles would get you E status)
2) AC has given status to a selected few FFs who clearly didnīt qualify, but have been long-time status members and have been profitable customers over the years (e.g. SE for many years booking full-fare tix, only flew 85k miles this year)
3) AC making a one-time exception on a case-by-case basis if you didnīt requalify due to serious, long illness; maternity leave etc.
As always, any exceptions are at ACīs discretion and itīs my understanding they donīt happen very often (particularly 2 isnīt something anyone should expect).