air canada's "earn your wings" promotion's badge legend are now posted online

air canada's "earn your wings" promotion is now running. the badge legend is available online here. these are only for flights booked between now and november 17 (for flights until december 15, 2014), and only when used in conjunction with an aeroplan account. all flights must be on air canada metal.

what the badges are worth:

• 2,000 racewings = 1,000 aeroplan points
• for every 10,000 racewings, you receive an additional 5,000 aeroplan points
• therefore, for every 10,000 racewings, you get 10,000 aeroplan points
• for every 100,000 racewings, you get 100,000 aeroplan points.

here are the point values:

• general: 200 racewings for every take off and landing. the T&C suggest that you will only get 200 points per direction.
• badges that reward premium bookings:
• fast forward 1 badge: 500 racewings for taking off or landing in a pit stop city in premium economy or using a latitude fare. can be earned multiple times
• fast forward 2 badge: earn 1000 racewings for taking off or landing in a pit stop city in business class
• badges that seem rather difficult to get, or that seem like a lot of effort in order to achieve. some of the combinations simply don't make sense. who will make new bookings to all of those cities? who will make new bookings to both EWR and LGA, for example? or to LHR and HKG and NRT in the same promo period?
• time flies badge: 5000 racewings for hitting all three of: LHR / GVA / ZRH
• the bridge badge: 5000 racewings for hitting all three of: SFO / LGA / PIT
• the race leg badge: 5000 racewings for hitting all four of: YHZ / YTZ / YYT / YQR
• left is right: 5000 racewings for hitting all three of: LHR / NRT / HKG
• east coast: 5000 racewings for hitting all four of: EWR / LGA / BOS /PHL
• out west: 5000 racewings for hitting all six of: LAX / SFO / DFW / SEA / PHX / DEN
• hometown: 5000 racewings for hitting all four of: YOW / YTZ / YWG / YEG
• tower badge: 5000 racewings for hitting all three of: CPH / IST / ICN
• motor city: 5000 racewings for hitting all three of: DTW / FRA / NRT
• great lakes: 5000 racewings for hitting all three of: YTZ / YQT / CLE / MKE
• lion dance: 5000 racewings for hitting all four of: HKG / PEK / PVG / NRT
• salsa: 5000 racewings for hitting both of: DFW / MEX
• aerospace: 5000 racewings for hitting all three of: LHR / CDG / SEA
• BC badge: 5000 racewings for hitting all six of: YXJ / YKA / YXS / YXT / YYJ / YCD
• sunscreen: 5000 racewings for hitting all three of: MEX / GCM / PTP
• provincial hall of fame: 5000 racewings for hitting all six of: YTZ / YWG / YXE / YQR / YQF / YXS
• first nations: 5000 racewings for hitting all four of: YOW / YWG / YXE / YKA
• turboprop: 5000 racewings for hitting what i assume is all four of: YXE / YQG / YEG / YXJ / YYJ / YCD
• europa: 5000 racewings for hitting all five of LHR / CDG / FRA / BRU / CPH
• statue of liberty: 5000 racewings for hitting all three of EWR / CDG / NRT
• seafood: 5000 racewings for hitting all three of: YHZ / YYT / SFO / SEA
• pacific bridge: 5000 racewings for hitting all three of SEA / LAX / SFO (the most reasonable badge for me)
• trans-canada badge: 5000 racewings for hitting all ten of these: YOW/ YWG / YXE / YEG / YYT / YQT / YKA / YYJ / YCD (um, the transcanada highway does not pass through YEG)
• tea badge: 5000 racewings for hitting all four of LHR / PEK / PVG / HKG
• pit stop badges: 
• 500 racewing for taking off or landing at: YHZ, YOW, YTZ, YWG, YXE, YQR, YEG, YYT, YQT, YQF, YXJ, YKA, YXS, YXT, YYJ, YCD. 
• it's interesting and obvious why YVR and YYZ are not included. in a sign of who's winning the rivalry, YEG is heavily promoted yet YYC is not, suggesting that YYC has more than its fair share of traffic
• 1000 racewings for: LGA, EWR, LAX, SFO, BOS, DFW, SEA, PHX, PHL, DEN, CLE, DTW, MKE, PIT, MEX, GCM, PTP
• 1500 racewings for: CDG, LHR, FRA, BRU, GVA, ZRH, CPH, IST
• 1500 racewings for: NRT, PEK, PVG, HKG, ICN
• savvy traveler: 250 racewings for every combination of three bookings with avis and fairmont hotels

overall, the vast majority of 5,000 racewing badges are not useful to me. i doubt that it would be useful to most people as a) there are a lot of destinations that are required to hit, or b) they don't make geographical sense. they don't really seem to fit a regular business or leisure traveler's flight pattern. the pit stop badges are useful, and highly favors those living in non hub cities. it is much less useful for travelers who go between YVR and YYC, like myself.

i think this is a great opportunity to collect a few thousand bonus aeroplan points especially with the pit stop badges. that being said, it is for sure nowhere as lucrative as the last time that they held this promotion.