Here comes the claw
Jan 5, 2011 | 5:06 pm
#16
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Toronto
Programs: UA 1K, AC MM E50, Marriott LT Ti, IHG Dia Amb
Posts: 16,461
i qualified for elite very early in 2010, at the six month mark i start having my AE nubmer removed at the gate just prior to boarding (after u/g if any). then when december comes along, the system sees that i qualify for Elite for 2011 and asks me kindly to select my E benefits for 2011. when that goes through, i submit a whole heck load of milage requests for the all those flights not credited, and that puts me way over the SE threshold, then the system sees that I now qualify for SE in 2011 and asks to select again. so for my E benefits i selected all eCredits and for SE i select %100 and all eCredits for a total of 95 eCredits for 2011 (excluding my FP eCredits and threshold bonus', which will take me somewhere to 257 eCredits for 2011)
Jan 5, 2011 | 5:24 pm
#17
Original Poster
Suspended
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: YOW
Programs: AC*E, PriorityClubPlat, Hertz Gold
Posts: 218
I wasnt complaining... just saddened... those points looked so nice in my account.... 
Jan 5, 2011 | 9:20 pm
#18
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: YYJ
Programs: AC*SE, Lifetime Bonvoy PP, Hilton D, National EE, Avis First
Posts: 674
Jan 5, 2011 | 9:55 pm
#19
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Well within Jazz territory
Programs: AC E
Posts: 951
Your scheme makes sense to me (although not sure if I'd be advertising it myself) but exactly how do you "start having your AE number removed"? Do you book flights without inputting it, or simply apply a bit of white-out?
Jan 5, 2011 | 11:41 pm
#20
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: YYJ
Programs: AC*SE, Lifetime Bonvoy PP, Hilton D, National EE, Avis First
Posts: 674
have the GA remove your AE number, preferably in the computer not with whiteout or sharpie :P
Jan 6, 2011 | 3:54 am
#21
Join Date: Mar 2009
Programs: AC-SEMM, AA-Gold
Posts: 983
Suggestion for Andrew Yiu and Aeroplan
The process described by NAJetset seems more like a scam than a scheme - one that Air Canada should look into given the info provided such as the YYJ location.