Jan 10, 2017, 12:11 am
Last edit by: ryandc99
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We're lucky to have missydarlin as a long-standing member of our community. For those who don't know, Missy works for Alaska and has been gracious enough to serve as an unofficial liaison between us and her employer. (She's also an all-around sweetheart.) She's kindly offered to help clear up any confusion and answer any questions that we have in regards to the December 19th announcements from Alaska and associated changes to Mileage Plan.
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We're lucky to have missydarlin as a long-standing member of our community. For those who don't know, Missy works for Alaska and has been gracious enough to serve as an unofficial liaison between us and her employer. (She's also an all-around sweetheart.) She's kindly offered to help clear up any confusion and answer any questions that we have in regards to the December 19th announcements from Alaska and associated changes to Mileage Plan.
In order to help her manage finding and answering your questions and keeping things readable around here, let's refrain from engaging in discussion in this thread. Please post only your questions and any directly-related follow up for Missy. If you have other commentary or responses to things posted here, let's keep those for other threads. (This one's a good one to post your comments in.)
We will be deleting any off topic discussion as we see it, so please only post questions to this thread.
Thanks,
jackal and ryandc99
Co-Moderators, Alaska Airlines forum
~End Moderator Note~
Consolidated questions for Missy
Dec 19, 2016, 9:24 am
#46
Join Date: Dec 2016
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Is there any word yet how the status match will work?
VX Gold is more expensive to reach than AS Gold so hoping VX Gold will match to MVP Gold 75k.
VX Gold is more expensive to reach than AS Gold so hoping VX Gold will match to MVP Gold 75k.
Dec 19, 2016, 9:26 am
#47
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But there will be more details regarding miles and status transfer in the January 9th email
Dec 19, 2016, 10:05 am
#48
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: San Diego, CA
Programs: Yes.
Posts: 516
Can you tell us which routes will be eligible for the lower mileage awards.
e.g. I can see loads of LAX-SEA for 7.5k but not a single day of LAX-GUC for less than 12.5k. Both are available as w on EF
e.g. I can see loads of LAX-SEA for 7.5k but not a single day of LAX-GUC for less than 12.5k. Both are available as w on EF
Dec 19, 2016, 10:18 am
#49
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They're all eligible, won't necessarily always be available. I'm guessing LAX-GUC isn't offering any of the lower revenue buckets either.
Dec 19, 2016, 10:26 am
#50
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Queens!
Programs: Alaska Mileage Plan, Marriott Bonvoy, NEXUS
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BTW, for those who were asking, I got my first comp upgrade on an award ticket on Saturday morning. Booked on AS stock, LGA-MCI-SEA, MCI-SEA I was #2 on the WL and was upgraded.
EDIT: Worst typo. I'm sorry, everyone. It was an AS-issued ticket; I wanted to highlight that but my brain checked out after I typed the bold tag.
EDIT: Worst typo. I'm sorry, everyone. It was an AS-issued ticket; I wanted to highlight that but my brain checked out after I typed the bold tag.
Last edited by Kufat; Dec 19, 2016 at 12:43 pm Reason: Durr.
Dec 19, 2016, 10:47 am
#51
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Snohomish, WA
Programs: AS MVP Gold, HHonors Diamond
Posts: 2,793
Kufat,
Was your award an AA award? Or an AS award? If it was an AA award how on earth did you get added to the waitlist?
Edit: Woaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, stop the presses!!! My BA award ticket magically says "First Class waitlisted" this morning!!!
Neil
Was your award an AA award? Or an AS award? If it was an AA award how on earth did you get added to the waitlist?
Edit: Woaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, stop the presses!!! My BA award ticket magically says "First Class waitlisted" this morning!!!
Neil
Last edited by missamo80; Dec 19, 2016 at 10:53 am
Dec 19, 2016, 10:53 am
#52
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Somewhere over the rainbow
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He said AA stock which means AA-issued
Dec 19, 2016, 10:55 am
#53
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Dec 19, 2016, 11:01 am
#54
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I'm glad we were both wrong with our suspicions missydarlin 
Neil
Neil
Dec 19, 2016, 11:03 am
#55
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Dec 19, 2016, 11:08 am
#56
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"Customers may continue to book awards on DL through April 30, 2017."
Does this mean that award bookings using AS miles can only be made for travel before 4/30/17, or that all ticketing must be completed by 4/30/17 but dates beyond that can still be ticketed with AS miles?
Secondly, if we already have DL travel booked for post-4/30/17, but do not have our AS numbers affiliated with the bookings...will those earn as if the FF# was added at the time of booking?
Does this mean that award bookings using AS miles can only be made for travel before 4/30/17, or that all ticketing must be completed by 4/30/17 but dates beyond that can still be ticketed with AS miles?
Secondly, if we already have DL travel booked for post-4/30/17, but do not have our AS numbers affiliated with the bookings...will those earn as if the FF# was added at the time of booking?
Dec 19, 2016, 11:12 am
#57
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Location: SAN
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VX Gold currently matches to MVP Gold
https://www.alaskaair.com/content/de...spx?cid=vanity
But there will be more details regarding miles and status transfer in the January 9th email
https://www.alaskaair.com/content/de...spx?cid=vanity
But there will be more details regarding miles and status transfer in the January 9th email
Dec 19, 2016, 11:26 am
#58
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Dec 19, 2016, 11:41 am
#59
Join Date: Jul 2014
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Dec 19, 2016, 11:48 am
#60
Join Date: Dec 2012
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I must have skipped over this in the announcement. So flights on VX are considered as AS metal for elite level qualification in the same way that QX is? As in, one needs only 40k to reach MVPG using all VX flights or a combination of AS/VX flights, for example? If so, that's great!