Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan - Help! Calculating mileage towards elite status

Hi all,

Sorry..newbie with Alaska here. I currently have MVP status (matched based on my status with US) and I'm trying to figure out how Alaska calculates their mileage toward elite status.

My understanding is you need 20,000 ACTUAL flown miles on Alaska to achieve MVP status (or 25,000 with the partners). So far this year, I have flown 4,771 actual miles (under Mileage Activity) but it shows (under Elite Tier Status Qualification) that I have flown 7,705. The bonus miles added would be more than 7,705 so I'm not sure where the 7,705 comes from. Perhaps there was a bonus period I wasn't aware of in May and June (when I did fly) that accounts for the difference?

Can anybody help? I plan on flying a lot this Fall so I should be able to achieve MVP status but I'm a nerd and would like to know exactly how much I need to fly to achieve this.

THANK YOU for any assistance you can provide!

Mark

There was a double EQM promotion from May 6 through June 30 so any flights taken during that time frame (and that were not in G or T class - aka "Hot Deals') will bump up your "actual flown miles" tally.

Hope this helps! :)

ps...I was just comp'd to US Silver. Any wisdom about their program would be greatly appreciated. PM's welcomed!

Additionally there is (still) a minimum of 500 flight miles credited to an account. So that could account for your discrepancy as well.

Thank you for both replies! It all makes sense now. Sorry CO I really don't have any insight into the US program. It was a status match from AA and I really didn't use it too much. Hope you find success with it!

It was a status match from AA and I really didn't use it too much. Hope you find success with it!

Wow, so you matched from AA-->US-->AS? Nice. I wonder if DL would match me back to GM, which I'll almost certainly loose next year, based on my MVPG. Right now I'm counting on AS getting reciprocal benefits with DL, minimizing my need for it.