I’m just now wrapping up graduate school and will hopefully be looking for a job that requires lots of travel (as I know this is something I’ll be able to do while younger, but will probably play too much of a toll on my body while older). So I’m kind of hoping this will pan out in the future with maintaining status, and I may be able to use the status as a negotiating/bargaining chip with an employer (especially wth no fee flight changes and refunds for non-refundable flights for Alaska credit).

- Ben