Originally Posted by
BlondeBomber
Don't think that is correct--it is the 2015 year starting January 1 and you will get your first eupgrade at 60k not 20k! This is similar to if you don't qualify for SE, you don't get your double miles from January 1 to February 28. Everything stops at December 31! Yes you will get thresholds 20, 40 60 80 if you do it before December 31 but we still don't know the expiry. I have asked and Ben has not responded with any clarity.
You're quite correct; it will be for thresholds crossed between December 1st and 31st, that will apply to 2014 threshold levels, and
should have a 2016 expiry based on previous years. I forget that every year
From Altitude:
Reach Air Canada Altitude status based on the number of Altitude Qualifying Miles (AQM) or Altitude Qualifying Segments (AQS) earned on eligible flights operated by Air Canada and the Star Alliance member airlines between January 1 and December 31.
So yes, you have 31 days to cross as many of the 20K incremental thresholds as you can, to get 2016 credits.