Sep 29, 2017, 5:06 am
The Air Canada Early Status Recognition Thread
Oct 10, 2016, 7:35 pm
#1561
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: 44,353
Oct 13, 2016, 8:00 am
#1563
Join Date: Dec 2009
Programs: Aeroplan SE, *G
Posts: 33
3x Early Recognition ?
I'm about to earn early recognition for the third time. My question is what happens to the elite 35k privilege that I gifted to a friend (when I crossed 75k) once I cross the next threshold (at 100k) and get to gift 50k to a friend? I'm assuming the privileges don't "stack" but still curious how it works out? Thanks!!
Oct 13, 2016, 8:10 am
#1564
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: YYZ
Programs: AC SE, *A Gold, IHG Plat, SPG Plat, Marriott Gold, Hertz President's Circle
Posts: 254
I'm about to earn early recognition for the third time. My question is what happens to the elite 35k privilege that I gifted to a friend (when I crossed 75k) once I cross the next threshold (at 100k) and get to gift 50k to a friend? I'm assuming the privileges don't "stack" but still curious how it works out? Thanks!!
Oct 13, 2016, 9:08 am
#1565
Join Date: Dec 2009
Programs: Aeroplan SE, *G
Posts: 33
At 75k, I chose to gift E35K to a friend. Now at 100K I will have the option to gift 50K to a friend. So my question is: what happens to the e35K gift if I choose the e50K as part of my new set of privileges?
Again, I'm assuming that they don't stack. But curious what happens. Do I have to gift it to the same person? If I gift to a new person does the earlier e35k gift get clawed back? Thanks!
Oct 13, 2016, 9:32 am
#1566
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: 44,353
Someone else reported earlier this year that they were able to nominate a different person, and so they effectively had two status nominees.
Oct 13, 2016, 10:31 am
#1567
Join Date: Dec 2009
Programs: Aeroplan SE, *G
Posts: 33
On some level, I guess this is the decent thing to do, since retroactively removing the e35 status that's been gifted would be a cheap shot.
THANKS!!
Oct 13, 2016, 11:56 am
#1568
Join Date: Mar 2014
Programs: AC SE100k, Marriott Titanium, UA Silver
Posts: 2,648
I cleared from 25k all the way up to 100k as well this year.
Oct 13, 2016, 12:26 pm
#1569
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: 44,353
I think it would be very reasonable to have two options:
1. You select the E50K nominee, and it is required to go to whomever you gave E35K
2. You select something else, and it removes the E35K
Early recognition is not intended to allow benefit stacking. They've made changes to how eUps work because of this.
Oct 13, 2016, 9:17 pm
#1570
Join Date: Aug 2012
Programs: AC E35K, NEXUS
Posts: 4,368
I have no dog in this fight, and I think it would be nice to have honour the original nominee if the member chooses a different person on promotion to 100K, but if AC did transfer the nominee from Person A to Person B at the time of the 75 to 100 promotion, it seems to me the cheap shot is the member that names Person A as the 35K nominee at 75K, and then doesn't choose the same person to upgrade to 50K. If you knew you got one nominee at a time, the abrupt extinction of the original nominee status is on the giver not on AC.
Oct 13, 2016, 9:32 pm
#1571
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: YYZ, MNL, WAW
Programs: Marriott Titanium, Lifetime Plat, (now an AC nobody)
Posts: 1,978
Oct 14, 2016, 5:28 am
#1572
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: YQB
Programs: AC SE
Posts: 2,139
And I suspect the cost of managing the removal of gifted E35K status in order to give an E50K status to a different person would be much higher than the actual cost of the status itself!
Oct 14, 2016, 5:51 am
#1573
Join Date: Jul 2001
Posts: 376
Whatever one choses re same or additional person the selection must be made by Oct 15. (Noted on the selection listing when I reached E75 early).
Thus, those swept up and/or notified after Oct 15 each year no longer have that gifting benefit available.
Thus, those swept up and/or notified after Oct 15 each year no longer have that gifting benefit available.
Oct 14, 2016, 6:23 am
#1574
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Ontario, Canada
Programs: AC*SE MM, Hilton Gold, Marriott Gold, IHG Plat Amb
Posts: 3,440
I actually don't think it would be a cheap shot at all.
I think it would be very reasonable to have two options:
1. You select the E50K nominee, and it is required to go to whomever you gave E35K
2. You select something else, and it removes the E35K
Early recognition is not intended to allow benefit stacking. They've made changes to how eUps work because of this.
I think it would be very reasonable to have two options:
1. You select the E50K nominee, and it is required to go to whomever you gave E35K
2. You select something else, and it removes the E35K
Early recognition is not intended to allow benefit stacking. They've made changes to how eUps work because of this.
Oct 14, 2016, 7:11 am
#1575
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: YEG
Programs: AC Lifetime SE100K, 3MM, SPG Lifetime Plat, Hertz PC, National Executive Elite
Posts: 2,901
I actually don't think it would be a cheap shot at all.
I think it would be very reasonable to have two options:
1. You select the E50K nominee, and it is required to go to whomever you gave E35K
2. You select something else, and it removes the E35K
Early recognition is not intended to allow benefit stacking. They've made changes to how eUps work because of this.
I think it would be very reasonable to have two options:
1. You select the E50K nominee, and it is required to go to whomever you gave E35K
2. You select something else, and it removes the E35K
Early recognition is not intended to allow benefit stacking. They've made changes to how eUps work because of this.