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Feb 14, 2008 | 5:03 pm

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Originally Posted by ppcinfo

Thanks for your responses. I know it's hard when privileges are taken away from travelers. I was so use to using my miles to upgrade, when they disallowed it that really upset me. As I stated, I don't plan to use my miles for free tickets, so I'm not sure how useful they are to me now.

There's not much I can do since my company requires tickets purchased 2 weeks in advanced (so I would no doubt always get the value fare). I also don't travel enough to get Gold status, so I'm screwed there.

I suppose I will still continue to fly AS since I can use my lowly elite status to get through the checkpoints quicker in Seattle and Portland. If something better comes up, I'll probably switch.

I am slightly confused on exactly what you were saying, but if you get "value fare" tickets, those are eligible for upgrading (pending U Class Avail.) even if 15K a pop one way...

Here is a helpful chart to check with...

And good luck!

One other thing is depending on how close you get to Gold, you can always go on a few "mileage run" trips to finish off the year at 40/50K... Thats what some of us end up doing to get there, (or even MVP)

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