Aug 24, 2017, 7:44 am
Last edit by: canadiancow
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FT members trying to earn a spot in the top 30:
alc (aaalllccc) - 126,500 wings + any WiFi I will get
canadiancow - ~106,575 so far (earned, not posted)
mozzarella - ~86K wings + future wifi
biglinguist -- 61,000 wings (2 days' EYW runs + regular travel)
mikeyyz - ~50k wings (aiming for 28-30th too)
dtman85 (deedat85)- 41K wings (4 days' EYW runs)-(Aiming for 28-30th)
bonaventure - 40k wings
****** Posted on EYW Website ******
12/11/17
This edition of Air Canada Earn Your Wings is now over. Thank you for participating in this sixth edition for Air Canada Altitude 2017 members. Bonus Aeroplan Miles will be credited up to three weeks after the final refresh on February 15, 2018, so check the website for Leaderboard ranking updates.
canadiancow's calculator: http://flyertalk.canadiancow.com/eyw/index.php
FT members trying to earn a spot in the top 30:
alc (aaalllccc) - 126,500 wings + any WiFi I will get
canadiancow - ~106,575 so far (earned, not posted)
mozzarella - ~86K wings + future wifi
biglinguist -- 61,000 wings (2 days' EYW runs + regular travel)
mikeyyz - ~50k wings (aiming for 28-30th too)
dtman85 (deedat85)- 41K wings (4 days' EYW runs)-(Aiming for 28-30th)
bonaventure - 40k wings
****** Posted on EYW Website ******
12/11/17
This edition of Air Canada Earn Your Wings is now over. Thank you for participating in this sixth edition for Air Canada Altitude 2017 members. Bonus Aeroplan Miles will be credited up to three weeks after the final refresh on February 15, 2018, so check the website for Leaderboard ranking updates.
Earn Your Wings (EYW) v6 2017
Oct 16, 2017, 1:48 pm
#556
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: YVR
Programs: AC Black Card, Nexus
Posts: 292
well, 500K AP + what all the AQM + other miles related for me to do this year EYW, I will get be getting ~710K AP, that is 9.467 tickets of YYZ-HKG. using $1,500 per ticket, that is $14,200.
beside, I am also adding my MM total and that is for retirement to ensure I will get *G (which I think AC will reduce the benefit of E50K over time, but you would think 1MM will always get *G for lounge + luggage)
---- Additional answer ----
Forgot to answer your 1st question -> Do you know how much you spent on flights out of pocket to get SE?
$0. I am one of those OPM flyer if it isn't EYW to allow me to break even (or better) on the miles I am getting back, I will not do it... unless I am very very close, like my 1st time SE where I did the Segment Run like you did over the past weekend, my was LAS from BUF. But as mentioned to you, that is when I was super excited to be a SE for the very first time. So, my brain might not making the correct decision back then too
beside, I am also adding my MM total and that is for retirement to ensure I will get *G (which I think AC will reduce the benefit of E50K over time, but you would think 1MM will always get *G for lounge + luggage)
---- Additional answer ----
Forgot to answer your 1st question -> Do you know how much you spent on flights out of pocket to get SE?
$0. I am one of those OPM flyer
if it isn't EYW to allow me to break even (or better) on the miles I am getting back, I will not do it... unless I am very very close, like my 1st time SE where I did the Segment Run like you did over the past weekend, my was LAS from BUF. But as mentioned to you, that is when I was super excited to be a SE for the very first time. So, my brain might not making the correct decision back then too • So if you've spent less than $14,200 you're coming out ahead in your eyes?
• Surely your flights this round costed money? Regardless if you "make your money back" via points/cost for flights in the future? or maybe I just don't know what OPM means.
• I love the idea of getting your MM for your retirement, thats freaking awesome!
Oct 16, 2017, 1:53 pm
#557
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 4,519
• So if you've spent less than $14,200 you're coming out ahead in your eyes?
• Surely your flights this round costed money? Regardless if you "make your money back" via points/cost for flights in the future? or maybe I just don't know what OPM means.
• I love the idea of getting your MM for your retirement, thats freaking awesome!
• Surely your flights this round costed money? Regardless if you "make your money back" via points/cost for flights in the future? or maybe I just don't know what OPM means.
• I love the idea of getting your MM for your retirement, thats freaking awesome!
- OPM -> Other People Money. i.e. I don't pay for my flights for work. My customer/employer does, or another way to look at it, I am not self-employ or being my own boss
Oct 16, 2017, 2:07 pm
#558
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: YVR
Programs: AC Black Card, Nexus
Posts: 292
Are you OPM-ing for EYW? Or are you just evaluating that calculation on cost spent vs ROI and deeming you have spent $0?
