Originally Posted by
yinax
Hi everyone, first time poster. I have a question on MVP Gold qualification. I'm going to be 26 miles short of 50k by the end of the year. Are there any strategies besides trying a mileage run? My schedule is pretty tight at the end of the year so squeezing in even a short trip would be difficult (not impossible) but I'd love any other ideas. Thanks!
I'm in a similar situation (except 225 miles off). Seems like the options are:
1. Make an extra flight.
2. Upfare an existing ticket for a CoS bonus.
3. Hope that they just give it to you.
If you have any domestic AS flights that are not too deep-discount, the upfare may be relatively cheap. You don't need to go all the way to first class... just M or higher is fine (
https://www.alaskaair.com/content/mi...earn-on-alaska) Unfortunately that did not work for me since all my tickets are T or R, and they are all $300+ cheaper than M.
ETA: To search for fares in a particular fare class, you can use matrix. Use the "outbound extension codes" and enter, for example "f bc=M | bc=B | bc=Y | bc=S | bc=P | bc=F". That will show you the cheapest available fare that earns any CoS bonus at all (which is all you need). Technically they are supposed to charge you a change fee for anything other than upfaring to F (unless you are Gold), and if you try to do it on the website it will charge you that fee, but many people have reported good luck doing it over the phone and asking them to waive it, when you are not actually changing flights. Of course you're not entitled to it, but it's worth asking.