Question: When does Status for 2019 get updated?
Jan 9, 2019, 9:57 pm
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When does Status for 2019 get updated?
I'm new to the FF community and status so I'm a little unsure how this works.
Last year 2018 I received early recognition for 35K Status but at the end of the year 30/12 I squeeked over the 50K threshold 50,484 AQM, 24 AQS, 6450 AQD but my status is still 35K. When can I expect that I'll be *A Gold so I can use the lounges? I have a flight on LOT coming up in a few weeks.
thx
Last year 2018 I received early recognition for 35K Status but at the end of the year 30/12 I squeeked over the 50K threshold 50,484 AQM, 24 AQS, 6450 AQD but my status is still 35K. When can I expect that I'll be *A Gold so I can use the lounges? I have a flight on LOT coming up in a few weeks.
thx
Jan 9, 2019, 10:29 pm
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I'm new to the FF community and status so I'm a little unsure how this works.
Last year 2018 I received early recognition for 35K Status but at the end of the year 30/12 I squeeked over the 50K threshold 50,484 AQM, 24 AQS, 6450 AQD but my status is still 35K. When can I expect that I'll be *A Gold so I can use the lounges? I have a flight on LOT coming up in a few weeks.
thx
Last year 2018 I received early recognition for 35K Status but at the end of the year 30/12 I squeeked over the 50K threshold 50,484 AQM, 24 AQS, 6450 AQD but my status is still 35K. When can I expect that I'll be *A Gold so I can use the lounges? I have a flight on LOT coming up in a few weeks.
thx
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Jan 9, 2019, 10:34 pm
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OP, welcome to FT.
Note that your status technically doesn't kick in until March 1st. That being said, as the others have mentioned, there's a good chance that your status will update in the system sometime before then.
Note that your status technically doesn't kick in until March 1st. That being said, as the others have mentioned, there's a good chance that your status will update in the system sometime before then.
Jan 10, 2019, 7:43 am
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Welcome Navarcht.
Since this is a frequent question (unsurprisingly so given Air Canada's unusual processes in this regard), here is a more fulsome explanation (which other people have made specific to your situation already).
Since this is a frequent question (unsurprisingly so given Air Canada's unusual processes in this regard), here is a more fulsome explanation (which other people have made specific to your situation already).
- In year n, if at some point before ~mid Oct you reach an equal or higher status than you currently have, you will be awarded the new status within a week or two, expiring end of Feb year n+2.
- If the same happens between that mid Oct date and Dec 31, you are technically entitled that status only as of March 1 of year n+1. That being said, Air Canada does several rounds of sweeps from Dec (year n) through Feb (year n+1) and will generally give you the status during one of those sweeps, again expiring end of Feb year n+2
Jan 10, 2019, 5:37 pm
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thanks! much clearer now.
Ironically I received an email offer to buy up to 50K this morning
the *A lounges are more of interest to me instead of the MLL as I am now living in China. Now if there was some way to change my Altitude profile to China to reduce the AQD requirement.... the system doesn't seem to work for non-english addresses.
Ironically I received an email offer to buy up to 50K this morning
the *A lounges are more of interest to me instead of the MLL as I am now living in China. Now if there was some way to change my Altitude profile to China to reduce the AQD requirement.... the system doesn't seem to work for non-english addresses.
Jan 11, 2019, 6:32 am
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Welcome Navarcht.
Since this is a frequent question (unsurprisingly so given Air Canada's unusual processes in this regard), here is a more fulsome explanation (which other people have made specific to your situation already).
Since this is a frequent question (unsurprisingly so given Air Canada's unusual processes in this regard), here is a more fulsome explanation (which other people have made specific to your situation already).
- In year n, if at some point before ~mid Oct you reach an equal or higher status than you currently have, you will be awarded the new status within a week or two, expiring end of Feb year n+2.
- If the same happens between that mid Oct date and Dec 31, you are technically entitled that status only as of March 1 of year n+1. That being said, Air Canada does several rounds of sweeps from Dec (year n) through Feb (year n+1) and will generally give you the status during one of those sweeps, again expiring end of Feb year n+2
Of course, some AC benefits do run Jan-Dec. Because you know, why not.
thanks! much clearer now.
Ironically I received an email offer to buy up to 50K this morning
the *A lounges are more of interest to me instead of the MLL as I am now living in China. Now if there was some way to change my Altitude profile to China to reduce the AQD requirement.... the system doesn't seem to work for non-english addresses.
Ironically I received an email offer to buy up to 50K this morning
the *A lounges are more of interest to me instead of the MLL as I am now living in China. Now if there was some way to change my Altitude profile to China to reduce the AQD requirement.... the system doesn't seem to work for non-english addresses.
Jan 11, 2019, 11:35 am
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Jan 13, 2019, 5:30 pm
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Too funny! Ironically I moved from Quebec to China so technically neither address is in English.
When I try to update my address with Chinese characters I get an error for both the street name and city (I assume because of the characters). I could try translating the address into English but I would never receive any mail that way. Here they wouldn't know what to do with mail addressed to Qinhuangdao just as in Canada they wouldn't know what to do with a letter addressed to 秦皇岛市
(Disclaimer: I cannot speak, read, or write Chinese!)
When I try to update my address with Chinese characters I get an error for both the street name and city (I assume because of the characters). I could try translating the address into English but I would never receive any mail that way. Here they wouldn't know what to do with mail addressed to Qinhuangdao just as in Canada they wouldn't know what to do with a letter addressed to 秦皇岛市
(Disclaimer: I cannot speak, read, or write Chinese!)