Business Platinum Card from American Express
130,000 MR points
How Does the Aeroplan® Credit Card Elite Status Level Up Benefit Work?
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Business Platinum Card from American Express
- Earn 90,000 MR points upon spending $15,000 in the first three months
- Plus, earn 40,000 MR points upon making a purchase in months 14–17 as a cardholder
- And, earn 1.25x MR points on all purchases
- Also, receive a $200 annual travel credit
- Transfer MR points to Aeroplan and other frequent flyer programs for premium flights
- Unlimited airport lounge access for you and one guest at Priority Pass, Plaza Premium, Centurion, and other lounges
- Credits and rebates for business expenses throughout the year with Amex Offers
- Bonus MR points for referring family and friends
- Qualify for the card as a sole proprietor
- Annual fee: $799
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I have a Chase card using my US address and meet the criteria of the status benefit. I also hold a AMEX aeroplan reserve card. If at the end of the year I have 99,000 SQM and at least 9000 SQD it appears I will get bumped up to Super Elite, which is awesome. I’m curious though with the rollover benefit on the AMEX if the 24,000 SQM will get carried over to next year or they will disappear?
From what I know, Amex Canada’s rollover benefit is separate from Chase Aeroplan and they won’t stack. Chase’s “1 up” only occurs the following calendar year anyway, so the Amex Canada’s rollover won’t be trigger in the current year for the rollover benefit to come into place for the higher status
Hi T.J., if someone gifts you status (say 35k or 50k), does the +1 bump will still work? If so, what are the specifics, e.g., do you have to be gifted status on January 1st in order for the +1 bump to work? Anything else I should be aware of?
While I am not 100% sure, but it would make sense. The +1 function as elevating your current status by 1, and not by giving your more SQM/SQS/SQD to get you to meet the next level’s requirement. While it doesn’t matter when the status is given to you, Jan 1st or around the beginning of the year seems more advantageous, as the status last through the rest of the current year and the following year.
What do you mean by “it doesn’t matter when the status is given to you”? How does the Level Up benefit know which date to look at for the +1? Say I spent $50k on my Chae AP card — that means I’ll get bumped to 35k status in 2024. BUT, if I have a friend that’s willing to gift me 35k, I should be able to get a +1 bump to 50k. My question is how do the mechanics of that work? Do I need to ask my friend to gift me 35k on Jan 1, 2024? What if he’s a week late? Does that mean that I’ll already be at 35k because of my card spend, and he’ll just be wasting his 35k gift on me because it won’t do anything since I’ll already be at 35k? I’m trying to figure out the exact details of how this all works because I don’t want my friend to gift me 35k unless I’m 100% sure I’ll get bumped to 50k.
You need your friend to give you that 35k first, then you meet the card spending criteria giving you that +1 in the same calendar year. The most optimum situation is to have your friend to give you the 35k on Jan 1st, then spend US$50k as soon as possible to get you the +1 to 50k. Hope that helps.
I think you misunderstood how the Status Level Up benefit works. You need to spend $50k in the CURRENT year to get the +1 for the FOLLOWING year. You don’t get the +1 for the current year.
Yes indeed. Your +1 activates on Jan 1st the incoming Calendar year and last through Dec 31st in that same calendar year.
It’s frustrating that this is only available to those in the US. I just started playing with US cards to be able to get this one in the future, as unfortunately I don’t organically qualify for status as I am mostly flying on points.
Thank you, appreciate your time in answering.
I have a US address and meet Chase’s application criteria. Thinking it would be much easier to attain 25k status every year than with my CIBC Aeroplan VIP card/flying. Any rumors the Canadian Aeroplan VIP cards might have some changes for attaining elite status? For Chases $95 yearly fee, that is a far better package than CIBCs $495.
The Chase Aeroplan Card is indeed a very strong card for many reasons. We aren’t aware of any new status benefits coming to Canadian cards, so if you qualify, it’s definitely worth it.