{"id":226436,"date":"2022-08-10T11:35:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T15:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesopedia.com\/?p=226436"},"modified":"2026-01-30T12:11:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T17:11:48","slug":"air-miles-lower-threshold-eligibility-status-gold-onyx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesopedia.com\/en\/news\/programs\/air-miles-lower-threshold-eligibility-status-gold-onyx\/","title":{"rendered":"AIR MILES: Gold and Onyx Status Eligibility Threshold Lowered"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”AIR MILES Announcement” google_fonts=”” el_id=”air_miles_announcement”][vc_column_text el_class=”checkmarks”]<\/p>\n

AIR MILES<\/a> sent an email to its members yesterday announcing a change in their status.<\/p>\n

To earn AIR MILES status<\/a>, simply collect miles during the calendar year. Depending on the level achieved, members receive benefits<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here is the”Before<\/em>“:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\u00a0<\/td>\nBlue<\/strong><\/td>\nGold<\/strong><\/td>\nOnyx<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Miles accumulated between January and December each year<\/td>\nFor all<\/td>\nBetween 1,000 – 5,999<\/td>\n6,000+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

From now on<\/strong>, you will need to obtain:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\u00a0<\/td>\nBlue<\/strong><\/td>\nGold<\/strong><\/td>\nOnyx<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Miles accumulated between January and December of each year<\/td>\nFor all<\/td>\n\n

Between 500<\/strong> – 4,999<\/p>\n

(-500)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

5 000<\/strong> and more<\/p>\n

(-1 000)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Therefore, AIR MILES members will only need 500 accumulated miles<\/strong> during the year to achieve Gold status, instead of 1,000 miles. Then, at least 5,000 miles for Onyx status<\/strong>, instead of 6,000 miles.<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”226433″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_custom_heading text=”Good news?” google_fonts=”” el_id=”good_news_”][vc_column_text el_class=”checkmarks”]<\/p>\n

Yes… and no.<\/p>\n

Help in obtaining status is always welcome!<\/p>\n

But AIR MILES has no choice in the matter. This is because, with the loss of several of its popular partners such as IGA<\/a> and Bureau en Gros<\/a>, it will become increasingly difficult to accumulate miles.<\/p>\n

Don’t make a special effort to get these statuses, as interest in their benefits is rather lukewarm.<\/p>\n

However, you can easily and automatically obtain status simply by holding these AIR MILES credit cards:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Gold<\/strong> status<\/td>\n\n
Onyx<\/strong> status<\/td>\n\n