Originally Posted by debua1k

This year has been a very strange travel year for me. Normally, I fly between 100k and 200k miles per year for business. This year, however, I was on a local project for the first 8 months of the year. Then in October, had some health problems, so have been working from home for most of November and December. So, I have flown very little by my standards.

In addition, my travel patterns changed when I was traveling. My project was in Portland. I used to fly United exclusively, but this year I got engaged and did not really want to spend as much time in airports as I have in the past. (go figure) Anyhow, Alaska has direct flights at perfect times for me, so I asked for (and received) a status match in August to MVP Gold. It expires at the end of this year. In August, it looked as if there was no problem with requalifying for MVP Gold. However, with the health issues, I did not even qualify for MVP!!! I was facing being statusless for 2006.

I called AS MP to ask them if they would take pity on me. They comped me MVP Gold for another year!!!! THEY ROCK!!!