That would be quite dangerous.

It you tell me I've qualified, I better receive the status.

Well I made it under the old triggers. If they did include planned travel, I should have been swept up. I think it is because my remaining travel is under a flight pass and is invisible to the program deciding things. Or the margin they are allowing is smaller than the delta I have left.

Whatever. My wife waits a little longer for her 50K.

Ouch, that's tantalizingly close. She could've really used an extra segment in there or something.

She's ok. We are off to Maui this week on a Lat flight pass.

Wondering if they are taking into account planned travel too (since I'm on a non-ref Flex fare next week so they will get my $ in any case). I'm $414 short (at 102 AQS) but got the welcome back to 100k email.

If one is qualified for E50k status for next year, will those benefits kick in only with March 2017, or will I get E50k benefits such as international MML access already with January?

Once you get your package, you should be good to go.

I'm thinking that they haven't looked at planned travel, at least not for everyone. First of all I am sitting at 30 AQS and $4258 AQD. I have another 8 segments booked for flying in December. I received the email for P25K email, not the E35K email.

It can be dangerous to look at planned travel for sending the letter. Lets say someone receives the email for SE based on planned travel but then ends up cancelling their trip, or due to IRROPS getting placed on a more direct route and losing out on AQS (this happened to me several times in 2015 and meant I couldn't hit E35K). There would then be an issue of bait and switch. AC would have to make a pretty clear point in the letter that the status is conditional on flying all booked travel.

It seems that the emails have been issued based on a given point in time, irrespective of current status and likelihood of moving up or down. In years gone by they waited until year end to send any notifications, particularly if a status downgrade was imminent. I am dropping out of SE this time and I received an email that does reflect where I will be, and I am actually quite happy about that - no waiting until last minute to have it sorted out.

I got the E35K email but have been sitting at 49,500 aqm (with 45,000 regual option) and over 6,000 in AQD

Been there since sept.... Wait or call ac?

I'm in the same boat and the same thing happened last year. I wouldn't be worried. I'm sure our E50K status will be captured in the next sweep or the one in Jan.

Is it not in AC's interest to wait until late enough that pax who could jump ship won't? (assuming devaluations) Dec 31 would be the logical date.

No, because if there's a history of late negative announcements, people are more likely to jump ship in general.

If announcements for 2018 benefits were made in January 2017, people would know they're "safe" to fly AC the entire year.

well , i got my E75 message with no more trips planned until january. Official downgrade from SE with 1500 AQD'S short.

does anyone think the e75 status benefits might be enhanced for all of us who flew a lot but did not quite make the cut ?

Nope.

For $1,500 I'd suggest you book yourself a weekend to Europe between now and the end of the year if you will be flying a lot in 2017.