Just managed to squeak over 20K miles in December so I'm MVP for the first time.
Few newbie questions:
1) I'm imagining I'm not too likely to get moved to F on a Thurs. night Westbound NYC-SFO flight as a low fare class MVP, right? I originally grabbed an exit row seat, but it seems like if you're seated in an exit row, you're not eligible to be upgraded. Do people just pick a "preferred" seat and hope to be upgraded? Or is it better to play it safe and stay in exit row? Or do people just switch if they don't get upgraded?
2) The MVP benefits page mentions a "dedicated phone line", but I can't find what the number is anywhere. Is it actually a separate phone number? That's how it was on AA.
3) Before I realized how early Alaska boards planes, I showed up to the gate 15 minutes before departure and the gate agent yelled that I was the last one to board, and when I scanned my boarding pass she let me know that she had re-assigned my seat. When I got on the plane I saw I was no longer in an exit row, but in a middle seat next to someone that really could have used the extra space. Fortunately I saw that my original seat in the exit row was unoccupied so I just sat there. Any reason she would do that, or was it just a punitive measure for showing up late?