Originally Posted by SoCalNorCal

In 2024 I will be making several business / first oversee’s trips. Easily accumulating the mileage needed for MVP Gold 100K. My problem is I wont need to fly on more than ~4 Alaska flights next year. Is it worth flying to Portland (I’m so-cal based) to do PDX to SEA RT 10 times to reach the 24 Alaska leg requirement? Or should I just give it up and switch to AA which doesn’t have that requirement?

I’ve always enjoyed flying Alaska. The experience is so much better than the AA flights I’ve taken. And we go to Hawaii a few times a year and will always fly Alaska (+ now Hawaiian).

Anyone else do the PDX / SEA RT flights to reach enough Alaska legs?

I’m currently looking at SNA - SFO - SEA - GEG - PDX - SEA - PDX - SMF (15 hours of travel in 1 day)… $728 in first class on all legs. to go visit grandparents in Sacramento just to get the Alaska legs in….