<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by parnel:
CIBC is sure to to have some leakage here but their aerogold card base is so large it won't really make much of a dent. And, people who are working towards a specific award plateau really have no choice but to keep collecting. That's really part of the unethical approach by AC here and why I'mso steamed. None the less if you don't need the CIBC card aerogold to reach certain points plateaus change products and deliver the message.
DC at least "said" they would protest to AC highest levels.They could be more vulnerable than CIBC because most of their card base are AC travellers I think.</font>
Maybe CIBC Aerogold has such a large base due to the ability to redeem points/miles for air rewards. If enough people complain it will show up on radar and begin to cause at least a little concern at CIBC. If anything they can use it against AC in the negiotations about renewing their agreement.