Originally Posted by mvoight

EQS??? - OP wrote "next year Gold Status here I come"

Years ago I would visit my daughter a couple of weekends a month and paid $5 more for the connection to fly SJC-LAX-SNA instead of the nonstop, to get the segment and miles
It was the same aircraft.. One time, it was given to another flight at LAX and the 5 SNA pax went by shuttle van