VIA has delayed the impending changes to their program:
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No real details other than "more to come" in the near future.
The program change is dependent on the implementation of the replacement of their ReserVIA reservations system. Given the relatively last minute announcement, it sounds they ran into issues in the final testing stages of that implementation and cancelled it.
They're probably trying to figure out revised implementation timelines right now. BTW, this is the second time they've delayed it, but this one was much closer to their implementation date.
In other news, I did book my Toronto-Vancouver leg on points prior to the first implementation date and VIA is still issuing the 20% off coupons for elite status.
Some parts of the new program are already in effect, such as dropping the segment requirement for Premier status. I made Premier this year on spend alone since the the return on my March/April round trip was credited to 2022 along with my usual November one-way. That put me over the $1999 CAD spend threshold for Premier but I only had 2 qualifying segments.