Originally Posted by
link2110
You could earn the SQM on a Canadian co-brand card, the core VI/Amex cards are 1k SQM/$10k spend, and 1k/$5k for the VIP/Reserve. The SQD is only earned on 014 tickets though.
I originally posted this in the AC US card thread and it got moved over.
I could easily get the "status level up" from the card, so I was wondering if it might make sense to use AC as a hub to credit various *A flights and maybe get *A gold... but it seems like CC spend and *A activity doesn't really meaningfully matter for qualification, only flights on AC itself do (or AC ticket stock).