Aeroplan Elite Status: Double Your Priority Rewards!

Earlier this year, Aeroplan had announced a way to extend your elite status through 2023 by earning 30,000 Aeroplan points through an Aeroplan co-branded credit card.

As we enter the fall, Aeroplan has further sweetened the deal by offering one bonus Priority Reward for every Priority Reward you earn until December 31, 2022.

Earn One, Get One Priority Rewards

The premise is simple: Aeroplan will double the number of Priority Rewards you earn through your flying activity between July 1 and December 31, 2022. 

As a refresher, Priority Rewards are earned one of two ways: earning Status Qualifying Dollars (SQD) or spending on the Chase Aeroplan Card. Priority Rewards are issued at the following SQD thresholds:

• 4,000
• 7,000
• 10,000
• 15,000
• Every 5,000 thereafter, up to a maximum of 50,000 SQD and a total of 11 Priority Rewards

The only way to earn SQD is by actually flying with Air Canada. Other than when Air Canada runs double SQD promotions or something of that nature, there’s no other way to earn SQD.

Meanwhile, Priority Rewards are also issued at the following Chase Aeroplan Card spending thresholds (USD):

• $100,000
• $250,000
• $500,000
• $750,000

With this promotion, you can think of each threshold as earning two Priority Rewards instead of one. Note that this isn’t the same as halving the requirements, as no Priority Rewards will be issued at 2,000 SQD, for example.

Between both methods, it’s possible to earn a total of 15 Priority Rewards every year; if you manage to earn all 15 between July and December this year, you’ll have accrued 30 Priority Rewards.

How to Use Priority Rewards

Each Priority Reward voucher entitles the Aeroplan member to a 50% discount on the number of points required for an eligible itinerary for one passenger, and must be booked out of the member’s account.

The “eligible itinerary” will depend on the Aeroplan member’s status at the time of earning the Priority Reward.

When running a search on the Air Canada website, you’ll see the option to “Choose Priority Rewards” at the top of the search results if your chosen origin-destination pair falls within the set of flights for which your Priority Rewards are eligible.

Depending on your Aeroplan status, the best ways to maximize your Priority Rewards are as follows:

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