Originally Posted by
unavaca
No, I was referring to status points. They certainly don't make it clear that only revenue tickets count toward status points; I booked a grip of award tickets thinking they were going to requalify me for status this year.
Here's the exact verbage on the
website:
It's pretty weak if the flights don't count toward status points and they don't spell it out on the website
Here [
https://www.virginamerica.com/cms/el...s/earn-status] it says:
How To Earn Status Points
Your Elevate Silver or Elevate Gold Status is calculated daily based on the number of Elevate status points you’ve earned in a calendar year. We’ll check your Elevate account daily to see if you’re ready to take your membership to the next level.
How To Earn Status Segments
Your Elevate Silver or Elevate Gold Status is calculated daily based on the number of Elevate status segments you’ve earned in a calendar year. Status segments are any flight taken on Virgin America, including reward flights. We’ll check your Elevate account daily to see if you’re ready to take your membership to the next level.
Note that it does not say reward flights count toward status credits. Also, how would status credits be calculated for reward flights, when status credits are calculated at the rate of five points per base fare dollar? Base fare for reward flights is $0 -- you only pay taxes -- so it seems logical that you would earn zero status credits for a reward flight.