yyznomad

The problem (and the good thing for me), is that our industry is not regulated. You will have corn-husk wreathing and paper mache majors who "dabbled" in .NET, RoR, etc. and self-proclaim their superiority while writing their perfectly working bubble sorts and be proud of it.

n² yo.

n³ yo.



This is why I make my good money.


QED.

Drop da mic.

canadiancow

If you fly on the 9th, you'll be fine.

And yes, it counts for any status E35K or higher, first time or an upgrade.

skybluesea

interesting read about how AC incentivizes extra spend earlier in the year and rewards those who do so.

but reaching previous status level by cut-off is not recognized at all, other than enhanced eups etc. that everyone gets.

last 3 years have done 100k AQM by mid-year or so (this year june 24), which for some means free to fly others, but I continue mostly with AC/Star simply because of routing patterns with through international fares. So I suppose AC knows this, so why recognize such performance.

don't feel the love today, but have been home for few weeks between projects, so might be missing the smell of Jet A.

CanRulez

Maybe I'm missing your point...but why would you need early recognition as an existing SE? You can already avail yourself of the benefits of being an SE. For others, they are either making status for the first time or being "upgraded" in status, so early recognition makes sense in those cases...

canadiancow

Yeah, I think you misunderstand what "early recognition" means.

It means you get the benefits of that status now, instead of next March.

skybluesea

I understand what it means, but let me put it a different way.

FF who gets early status gets LONGER benefit than those already at that level. I understand the self-serving reason AC does this, but what it means for those already at the higher level, is their benefit is diluted because additional travelers now fall in the upper category that did not occur in previous 10 months e.g. eUps etc.

So for those of us SE who repeatedly achieve SE quite early, we get NO incremental benefit for this loyalty but instead come October face benefit dilution.

Reminds me of the consumer offers that are only valid for first time customers, but sends message to existing customers that you get to pay more sucker because we already got you.

Wpgjetse

Don't really get your point. I have been SE for many years and I don't think I get the short end of the stick on this. I think it's good business practice on AC part. People that get early status recognition have earned it. Where I sometimes have problems is with status matching. These people have not earned status, and by quotes on this site , a lot of games are played to get the status match.

Erome

Hey guys,

Just a quick question about timelines...

So earlier I asked about becoming E35K before Oct 15th, and the answer is yes, I'll get my status recognized. Does that process take a few weeks for the mailing to go out, or will I notice on my tickets on Oct 16th that it says AC*E instead of AC*A all of a sudden?

Second question: How does it work if I hit E50 or E75 in Nov or Dec? My assumption is it simply counts toward the 2016 recognition. 2016 Recognition doesnt occur until March right? So January and February will be E35K benefits?

Sean Peever

For 1) It can take a little while. Once your altitude account shows your new status at the top, you can remove and re-apply your AP number from your booking (either phoning in or at the airport) and your new status will show then (but not before).

For 2) They do sweeps, if it's like the last couple years, and if you get it before one of the random sweeps you'll get it.

tinchote

If someone is SE during 2015 but does not fly enough to re qualify, and then flies 100k aqm in January 2016, is early recognition granted?

The question arises because the person would still be SE until February 28, 2016; so technically early recognition in February will not be a "higher level ".

PLeblond

My understanding is that as of Jan 1, you start qualifying for the current year. If you fly 100,000 AQMs between Jan 1 and Oct 15 you get early qualification for 2016 and would maintain the status until Feb 28, 2018.

krayZpaving

As soon as you hit 100k in a calendar year you'll be SE. Early recognition is granted for the status you're gaining not based on the status you have.

canadiancow

With the exception that you can't get early recognition for the status you already have, or a lower one.

jasdou

Actually, I am in this situation right now. I got early recognition from AC for E50K status last week but my LO boarding pass still showed AC*S this morning. I asked the check-in agent to remove my Aeroplan number and to re-swipe it but it still showed me as AC*S, not AC*G.

Not sure if it would have worked with an AC flight instead of LO. I'll see on morning Friday, I guess, when I check in for my return flight.

Zontar

I received 10 eupgrades when I made early 35K.

I will make 50K by end of this week.

How many more eupgrades can I expect when I get early 50K??

THanks