The Offer
- Aeroplan is allowing users to earn elite status by earning Aeroplan miles through ‘Travel at Home’ activities. Travel at home activities include Aeroplan credit card welcome bonuses, credit card spend, point transfers to Aeroplan, eStore and more.
The Fine Print
- This Offer is open to Air Canada Altitude Members in good standing who validly hold an Altitude status for 2020 and who register during the Offer Period, excluding the individuals who received Prestige 25K Status as a result of the Travel at Home & Earn a Higher Altitude Status Offer (the “Eligible Participants”)
- “Eligible Aeroplan Miles”: means Aeroplan Miles earned by an Eligible Participant through Aeroplan Activities during the Offer Period. The following Aeroplan Activities will count towards the Offer as follows:
- Aeroplan credit card welcome bonus: The welcome bonus for a new Aeroplan credit card acquired by an Eligible Participant, provided the credit card was acquired during the Offer Period and in conformity with the applicable credit card terms and conditions.
- Aeroplan credit card spend: All Aeroplan spend-based earn shall include only Aeroplan Miles credited to the Eligible Participant’s Aeroplan account during the Offer Period, in-cluding Aeroplan Miles credited on the June 2020 statement. The applicable credit card terms and conditions shall apply
- eStore: Purchases must be made on the eStore during the Offer Period to qualify for the Offer, and in compliance with the eStore terms and conditions.
- All other activity: Unless otherwise stipulated, all Aeroplan Miles credited to the Eligible Participant’s Aeroplan account based on activity during the Offer Period shall qualify for the Offer.
- Altitude Super Elite 100K and Elite 75K Status Members who earn 250,000 Aeroplan Miles during this Offer and registered will receive 25,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles that count toward Million Miles recognition.
Our Verdict
If you earn 50k miles then you’ll get Altitude Prestige 25k status valid through 2021. This is their basic level of status and really isn’t that useful unless you’re planning to fly with Aeroplan. There aren’t any U.S. based Aeroplan credit cards, but you can transfer points from Capital One & American Express transfer to Aeroplan.
Hat tip to reader Matt I & Frequent Miler
Wonderful, I hope other NOT so smart airlines Like American Delta and united etc did the same like AC. ( Although I have NO HOPE from these three useless carriers )
I’m a little lost on how 50k gets you status. Wouldn’t it just give you 4500 bonus AQM?
Can this be used to get status with any of the alliances? Seems like the only real use
They are part of star alliance, i don’t know more
Will star silver do anything? chance of an upgrade? I will burn thru aeroplan points way more than 50k /yr but I am generally going to spend 7500 turkish points on my domestic * flying and could spend 12.5 for J. Its just when i come back from europe where its easy to blow thru aeroplan points on LH. Sitting on a 200k balance of ac from the last amex transfer bonus.
Thanks for any input.
Star silver is useless outside of flying AC. And even then the 25k perks aren’t much. A couple of lounge passes, checked bags, priority check-in, and 20 eUpgrade credits that are hard to use (and come with big surcharges on many fares)
You meant status with Air Canada, not Aeroplan?
Aeroplan is Air Canada’s loyalty program
Yes, but Aeroplan Status is useless, whereas air Canada’s status is slightly useful. they have two separate elite statuses.
Aeroplan status earning also ended as of March 1 this year, so all that’s left is Air Canada status earning.
Transferred 120k MR points to Air Canada on 19th. Sent a message asking for exception. Got a response of rejection.
Ouch
what answer if i may ask
No status, live in the USA. Trying to figure out how I could make this worthwhile, but don’t think I’m going to go for this one.