Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan - Will be Gold short!!

I calculated all my remaining trips for 2009 and I will be short 7k miles for Gold. What is the best way to find the cheapest $/mile for me to make mileage runs?

The first step is to post what city/airport you call home.

I'd guess Seattle:

Location: Seattle area

Check web specials at http://www.alaskaair.com/as/alaska/WebSpecials/WebSpecials.aspx, you can usually find something out of Seattle. SEA-PDX, SEA-BOI, and SEA-GEG are often on sale, and you can easily do three round trips on a Saturday to rack up miles.

I'd guess Seattle:

Location: Seattle area

Check web specials at http://www.alaskaair.com/as/alaska/WebSpecials/WebSpecials.aspx, you can usually find something out of Seattle. SEA-PDX, SEA-BOI, and SEA-GEG are often on sale, and you can easily do three round trips on a Saturday to rack up miles.

When the OP first started the thread that info was not yet in the profile. :p

You might also keep an eye on the new routes, they often go on sale.
SEA-AUS
SEA-IAH
SEA-ATL

Will you be short 7K AS miles or 7K AS+partner miles? There are some good deals on DL in Sep./Oct. but if you need 12K partner miles it might not be that economical and time consuming. DL also has "UP" fares that book into A and give you 150% EQM's on AS.

I calculated all my remaining trips for 2009 and I will be short 7k miles for Gold. What is the best way to find the cheapest $/mile for me to make mileage runs?well Im somewhat in the same dilemna. Sure wish I was in the seattle area and it would be way less of a problem. My signature shows year to date miles as of 8-2-09 and Im around 8500 short with nothing else scheduled for the year. But to be that close and still have 5 months to get to gold I'll be danged if Im going to just blow it off

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I calculated all my remaining trips for 2009 and I will be short 7k miles for Gold. What is the best way to find the cheapest $/mile for me to make mileage runs?well Im somewhat in the same dilemna. Sure wish I was in the seattle area and it would be way less of a problem. My signature shows year to date miles as of 8-2-09 and Im around 8500 short with nothing else scheduled for the year. But to be that close and still have 5 months to get to gold I'll be danged if Im going to just blow it off

Doing a RT via hawaii to SEA works :p

Doing that this month :D

I just made Gold for next year, but where I'll be likely short, for the first time in a few years, is the 75K mark to get the bonus. So I'll be on the lookout for some cheap runs from PDX to get EQMs. Last year I did PDX-HNL-KOA for a mini vacation / mileage run... NWA had some great deals to HNL... hopefully they'll put up a few of those and I can get a couple of those runs added to my tally for the year. If anyone else has ideas for PDX... I'd love to hear.

So I'll be on the lookout for some cheap runs from PDX to get EQMs. .

Keep on the lookout for PDX-BOS-PDX. Maybe there will be some good sales for the winter since no one comes to Boston then. You can get 5000mi in one day. Leave PDX at 7:30AM and get back by 8:20pm

You might check out the fall sales from Seattle that were just posted:

http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=109361&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1316389&highlight=

Tickets must be purchased by Aug. 14, 2009, for travel from Sept. 14 through Dec. 16, 2009. Tickets require a 14-day advance purchase and day-of-week travel restrictions apply, except to Mexico.

Sample one-way fares from Seattle:

$49 Oakland, Calif.
$99 Phoenix
$129 Atlanta (nonstop service begins Oct. 23, 2009)
$139 Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
$189 Kona, Hawai'i

AS also just announced sale fares to Houston starting at $109 each way.
http://www.alaskaair.com/as/www2/promo/farepromos/introducing-houston.asp?wc_mid=1496%3A1245651%3A&wc_rid=1496%3A136635659&CID=WHA_IN_20090804_Greeter_Houston109

You might check out the fall sales from Seattle that were just posted:

http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=109361&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1316389&highlight=

Tickets must be purchased by Aug. 14, 2009, for travel from Sept. 14 through Dec. 16, 2009. Tickets require a 14-day advance purchase and day-of-week travel restrictions apply, except to Mexico.

Sample one-way fares from Seattle:

$49 Oakland, Calif.
$99 Phoenix
$129 Atlanta (nonstop service begins Oct. 23, 2009)
$139 Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
$189 Kona, Hawai'i

AS also just announced sale fares to Houston starting at $109 each way.
http://www.alaskaair.com/as/www2/promo/farepromos/introducing-houston.asp?wc_mid=1496%3A1245651%3A&wc_rid=1496%3A136635659&CID=WHA_IN_20090804_Greeter_Houston109

...and, once again, a certain city is missing from that list... ;)

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You might check out the fall sales from Seattle that were just posted:

http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=109361&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1316389&highlight=

Tickets must be purchased by Aug. 14, 2009, for travel from Sept. 14 through Dec. 16, 2009. Tickets require a 14-day advance purchase and day-of-week travel restrictions apply, except to Mexico.

