Per Musings of The Global Traveller, Air Canada has introduced a lifetime status program as follows: 1 million status miles for lifetime elite (Star Alliance gold) 2 million status miles for lifetime elite for yourself and a nominated partner (Star Alliance gold) 3 million status miles for lifetime super elite for yourself and lifetime elite…
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Will you start crediting you miles in excess of 100,000 per year to achieve these lifetime goals?
@ rick -- My understanding is that only elite qualifying miles earned by flying Air Canada qualify towards lifetime status with Air Canada. So flying another airline and crediting to Aeroplan wouldn't help.
I may be not reading between the lines here or something, but whats the difference between "lifetime elite" and "lifetime super elite"?
@ DiscoPapa -- Elite is Air Canada's lower elite status tier, which requires 35,000 elite qualifying miles, while Super Elite is their top tier, requiring elite qualifying miles.
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What a nice surprise, just received the model plane and lifetime elite status, kudos AC