2011 MVPG Guest UG certs
#46
Ambassador: Alaska Airlines
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: ANC, SAP
Programs: AS MVP Gold, Priority Pass
Posts: 1,860
#48
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: BLI
Programs: Alaska Million Mile Flyer, Marriott Lifetime Titanium Elite
Posts: 3,191
Spoke with a CSR last week. They indicated my MVPG re-qualification packet was to have been mailed at the end of September ... but I never received one. She didn't know if it was actually mailed, or just scheduled to have been.
So now it's be re-requested and it could be 8-10 weeks for it to arrive. She did mail me the upgrade certs separately so I'd have them on hand.
We'll see if the packet and card show up in two months, or with the usual end-of-January (now February) mailings now being received. Alaska either needs a new supplier or a new process.
So now it's be re-requested and it could be 8-10 weeks for it to arrive. She did mail me the upgrade certs separately so I'd have them on hand.
We'll see if the packet and card show up in two months, or with the usual end-of-January (now February) mailings now being received. Alaska either needs a new supplier or a new process.
#49
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: JNU
Programs: HH D, AS MM/MVPG for life/AL, Awesome Wipes VIP Club, NEXUS, Hertz 5-Star Gold
Posts: 2,893
I just have a fear, and it is exactly that and I admit it, that the "good times" most of us have enjoyed with upgrade certs will not be around come January. What I mean is, we will all start being asked for the coupons when we check in - no exceptions. Jan. 1 is an arbitrary date, but it's my arbitrary date. I'd rather it be Dec. 31, 2011, but I reiterate my fear.
Most of us, myself included, have been afforded the privilege of sitting up front on the same coupon. I still have two of my four of my 2010 coupons. The other two I gave to a co-worker who didn't have status and was going to the east coast. My two remaining coupons should have been collected a long time ago; they weren't. I haven't been asked for them, and I haven't offered them, either. Bottom line: I've gotten something for nothing, many times over. I admit it, as should most of us. AS management also knows this and may conclude that the new year is as good a time as any to start tightening the belt a little. (Frankly, I hope I'm wrong because I have several trips booked for the first quarter and yes, I have called and upgraded myself via certificate. Hence, my interest in certificate-collection changes.)
AS could probably sell more F seats or at least get some buy-up's by dispensing with their largess. Less planes are in the air and F seats are a somewhat more precious commodity.
I realize there are some on the forum here who have strong feelings that this is how business should have been conducted all along. You're going to get your wish, it's just a matter of when.
Most of us, myself included, have been afforded the privilege of sitting up front on the same coupon. I still have two of my four of my 2010 coupons. The other two I gave to a co-worker who didn't have status and was going to the east coast. My two remaining coupons should have been collected a long time ago; they weren't. I haven't been asked for them, and I haven't offered them, either. Bottom line: I've gotten something for nothing, many times over. I admit it, as should most of us. AS management also knows this and may conclude that the new year is as good a time as any to start tightening the belt a little. (Frankly, I hope I'm wrong because I have several trips booked for the first quarter and yes, I have called and upgraded myself via certificate. Hence, my interest in certificate-collection changes.)
AS could probably sell more F seats or at least get some buy-up's by dispensing with their largess. Less planes are in the air and F seats are a somewhat more precious commodity.
I realize there are some on the forum here who have strong feelings that this is how business should have been conducted all along. You're going to get your wish, it's just a matter of when.
#50
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: SEA
Posts: 249
BUMP to my post of a few months ago to share my experience in the last two trips I have taken (both of which involved upgrade-by-coupon) - I was asked for the coupon in both instances. This is within the last two weeks. Demanding the coupon now seems to now be hardwired into the check-in process whether you have OLCI'ed or not (one trip I did OLCI, one I didn't). Looks like the days of wine and roses are over!
#51
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: SEA, SoCal
Programs: AS 75K, DL Plat, AA, WN, Hertz, HHonors, Marriott
Posts: 1,306
BUMP to my post of a few months ago to share my experience in the last two trips I have taken (both of which involved upgrade-by-coupon) - I was asked for the coupon in both instances. This is within the last two weeks. Demanding the coupon now seems to now be hardwired into the check-in process whether you have OLCI'ed or not (one trip I did OLCI, one I didn't). Looks like the days of wine and roses are over!
#53
#56
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend, Moderator, Information Desk, Ambassador, Alaska Airlines
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: FAI
Programs: AS MVP Gold100K, AS 1MM, Maika`i Card, AGR, HH Gold, Hertz PC, Marriott Titanium LTG, CO, 7H, BA, 8E
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Very lucky... I've been asked there before...
Originally Posted by erikatcuse
I forgot to bring one to HNL for a return trip last week...luckily they didn't ask for it
#57
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Seattle, WA
Programs: AS MVPG75K, SPG Plat, Hertz FiveStar
Posts: 97
#58
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend, Moderator, Information Desk, Ambassador, Alaska Airlines
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: FAI
Programs: AS MVP Gold100K, AS 1MM, Maika`i Card, AGR, HH Gold, Hertz PC, Marriott Titanium LTG, CO, 7H, BA, 8E
Posts: 42,942
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Haven't had that happen, but always travel w/ them.
Guess you'd have the walk o' shame...
Guess you'd have the walk o' shame...