I imagine the cost to AC would be very dependent on the number of people who were impacted.
I think we're speculating here that it's "only" people who were 75K in 2023, but then failed to re-qualify for 75K for 2024. My guess is that
most people who were 75K this year, likely qualified for
some status for 2024. As discussed above, the cost to AC to bump up someone who is already 50K (to 75K) is pretty negligible ... so the only category representing any sort of significant cost to AC is people who had 75K this year, and qualified for less than 50K for next year.
I have no idea how many people that is ... but my gut is "not that many in the big scheme of things"
Put all of that together, and I would not be surprised if AC just decided to gift it to them.
Originally Posted by
D404
Or: No public acknowledgement whatsoever.
Note that the original option was written as
2. Air Canada decided to give 75K to a whole pile of people who had it last year and didn't come remotely close to qualifying for it this year, without saying anything to them or announcing anything.
(bolding added by me)
Again, I think it's unlikely that was the original plan ... but I still think that might be where they end up landing.