Originally Posted by
kalderlake
So in terms of milestones, what we're doing this year in qualifying is, rather than earning benefits, earning the opportunity to buy those benefits next year?.
This is a very insightful remark.
To put it another way. It's not that there are changes to Aeroplan status starting Jan 1, 2026. They are instead introducing changes retroactive to Jan 1 2025. (We thought we were earning benefits to be used in 2026, but we weren't. Or more precisely they have changed the benefits we thought we were earning for the last 7 months and that they told us we were earning.)