10 MAY 2026 loyalty
Air Canada Aeroplan 2026: The 2020 Reset, Five Years Later (and the SQC Pivot)
Five years on from the 2020 Aeroplan relaunch, the published award chart has gone the half-decade without a devaluation — but on 1 January 2026 Air Canada quietly retired the SQM/SQD elite-qualification model and replaced it with a single revenue metric, Status Qualifying Credits (SQC). We audit the chart, the eUpgrade currency, the new SQC qualification system, the non-Star partner roster, US co-brand earn, and Family Sharing, and we benchmark Aeroplan against MileagePlus, Miles & More, BA Avios, and LifeMiles.