Originally Posted by
Adam Smith
In my moderator capacity, I've updated the thread title to reflect that the original question has been answered.
I think you're conflating two completely unrelated things. Aeroplan presumably targets a similar yield across various retail partners; there are no modified SQC earning rates for any partners. So there would be no reason to drop Rocketmiles just because Aeroplan points can now generate a few SQC.
Someone noted upthread that Rocketmiles is dropping other partners as well. So that's likely the direction you need to look.
Fair that it was on the Rocketmiles end, not Aeroplan's end. My point wasn't that Rocketmiles had a modified SQC earning rate, it's that you could get lots of outsized value in terms of points/SQC earning with them, especially in completing the partner allotment bucket. Last month I saw a one-night stay in Vegas that was about $250 USD that would have earned 10,000 points so 2,000 SQC. You'd have to fly AC at $500 CAD in Flex or higher (pre-tax) to get the same SQC earn.