Sample one-way fares from Seattle:

$49 Oakland, Calif.
$99 Phoenix
$129 Atlanta (nonstop service begins Oct. 23, 2009)
$139 Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
$189 Kona, Hawai'i

AS also just announced sale fares to Houston starting at $109 each way.
http://www.alaskaair.com/as/www2/promo/farepromos/introducing-houston.asp?wc_mid=1496%3A1245651%3A&wc_rid=1496%3A136635659&CID=WHA_IN_20090804_Greeter_Houston109

...and, once again, a certain city is missing from that list... ;)

Ahem...

For once its not..

How's 224ish OW++ ANC-DCA?

How's 224ish OW++ ANC-DCA?

Looking at it in light of the $350 a/i I got when fuel prices were at their peak, not all that great... :p

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How's 224ish OW++ ANC-DCA?

Looking at it in light of the $350 a/i I got when fuel prices were at their peak, not all that great... :p

Dude :p

Not on AS @ that price you had...

And think of your routing options... :D up to 10K EQM's not bad...

Add on a discount code :D :D

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Ahem...

For once its not..

How's 224ish OW++ ANC-DCA?
Kinda nice, not bad at all. So then why the heck :mad: cant they offer ANC-SEA for under $200! :rolleyes:

You guys think there will be any chance of another double miles/double EQM fare sale this fall ?

For the first time in 7 years I wont make gold unless there is one that makes sense like the springtime - when business was so bad I couldnt afford to travel had to stay in PDX and work here.

If so then when would they most likely announce it ? I'll hop on that PDX/BOS/PDX and get my 12k miles

I don't think Alaska is going to offer DEQMs again. Number 1, other carriers aren't offering them now and Alaska only offered them last May when the other carriers had already started offering. Number 2, I don't think Alaska wants to swell the ranks of MVPs and MVPG's as to not tick off those that are actually flying the number of miles required.

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I don't think Alaska is going to offer DEQMs again. Number 1, other carriers aren't offering them now and Alaska only offered them last May when the other carriers had already started offering. Number 2, I don't think Alaska wants to swell the ranks of MVPs and MVPG's as to not tick off those that are actually flying the number of miles required.

And for those who like/need to do a MR, AS gains more $ for normal EQM's vs. DEQM's... If someone wants status and they are getting it either way... :p

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And for those who like/need to do a MR, AS gains more $ for normal EQM's vs. DEQM's... If someone wants status and they are getting it either way... :p

Unfortunately...MRs out of SEA are almost impossible...well for me at least.

At AlaskaAir.com

http://www.alaskaair.com/as/www2/promo/all_deals.asp

Airline Deals
Double Miles between Chicago and Portland 11/15/2009 - 01/31/2010 $99.00 each-way, 1,734 miles each way for a total of 6,936 miles with the 2x promo for just over $200.00 RT.

That's a great, I might do it myself in my quest for 75K this year.

Sorry, these promos are different than the recent PDX-BOS promo where the "Double Miles" promo counted toward MVP/MVPG status. Please dis-regard.

At AlaskaAir.com

http://www.alaskaair.com/as/www2/promo/all_deals.asp

Airline Deals
Double Miles between Chicago and Portland 11/15/2009 - 01/31/2010 $99.00 each-way, 1,734 miles each way for a total of 6,936 miles with the 2x promo for just over $200.00 RT.

That's a great, I might do it myself in my quest for 75K this year.

I was thinking about doing the PDX-ORD inaugural as part of my last trip to hit 75K BUT you cant book an immediate turn around because it says 45 min is too short of a connection time. It makes me wait for the ORD-SEA-PDX which is $228+ tax one way. I hope this is really an error and still do able

I was thinking about doing the PDX-ORD inaugural as part of my last trip to hit 75K BUT you cant book an immediate turn around because it says 45 min is too short of a connection time. It makes me wait for the ORD-SEA-PDX which is $228+ tax one way. I hope this is really an error and still do able

Just book two one ways. Plus if you have the AS visa you get an extra 1000 miles.

Just book two one ways. Plus if you have the AS visa you get an extra 1000 miles.

I'm not sure why i didn't remember that option. I have it on hold now. I'm just trying to figure out if i should put middle name or just middle initial for the secure flight data but thats another thread.

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Just book two one ways. Plus if you have the AS visa you get an extra 1000 miles.

I'm not sure why i didn't remember that option. I have it on hold now. I'm just trying to figure out if i should put middle name or just middle initial for the secure flight data but thats another thread.

Remember... Just match your preferred I'd :p

For MR's ex-SEA... Hawaii is cheap right now ^

Not fair you keep hitting these inaugral's :p