I sincerely hope your speculation re how early requalification will work matches AC’s intention. My personal experience suggests otherwise. They refused to allow my early requalification benefit (selected) to apply to a lower status. An appeal was unsuccessful.

Got the email. In re-reading my post, perhaps I wasn’t clear enough.

Some time ago, I selected “lower requalification” as a priveledge. I did not expect to maintain my existing status for the coming year based on projected flying plans. The wording on “select privileges” was unclear — at least to me at that time. I consulted with AC before picking this privilege. They did not indicate it wouldn’t apply to one status level down and agreed that the wording needed to be improved. Of course, towards the end of that benefit year, and despite subsequent conversation with AC, I came to understand it did not apply to the following year's requalification for status/privileges. Fortunately, I ended up fly slightly more than the full mileage requirement for status.

Tthe wording you quote from the email is much improved. It’s also a good move on AC’s part. I suspect, the number caught by this is not huge. Although, I once flew with someone who flew over 99000 (but not 1K) in a calendar year —frequent transcontinental flights for work. AC refused to grant super elite status. She was pretty upset.

Fortunately, none of this is a problem for me anymore.

i would have thought the same thing but this was pre AQD. She was only a few hundred miles short. We just happened to sit across from each other on a YVR-YYZ flight. I had not met her before.