Thanks for answering my Q's. This is super interesting
Oct 16, 2017, 5:00 pm
#559
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 4,519
I do have 1 work trip that will count toward my EYW, otherwise, all my own.
Oct 16, 2017, 6:38 pm
#560
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 4,519
my wings count got updated today. It is up to Oct 8th now. But I do have a couple Flex G on Oct 9. The rest of them are all M and P fare.
I do wonder how many Flex G GRANDBEND, GLOBETROTTER_JR, and SUPREMEKAI are missing, especially GRANDBEND and it seems the wings haven't changed much for a while.
I do wonder how many Flex G GRANDBEND, GLOBETROTTER_JR, and SUPREMEKAI are missing, especially GRANDBEND and it seems the wings haven't changed much for a while.
Oct 16, 2017, 7:01 pm
#561
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: YVR
Programs: AC SE100K, SPG Platinum, Cathay Pacific Gold, club carlson Gold, Le club Accor Platinum
Posts: 186
my wings count got updated today. It is up to Oct 8th now. But I do have a couple Flex G on Oct 9. The rest of them are all M and P fare.
I do wonder how many Flex G GRANDBEND, GLOBETROTTER_JR, and SUPREMEKAI are missing, especially GRANDBEND and it seems the wings haven't changed much for a while.
I do wonder how many Flex G GRANDBEND, GLOBETROTTER_JR, and SUPREMEKAI are missing, especially GRANDBEND and it seems the wings haven't changed much for a while.
. And so far I have no missing flex G. I will resume my EYW runs on the October 23rd and hopefully they will fix the flex G issue by then.
Oct 16, 2017, 7:16 pm
#562
Join Date: May 2005
Location: YOW
Programs: AC-SE100K MM, BA-S HH-D, MB-G LT Sil, IHG-Plt, Nexus, Global Entry
Posts: 3,803
my wings count got updated today. It is up to Oct 8th now. But I do have a couple Flex G on Oct 9. The rest of them are all M and P fare.
I do wonder how many Flex G GRANDBEND, GLOBETROTTER_JR, and SUPREMEKAI are missing, especially GRANDBEND and it seems the wings haven't changed much for a while.
I do wonder how many Flex G GRANDBEND, GLOBETROTTER_JR, and SUPREMEKAI are missing, especially GRANDBEND and it seems the wings haven't changed much for a while.
Curious that mystery badge #4 has not been unveiled.
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Oct 16, 2017, 7:45 pm
#566
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: YVR
Programs: AC 100K SE (*G), Marriott P, SPG G, Hilton D
Posts: 611
I'm looking on some people's profiles and seeing multiple "Double dare" badges and when you click on it it says Test Badge.
For example, check out this page: https://earnyourwings.aircanada.com/...le/jean-michel
What's going on?
For example, check out this page: https://earnyourwings.aircanada.com/...le/jean-michel
What's going on?
Oct 16, 2017, 8:01 pm
#568
Join Date: Oct 2017
Posts: 33
I'm looking on some people's profiles and seeing multiple "Double dare" badges and when you click on it it says Test Badge.
For example, check out this page: https://earnyourwings.aircanada.com/...le/jean-michel
What's going on?
For example, check out this page: https://earnyourwings.aircanada.com/...le/jean-michel
What's going on?
Oct 16, 2017, 8:09 pm
#569
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: USA
Programs: AC SE100K, F9 100k, NK Gold, UA *S, Hyatt Glob, Bonvoy Titanium
Posts: 5,193
I'm looking on some people's profiles and seeing multiple "Double dare" badges and when you click on it it says Test Badge.
For example, check out this page: https://earnyourwings.aircanada.com/...le/jean-michel
What's going on?
For example, check out this page: https://earnyourwings.aircanada.com/...le/jean-michel
What's going on?
one thing's for sure. AC's third party contractor really made a killing if they charged AC more than say 20% of last year's program/web admin fee. So much of the site is just recycled content with no attempt to hide it or remove '2016' from some titles and pages....
Oct 16, 2017, 8:14 pm
#570
Join Date: May 2013
Location: YYT/YYC/TPE
Programs: AC SE, UA, National Exec Elite, Nexus, GE
Posts: 1,810
That person clearly earned 4 double dare badges. for a challenge that AC forgot to tell us about before Oct11. Really puts the 'mystery' in mystery badge.
one thing's for sure. AC's third party contractor really made a killing if they charged AC more than say 20% of last year's program/web admin fee. So much of the site is just recycled content with no attempt to hide it or remove '2016' from some titles and pages....
one thing's for sure. AC's third party contractor really made a killing if they charged AC more than say 20% of last year's program/web admin fee. So much of the site is just recycled content with no attempt to hide it or remove '2016' from some titles and pages....