I guess there are fewer elites than we think, a lot of people are jumping ship, or...
Three months is a really long time to get so few miles. A single SFO-JFK r/t will get you MVP for all of 2023 and those are regularly $250 or less in Main. Does it say if you will keep your status during the challenge window?
I would love to earn MVPG for 2024 by going to San Francisco twice. Maybe they'll do this again next December and I won't have to worry about mileage runs or even flying AS in 2023.
This whole thing is just kind of weird IMO.
-J.