Aeroplan Status Extension 2023 through Co-Branded CC
 

https://liveandletsfly.com/aeroplan-status-extension/

Seems this applies to all Aeroplan CC...

This is great! One thing I can't tell is if the 500 points for $2k spend/month earned on the Chase card will also count as points from purchases. Gut is no because they are "bonus" points but it's not completely clear to me.

So what kind of spending does it take to earn 30,000 points? Just spending $30,000?

So I should have burned my dragon's hoard of points instead of giving AC $20k of badly needed cash.

So much for incenting loyalty.

Depends on the card, what you purchase, and the category point multipliers. It's not a certain spend amount, it's the points you earn from purchases. So I could qualify with $10k US on just restaurant purchases for example.

That's how I feel too. A lot of people spent a lot of money to achieve status through other promotions. Now many will be getting it for spending they'd have done otherwise. I now have very little incentive to fly AC through the rest of the year (beyond working my way toward a million miles and the other minimal perks that come with it).

What I'm wondering is if promotions like this are really all about the pandemic recovery or if they are just the way things are going to be now. It has never been so easy to gain and keep status.

It's hard to imagine a scenario in which there aren't just an inordinate amount of people holding status—and even advanced status like 75K and SE—next year, and therefore fighting to use Priority Rewards, eUpgrades, etc.

Secure your 2023 Status with your Aeroplan credit card
 

Seems pretty lucrative...

https://www.aircanada.com/ca/en/aco/...on-cc.html#/tc

How to lock-in your Status

Earn 30,000 points from purchases1 with any Aeroplan credit card through November 30, 2022, and you’ll secure your Aeroplan Status through 2023. And there’s more good news! If you’re already an Aeroplan credit cardholder, all the points you’ve earned with your card since the beginning of the year count toward this offer.

Status extensions for members who have earned the points required will begin in July.

Although I happen to be one of those with status (stacked to 35k) from CC spending, and love it.... I agree with you. I've spent enough already, so I guess I'll hold my status for another year.

One point I don't see discussed often, is that people like me, who earned their status by CC spending, (and otherwise wouldn't achieve status) won't get in your way that often anyway...

Also.. with the CC we had access to the lounges already

Here's the promo link direct to AC's website: https://www.aircanada.com/ca/en/aco/...tion-cc.html#/

Wow, I guess my EDQ progress on my 25K account can just stop, I've earned enough.

And since I had the fire to keep going another 70k EDQ (albeit this time it'll be in US$), I might as well head over to the Chase branch down the street and open a card for this promo...

EDIT: there's a lot of fuzzy details on what accelerators might count, especially when considering retroactive spend. I have an idea of what they're trying to get across (yes to the natural AC.com accelerators, no to the one-off dining accelerators on the Chase and AMEX cards), but like with previous promotions, I'm left wishing the wording used was more explicit.

First time I'm hearing "evergreen accelerator"...

I love this airline.

Wow...
 

Quite the generous promotion.

I'm at 15,000 SQD and was going to make sure I hit 20,000 to secure SE for another year. I guess I don't have to do that now as the only value would be to unlock another priority reward (which would only be worth it if I was really close to the threshold).

It is kind of weird that they haven't announced any additional incentive for those that actually hit the status thresholds. Perhaps we are such a small group of people that they figure it isn't worth it or they don't feel it will drive significant behaviour / value.

Or perhaps it's a big present to the FIs as it helps illustrate the incredible value of the cards which will make TD/CIBC/AMEX happy. They might be the most important Air Canada customer now :cool:

From the T&Cs:

In other words, those of us who actually flew to requalify basically get nothing from this promo.

Once again, I assert that this is not a frequent flyer program, it is a frequent spender program.

How do you know how many "points" you've earned so far?
Is everything marked EDQ counting?

No, EDQ counts 'bonus' points (sometimes welcome bonus, often accelerated spend rates, which are both excluded as per T&C). To check how many points you have you have to go through each statement since January and see how many "Base" points you earned and them up manually.

I was gonna fly a bunch this year, but now I'm thinking about getting another credit card instead.