Air Canada Altitude 2016 program for 2017 status
Sep 20, 2016, 9:08 am
#1532
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: YUL
Programs: AP 1992- , AC SE1MM, NEXUS, GE, TD Visa Infinite Privilege, Fairmont Platinum
Posts: 145
So, here it goes... There are different levels of crazies... and AC has been testing these levels among us with the new AQD requirements.
I'm currently at 57,899 AQM, 13 AQS and 10,513.30 AQD (I've *never* qualified through AQS)
What I've learned this year, from personal experience and your recent postings : IMO, the new AQD requirements will weed out people who went for a superior status late in the year by doing a MR, but didn't spend enough (in AC's opinion) to deserve that superior status.
From my current numbers, achieving 75K would be easy. AQD: already done. AQM, well, three months to cumulate 17,101 AQM = doable. Especially since I've already booked a YUL - YYZ - NRT RT trip for October.
Achieving SE100K, much harder...
Who would want to spend 9,500$ to get the missing 42,101 AQM? Even reducing these amounts through a few more business trips... (in my case, taking into account that NRT trip)
It's September 20, and I will qualify once more as SE100K for 2017 by mid-December 2016, even with my current low numbers.
Yes, the end of the year will be crazy and yes there will be some MR but, I confess, also some DR.
Next year, with the experience, I'll aim to get to SE100K by reaching 100K AQMs early, then going way above to reach the 20K AQDs, reducing my cpm.
Unless they lock me up somewhere with white padded walls and mushy food...
I'm currently at 57,899 AQM, 13 AQS and 10,513.30 AQD (I've *never* qualified through AQS)
What I've learned this year, from personal experience and your recent postings : IMO, the new AQD requirements will weed out people who went for a superior status late in the year by doing a MR, but didn't spend enough (in AC's opinion) to deserve that superior status.
From my current numbers, achieving 75K would be easy. AQD: already done. AQM, well, three months to cumulate 17,101 AQM = doable. Especially since I've already booked a YUL - YYZ - NRT RT trip for October.
Achieving SE100K, much harder...
Who would want to spend 9,500$ to get the missing 42,101 AQM? Even reducing these amounts through a few more business trips... (in my case, taking into account that NRT trip)
It's September 20, and I will qualify once more as SE100K for 2017 by mid-December 2016, even with my current low numbers.
Yes, the end of the year will be crazy and yes there will be some MR but, I confess, also some DR.
Next year, with the experience, I'll aim to get to SE100K by reaching 100K AQMs early, then going way above to reach the 20K AQDs, reducing my cpm.
Unless they lock me up somewhere with white padded walls and mushy food...
Sep 20, 2016, 9:22 am
#1533
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Quebec and Ontario, Canada
Programs: AC*E50, SPG/Marriott Plat
Posts: 1,917
I am mainly flying on Flex flight pass and will miss SE100k because of the AQD so it does not only concern cheap tango MR flyers...
If one have time the best idea would be to "buy" AQD during EYW, at least you get a decent bunch of miles to use once you have SE status.
If one have time the best idea would be to "buy" AQD during EYW, at least you get a decent bunch of miles to use once you have SE status.
Sep 20, 2016, 9:46 am
#1534
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: YUL
Programs: AP 1992- , AC SE1MM, NEXUS, GE, TD Visa Infinite Privilege, Fairmont Platinum
Posts: 145
Sep 20, 2016, 9:49 am
#1535
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Quebec and Ontario, Canada
Programs: AC*E50, SPG/Marriott Plat
Posts: 1,917
Sep 23, 2016, 6:01 pm
#1537
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: In the air
Programs: Occasional RTW club
Posts: 6,917
So, here it goes... There are different levels of crazies... and AC has been testing these levels among us with the new AQD requirements.
I'm currently at 57,899 AQM, 13 AQS and 10,513.30 AQD (I've *never* qualified through AQS)
What I've learned this year, from personal experience and your recent postings : IMO, the new AQD requirements will weed out people who went for a superior status late in the year by doing a MR, but didn't spend enough (in AC's opinion) to deserve that superior status.
From my current numbers, achieving 75K would be easy. AQD: already done. AQM, well, three months to cumulate 17,101 AQM = doable. Especially since I've already booked a YUL - YYZ - NRT RT trip for October.
Achieving SE100K, much harder...
Who would want to spend 9,500$ to get the missing 42,101 AQM? Even reducing these amounts through a few more business trips... (in my case, taking into account that NRT trip)
It's September 20, and I will qualify once more as SE100K for 2017 by mid-December 2016, even with my current low numbers.
Yes, the end of the year will be crazy and yes there will be some MR but, I confess, also some DR.
Next year, with the experience, I'll aim to get to SE100K by reaching 100K AQMs early, then going way above to reach the 20K AQDs, reducing my cpm.
Unless they lock me up somewhere with white padded walls and mushy food...
I'm currently at 57,899 AQM, 13 AQS and 10,513.30 AQD (I've *never* qualified through AQS)
What I've learned this year, from personal experience and your recent postings : IMO, the new AQD requirements will weed out people who went for a superior status late in the year by doing a MR, but didn't spend enough (in AC's opinion) to deserve that superior status.
From my current numbers, achieving 75K would be easy. AQD: already done. AQM, well, three months to cumulate 17,101 AQM = doable. Especially since I've already booked a YUL - YYZ - NRT RT trip for October.
Achieving SE100K, much harder...
Who would want to spend 9,500$ to get the missing 42,101 AQM? Even reducing these amounts through a few more business trips... (in my case, taking into account that NRT trip)
It's September 20, and I will qualify once more as SE100K for 2017 by mid-December 2016, even with my current low numbers.
Yes, the end of the year will be crazy and yes there will be some MR but, I confess, also some DR.
Next year, with the experience, I'll aim to get to SE100K by reaching 100K AQMs early, then going way above to reach the 20K AQDs, reducing my cpm.
Unless they lock me up somewhere with white padded walls and mushy food...
Sep 23, 2016, 6:45 pm
#1538
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: MEX
Programs: AC E75K
Posts: 4,171
That's pretty much right indeed. Consider a more extreme case - mine. I'm outside Canada this year so I'm subject to lower requalification requirements. But even then ... I'm at 86K AQM and $2.5K AQD (!). I could finish the year with no AC spend at all, and I suppose they don't want that. So I'm literally going to book something idiotic like NRT-YYZ-AMS and back to get my missing 7.5K in a single trip. Sigh.
Sep 23, 2016, 6:52 pm
#1539
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: In the air
Programs: Occasional RTW club
Posts: 6,917
Sep 24, 2016, 6:45 am
#1541
Join Date: Sep 2005
Programs: AC MM E50 , Former SPG, now Marriott LT Plat
Posts: 6,251
It looks like I will end up around 98,000 miles and $9000 AQD.
In any year past, I would do a MR for the 2000 miles, this year obviously not.
So AC is missing out on some incremental revenue in my case.
In any year past, I would do a MR for the 2000 miles, this year obviously not.
So AC is missing out on some incremental revenue in my case.
Sep 24, 2016, 8:04 am
#1542
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Ontario, Canada
Programs: AC*SE MM, Hilton Gold, Marriott Gold, IHG Plat Amb
Posts: 3,439
But they're probably saving much more in the way of incremental expenses by not having to provide you with SE benefits through 2017. I know in my case, the YQ savings alone are worth way more than $1,000.
Sep 24, 2016, 8:59 am
#1545
Suspended
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: YVR
Programs: AC SE*2MM. SPG Plat life
Posts: 4,644
Reading your flight counts, why are you even collecting Points on AC program?
