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Apr 16, 2023 | 7:43 pm

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Join Date: Mar 2003

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Originally Posted by billgris

I've tried searching for this question but couldn't find any results more recent than 2014, so I apologize if I missed it...

I added up all my planned travel for the year and it looks like I will be exactly 8 miles short of MVP. I don't anticipate any more trips, so this will likely be the final result.

I've been MVP Gold and MVP the past two years. Any chance they would waive me through for MVP again next year or should I start keeping an eye out for a cheap mileage run? I have one possible change I could make, I have a GEG-SEA-SAT flight (red eye), and could change it to GEG-PDX-SEA-SAT, but the connection in PDX is only 40 mins, and it's the last flight of the day. Feels risky as I cannot miss the red eye flight to SAT.

Thanks for any suggestions!

I would recommend up-faring one of your existing itineraries as it will be less expensive and wouldn’t add any new time to your travel, vs a mileage run. That means looking to see if there is a routing where one flight could get a paid first class seat which would add a EQM multiplier on, usually 150% or more. If that price difference is too high, call in as ask for a YBHK fare which earns 125% EQM vs your existing fare which is likely 100%.

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