Threshold Gifts / Threshold eUps (2022 onwards)
Dec 3, 2023, 4:55 pm
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Sorry if this has been addressed on many occasions. I just hit 300K SQM. Gift Card or Points? I know it depends on my situation but any feedback from the forum from their previous selections? I will hit 250K SQM at a minimum for 2024 for another rollover year. The value of $2,000 vs 150,000 points is a great valuation for points. Thank you for any feedback.
And how many Aeroplan points do you have? If not many, maybe it makes more sense, but if you're sitting on a bunch, it could be a while before you use them.
Dec 3, 2023, 6:08 pm
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Sorry if this has been addressed on many occasions. I just hit 300K SQM. Gift Card or Points? I know it depends on my situation but any feedback from the forum from their previous selections? I will hit 250K SQM at a minimum for 2024 for another rollover year. The value of $2,000 vs 150,000 points is a great valuation for points. Thank you for any feedback.
Dec 3, 2023, 7:50 pm
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I always look at it on reverse that you can redeem $150,000 points for only a $1,500 Air Canada gift card so the cash always seems like a better deal to me since you can use it to book SQD/SQM earning flights. If you book a lot of fixed point rewards on partners - maybe take points. But with the variable pricing I like the idea of cash.
Dec 29, 2023, 10:17 am
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Dec 29, 2023, 10:56 am
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Even if they send out physical cards, that's a pretty ridiculous turnaround for something that is going to one of your best customers...how come these people can't seem to get their act together on anything?
Jan 14, 2024, 5:53 pm
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Got Threshold eUps without traveling?
I got +40 eups for no apparent reason on Jan 9.
The best explanation is a threshold eup: I should start the year with more than 100K rollover SQMs.
The issue is: (1) In the past one usually needs to take at least one flight before a threshold eup is awarded; (2) my SQM counter does not even spawn and I suspect the rollover SQM would have been deposited as early as Jan 9; and (3) shouldn’t the threshold eups be awarded as +10, +10, and +20 rather than a lump sum +40?
I wonder if anyone has the same experience as me. Thanks a lot!
The best explanation is a threshold eup: I should start the year with more than 100K rollover SQMs.
The issue is: (1) In the past one usually needs to take at least one flight before a threshold eup is awarded; (2) my SQM counter does not even spawn and I suspect the rollover SQM would have been deposited as early as Jan 9; and (3) shouldn’t the threshold eups be awarded as +10, +10, and +20 rather than a lump sum +40?
I wonder if anyone has the same experience as me. Thanks a lot!
Jan 14, 2024, 6:28 pm
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(2) my SQM counter does not even spawn and I suspect the rollover SQM would have been deposited as early as Jan 9
(3) shouldn’t the threshold eups be awarded as +10, +10, and +20 rather than a lump sum +40?
Jan 30, 2024, 9:18 am
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I woke up to a couple emails with my $2k and $4k gift cards from 2023.
Edit: I spoke too soon. There were four emails. Two of them were the 2022 gift cards I already received. One was a gift card that shows a $0 balance (it doesn't mention a year in the email), but I have no record of the gift card number in my emails. One was a the 2023 $2k gift card.
So I'm still missing the 2023 $4k.
Edit again: I figured out why I was confused:
So I got the $2k, missing the $4k, but otherwise all is good. It just used the same thread as two years ago, so I thought there were four new emails.
Edit: I spoke too soon. There were four emails. Two of them were the 2022 gift cards I already received. One was a gift card that shows a $0 balance (it doesn't mention a year in the email), but I have no record of the gift card number in my emails. One was a the 2023 $2k gift card.
So I'm still missing the 2023 $4k.
Edit again: I figured out why I was confused:
So I got the $2k, missing the $4k, but otherwise all is good. It just used the same thread as two years ago, so I thought there were four new emails.
Last edited by canadiancow; Jan 30, 2024 at 11:00 am
Feb 4, 2024, 6:57 am
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Bumping up an older thread - I did a search and couldn't find this discussed elsewhere.
I should have two banked years of SE - 2022 and 2023. I received emails from AC on Nov 28 2022 and Nov 28 2023 congratulating me on qualifying, and I had > 250,000 SQM and >20,000 SQD both years.
But the app and the website both say I just have one banked year.
Is there a lag in how quickly this posts? Or do I have to get AC to fix this?
I should have two banked years of SE - 2022 and 2023. I received emails from AC on Nov 28 2022 and Nov 28 2023 congratulating me on qualifying, and I had > 250,000 SQM and >20,000 SQD both years.
But the app and the website both say I just have one banked year.
Is there a lag in how quickly this posts? Or do I have to get AC to fix this?