Originally Posted by
Lloydbraun1976
[MENTION=155949]Nitehawk[/MENTION] ...I don't understand as I have no target for AC spend as it is what it is.
Can you please explain why would an exact 20k target be relevant - should I stop flying AC when I reach this number? and how would one go about achieving what you consider perfect without considerable jumping through hoops and possibly wildly exaggerated indirect routings that I have neither time nor inclination to pursue? Plus, If priority rewards aren't available in my account when I book a companion ticket, and we only fly J on AC, then I just buy my spouse's ticket in J if I consider the Aeroplan spend exorbitant.
But isn't this Bulletin Board suppose to be about posting year end AC account, rather than making some statement about the good or bad of what folks do in the past year ? Accordingly, really not sure what point you and WildcatYXU are trying to make.
Spend is a qualifying criteria so it is relevant. I’ve definitely had to make SQD runs because I managed to hit the sqm/sqs without the sqd.
As for priority rewards I expired a few this year, so whatever incremental spend I gave AC to acquire them ended up having no extra value above flying the flights that got me there. If you use them all, great.
I agree. If it’s not J I’m not travelling, with few exceptions.
once you qualify for SE, many would argue you should fly other airlines and qualify for their top tier program too. Others will say go for the thresholds. Not everyone cares and many just fly where they need to when they need to without considering the frequent flier program qualifying rules. Once you qualify another strategy is just fly on points till you run out of points or the calendar year resets.
I’m not saying people should target a certain spend level. I’m just trying to explain why some might care about their sqm/sqs to sqd ratio.
as for me, I did not requalify for SE this year. 9k sqd and 39k sqm. I will be writing into AC for the parental leave status extension. This is my lowest sqd in years, even in 2020 I hit 20k sqd.