Aeroplan
Star Alliance · SQC · Annual qualifying period — points accumulate across the full year.
Elite tiers
| Tier | SQC required |
|---|---|
| 25K | 25,000 |
| 35K | 35,000 |
| 50K | 50,000 |
| 75K | 75,000 |
| Super Elite | 125,000 |
Qualifies on SQC within a calendar year: own metal earns 4 SQC/$1 on Flex fares and above, 2 on Standard, 0 on Basic — re-confirmed word for word on Air Canada's status page, Aug 2026. Partner and Star Alliance flights earn 1 SQC per 5 Aeroplan base points, hard-capped at 25,000 SQC/year — so partner flying alone cannot reach 50K, the first Star Alliance Gold tier. NOT MODELLED, and it matters: that capped conversion applies only to tickets issued by another airline. A Star Alliance partner flight on an Air Canada-issued (014) ticket earns the UNCAPPED spend rate instead — 2 SQC/$1 in Economy Standard, 4 on Flex and above — so this calculator understates SQC on Air Canada-ticketed partner flying. Lifetime Qualifying Miles (not modelled) accrue at 100% of distance in Economy excluding Basic, 125% in Premium Economy and 150% in Business, both including Basic, on cash fares on Air Canada metal. The rate is treated as per CANADIAN dollar, but that is our inference and not Air Canada’s statement: the status page writes an unqualified dollar sign throughout and never names a currency — the strings CAD and USD appear nowhere on it. Aeroplan is a Canadian programme and the figure is identical on the Canadian and US versions of the page rather than localised, which points to one fixed currency; a fare entered in anything else is converted at a dated reference rate, so this figure may differ from what posts to your account.
Earning reference
- Booking-class earning rates →Full table: every booking class × carrier combination with the earning rate and rule type.