Originally Posted by
91foxbody
Pardon my ignorance as I'm new to FT (and Mileage Plan)...
I DL'd the spreadsheet and entered my flights for the year. I started with 0 miles, and entered only flights on Alaska up to 20k. A flight in Alaska first (F class, I'm assuming, despite my booking saying A) takes me over 20k EQM (22,671 to be exact) but the next-year status does not reflect a change in status to MVP. A first class flight (U class??) 3 days later on AA bumps me to 27.7k, and get an acknowledgement of MVP from the chart. Any reason why it takes the second flight?
Hello 91foxbody,
There are two ways to earn status on AS; one by flying only AS-operated flights and the other flying any combination of AS flights and their partners. The spreadsheet assumes ONLY that the user earns status via the route flying AS and their partners (which is why the status level does not change after you are passing the 20K threshold on Alaska flights). The status levels can be reached by achieving the following EQM levels within a single year:
- · MVP: 25,000 EQMs
- · MVP Gold: 50,000 EQMs
- · MVP Gold 75K: 90,000 EQMs
EQMs are calculated by multiplying the actual miles flown multiplied by any fare class bonuses (or reductions). So, for your particular example, any flights you fly in Alaska F class will yield an EQM bonus of 75%. Example: a 1,000 mile flight would yield (1,000 miles flown + 750 bonus) = 1,750 EQMs. A full explanation can be found here:
https://www.alaskaair.com/content/mi...-benefits.aspx
Earning miles on Alaska partners depends on ticket class and airline. Here is a link to the partner earning charts:
https://www.alaskaair.com/content/mi...tners-overview
Hope that helps!