taken from this flyertalk thread, aeroplan is now adding a launch bonus for their distinction program (i blogged about the distinction program itself here).
between now and the end of the year, if you earn dBlack (50k) or dDiamond (100k), and if you hold a valid aeroplan affiliated credit card, you will get either a bonus of 10k (dBlack) or 15k (dDiamond) aeroplan points in 2014. these points also further count towards your status in the distinction program for 2015.
it would make sense that for anyone who holds superelite, altitude 75k, 50k, or even 35k to sign up. they're practically guaranteed to get this bonus provided that they have an aeroplan affiliated credit card. if one did not already, then the cheapest one you can get is the american express aeroplan plus card, first year waived, annual fee of 20$ a year afterwards. of course, CIBC has the first year free promos for their higher end cards happening all the time as well.
this doesn't make sense right now for me, however. my yearly credit card spend would net me 35k points, but i only have half a year to make up that spend. i need to bank all of my flight miles to asiana. so i will have to pass on this offer. not that i won't register, of course. because you never know.
more details about the distinction program
just to add on more details to what counts as qualifying miles, sign up bonuses for credit cards and bonus miles earned from your altitude status do not count:
and yesterday, i was raving about how great the getaway bonus was ... but now i take that back. it's not that special given that it's only applicable between canada and us/international. and it also requires a saturday night stay. but i suppose in the end, an extra 500-1500 miles is still better than nothing. i was really hoping it would be good for domestic flights so that it would compete a little bit more with westjet.
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