Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan - Maintaining Status on Revenue

Anyone have any experience maintaining MVP Gold status or higher by revenue instead of mileage? I've only flown F fares this year but will not hit the required mileage for MVP Gold (I do have another F ticket on 1/3). Hoping I will be able to keep my status...

Anyone have any experience maintaining MVP Gold status or higher by revenue instead of mileage? I've only flown F fares this year but will not hit the required mileage for MVP Gold (I do have another F ticket on 1/3). Hoping I will be able to keep my status...
Based upon past practice you will probably receive a challenge in January to regain your status if you don't requalify normally.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/alaska-airlines-mileage-plan/1301429-challenge-yeah.html

My understanding of the challenge, is that you have to have traveled a certain number of miles- if you miss it by a bunch you might not be eligible for the challenge.

How far off will you be?

Depending on how long you've been a gold, how much revenue we are talking about, how many mile you are off, and what you expect your flying pattern to be next year, it may be worth giving Mileage Plan a call in December to ask

Depending on...how much revenue we are talking about

$2,000? Not a chance. ;)
$20,000? Maybe. Call 'em.
$200,000? That probably qualifies for hitting 75K by revenue. :)

I can tell you I do not fit into the latter two categories. :p

$2,000? Not a chance. ;)
$20,000? Maybe. Call 'em.
$200,000? That probably qualifies for hitting 75K by revenue. :)

I can tell you I do not fit into the latter two categories. :p

Doing the math... The OP is based in DCA, so let's assume the OP flies roundtrip in paid F to SEA or LAX strictly on AS.

Miles per roundtrip: ~4600 miles
Paid F 50% bonus: ~2300 miles

EQMs earned per r/t: ~6900 EQMs.

EQMs required to reach Gold: 40,000 EQMs

40,000/6,900= 5.8 roundtrips, round up to 6

Average F airfare is about $1500 per roundtrip.

Total estimated revenue: $9,000.

Guess you are closer to being a high revenue customer of some sort than you thought ;)

Awhile back at MVPG luncheons, the topic of revenue based status came up, and I recall that the "powers that be" thought something of that nature was coming into the mix. However, other than Y fares now getting a 25% bonus, unless there is a double secret unpublished program, nothing has come to fruition.

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Awhile back at MVPG luncheons, the topic of revenue based status came up, and I recall that the "powers that be" thought something of that nature was coming into the mix. However, other than Y fares now getting a 25% bonus, unless there is a double secret unpublished program, nothing has come to fruition.

It was never to be published AFAIK...

Doing the math... The OP is based in SEA, so let's assume the OP flies roundtrip in paid F to SEA or LAX strictly on AS.

Miles per roundtrip: ~4600 miles
Paid F 50% bonus: ~2300 miles

EQMs earned per r/t: ~6900 EQMs.

EQMs required to reach Gold: 40,000 EQMs

40,000/6,900= 5.8 roundtrips, round up to 6

Average F airfare is about $1500 per roundtrip.

Total estimated revenue: $9,000.

Guess you are closer to being a high revenue customer of some sort than you thought ;)

Huh? I'm not based in Seattle. I'm based in DCA and I fly paid F to West Coast and Alaska.

I'll be less than 10k miles short, if I took my trip to FAI in 2012 I would re-qualify. Alas the trip is scheduled for January 3rd. I'll give um a call and see what they say. The only perks I care about is the 100% mileage bonus and free changes / redeposit on award tickets.

Huh? I'm not based in Seattle. I'm based in DCA and I fly paid F to West Coast and Alaska.

I'll be less than 10k miles short, if I took my trip to FAI in 2012 I would re-qualify. Alas the trip is scheduled for January 3rd. I'll give um a call and see what they say. The only perks I care about is the 100% mileage bonus and free changes / redeposit on award tickets.

oops, my entire post was based on you being based in DCA (hence the assumption you fly to SEA and LAX). Edited.

10K short gives you a decent shot to work something out with AS.

oops, my entire post was based on you being based in DCA (hence the assumption you fly to SEA and LAX). Edited.

10K short gives you a decent shot to work something out with AS.

10k seems like a heck of a lot of a delta to me. But, I'm not that familiar with these things :) Maybe I just shouldn't have posted :rolleyes:

10k seems like a heck of a lot of a delta to me. But, I'm not that familiar with these things :) Maybe I just shouldn't have posted :rolleyes:

Sure, but 30K with all in paid F. I honestly do not know either, but I know AS does give challenges to those who falls several thousand miles short of requalification. I suspect the most they will do is allow the OP to partake in the challenge, since he only flew 20K BIS and the other 10K is from fare class bonuses.

Never hurts to ask.