Originally Posted by
PDXPremier
Or better yet, if you were only 6K from MVP, I would have found a relatively inexpensive MR to fill the gap....a single transcon with a connection in PDX or SEA could easily take care of that.
In fairness to the OP, he/she stated that 14K miles were flown. Not that they were all on AS metal. Which means it could easily be 11K or more miles to MVP.
Originally Posted by
PDXPremier
There are quite a few of us AS elites that earn 0 miles from work-related travel and basically earn status 100% from mileage runs and personal travel.
I would expect there are other priorities for one's money while unemployed.