Oct 27, 2019, 9:05 pm
Last edit by: canadiancow
Background
Beginning with the 2018/19 benefit year, Air Canada provides a banked year of Super Elite status as the threshold gift at 250K AQM / 250 AQS, as described thusly:
Feel free to post in this thread and in the wiki with your banked year(s).
Lifetime (3MM status)
YEG_SE4Life
Plumber
Through 2030
canadiancow
Through 2027
2MM Centurion
Through 2026
EdmFlyBoi
SearsTower
Note: only post your name once. For example, if you have two years of banked SE in late 2023, you are qualified "through 2025"; it's a given that you have 2024 as well.
Beginning with the 2018/19 benefit year, Air Canada provides a banked year of Super Elite status as the threshold gift at 250K AQM / 250 AQS, as described thusly:
Receive one year of Banked Super Elite 100K status that will provide you with an automatic benefit year extension of Super Elite 100K status. Banked status is assigned in the first benefit year when published requirements for achieving Super Elite 100K status have not been met.
Lifetime (3MM status)
YEG_SE4Life
Plumber
Through 2030
canadiancow
Through 2027
2MM Centurion
Through 2026
EdmFlyBoi
SearsTower
Note: only post your name once. For example, if you have two years of banked SE in late 2023, you are qualified "through 2025"; it's a given that you have 2024 as well.
Post Your Banked Years of Super Elite S100K Here!
Nov 19, 2019, 6:30 am
#46
Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: YYT
Programs: M-Bonvoy Platinum Elite, Aeroplan 50K, DragonPass, AMEX MR, NEXUS
Posts: 1,715
Nov 19, 2019, 6:33 am
#47
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: YOW
Programs: AC-SE100K, AC-3MM, Marriott- LT Titanium, SPG RIP
Posts: 2,958
I can tell you that in 2018 I had 173K personal miles and 90K work miles... This year it is reversed with 118K personal miles and 183K business miles.
Nov 20, 2019, 11:43 am
#48
Moderator, Air Canada; FlyerTalk Evangelist
Original Poster
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: YYC
Programs: AC SE MM, FB Plat, WS Plat, BA Silver, DL GM, Marriott Plat, Hilton Gold, Accor Silver
Posts: 16,767
Meh. Not really. I didn’t find it hard at all to do 200k +. Or no harder than 100k. And there are months this year where I will do 30k or more (not hard at all). Extrapolate that over a year and I can easily see doing 400k - 500k. I don’t want to because I have personal goals that would be very hard to achieve with that level of travel but it is all a lot easier than you think. In a slippery slope it’s all relative sort of way.
Not to mention those of us who end up flying on other alliances a bunch... If all my travel had been *A this year, I probably could have broken 250K easily, but price, schedule, and DeflateGate drove me to fly more on other airlines.
Hmmm. How many miles would I get from YYC - MEL - YYC? And anybody know any cheap J fares? Might be worth it to get some warm weather for a couple days...
Nov 20, 2019, 12:46 pm
#49
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: YYC
Programs: AC SE 1MM, Marriott Ambassador
Posts: 3,397
Keep in mind that different people have very different circumstances. Many people don't travel for work and have personal commitments, financial limitations, etc, that keep them from racking up huge miles on personal travel as well. There's a HUGE portion of the Canadian population that essentially never flies (this is most of Swoop's target market) and even the average person only tends to take a couple of trips a year.
Not to mention those of us who end up flying on other alliances a bunch... If all my travel had been *A this year, I probably could have broken 250K easily, but price, schedule, and DeflateGate drove me to fly more on other airlines.
17,256 miles in Flex or 25,884 in J. https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/air-...miles-aqd.html
Not to mention those of us who end up flying on other alliances a bunch... If all my travel had been *A this year, I probably could have broken 250K easily, but price, schedule, and DeflateGate drove me to fly more on other airlines.
17,256 miles in Flex or 25,884 in J. https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/air-...miles-aqd.html
Jul 11, 2023, 11:16 am
#50
Suspended
Join Date: Nov 2022
Posts: 68
Just received notice from AP when I complained that last year’s SE Bank hasn’t appeared that program started in 2020 so my prior +250k year in 2019 doesn’t count. Despite has been noted in my account for past 3 years?
thanks for this thread as I added this link in my reply to review again.
thanks for this thread as I added this link in my reply to review again.
Jul 11, 2023, 11:22 am
#51
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: SFO
Programs: AC SE MM, BA Gold, SQ Silver, Bonvoy Tit LTG, Hyatt Glob, HH Diamond
Posts: 44,324
Just received notice from AP when I complained that last year’s SE Bank hasn’t appeared that program started in 2020 so my prior +250k year in 2019 doesn’t count. Despite has been noted in my account for past 3 years?
thanks for this thread as I added this link in my reply to review again.
thanks for this thread as I added this link in my reply to review again.
Jul 12, 2023, 9:41 am
#52
Suspended
Join Date: Nov 2022
Posts: 68
Here is what AC replied...Anyone have the official announcement from AC that I can send back?
"Thank you for your email concerning your Banked Status.
I have verified your account and the one Banked Status that is available was credited the 20 November 2022 when you reached the 250K threshold. This level was reached when you flew AC306 from Vancouver to Montreal on that date. There are no missing Banked Status to be credited. The Banked Status Benefit started in 2020.
I hope this clarifies your query.
"Thank you for your email concerning your Banked Status.
I have verified your account and the one Banked Status that is available was credited the 20 November 2022 when you reached the 250K threshold. This level was reached when you flew AC306 from Vancouver to Montreal on that date. There are no missing Banked Status to be credited. The Banked Status Benefit started in 2020.
I hope this clarifies your query.
Jul 12, 2023, 10:42 am
#55
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: SFO
Programs: AC SE MM, BA Gold, SQ Silver, Bonvoy Tit LTG, Hyatt Glob, HH Diamond
Posts: 44,324
I don't know about an announcement, but an earlier post in this thread has evidence: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/31743900-post18.html
I also tried to clean up the wiki, given that benefit years now match the calendar year. If I got it wrong, please correct it.
I also tried to clean up the wiki, given that benefit years now match the calendar year. If I got it wrong, please correct it.
