14 miles to MVPG75k. Yes, FOURTEEN
Dec 14, 2015, 12:48 pm
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14 miles to MVPG75k. Yes, FOURTEEN
So, as the title suggests, i'm fourteen miles from the 90k i need for MVPG75K. I think I'm going to call in and see if AS will find 14 miles laying around to gift me. So that got me thinking.. that has to be some sort of record for close but no cigar for elite status. Anyone else come close like this?
Dec 14, 2015, 12:54 pm
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Be careful. You don't want to miss out of 50K bonus miles if they do something wonky.
Be careful. You don't want to miss out of 50K bonus miles if they do something wonky.
Dec 14, 2015, 1:04 pm
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I just called and they gave me status. I specifically asked if I would still get my bonus and she said yes.
Dec 14, 2015, 1:56 pm
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Dec 14, 2015, 5:30 pm
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So, as the title suggests, i'm fourteen miles from the 90k i need for MVPG75K. I think I'm going to call in and see if AS will find 14 miles laying around to gift me. So that got me thinking.. that has to be some sort of record for close but no cigar for elite status. Anyone else come close like this?
Dec 14, 2015, 6:30 pm
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I wouldn't have been surprised if they said no; the first two years of the 75K program operated with a "no waivers, no favors" philosophy. I personally know of someone who was 20 miles short of 75K in 2012 and they remained MVPG.
Dec 14, 2015, 7:08 pm
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Dec 14, 2015, 8:29 pm
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I liked it myself more when AS maintained the integrity of the 75K program without status matches and such
Dec 15, 2015, 9:58 am
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OK now I'm interested - anyone know if BLI is the shortest flight from SEA? YYJ looks like 4 miles longer and I couldn't think of anything else reasonable (unless there are flights from Lake Union maybe but AS doesn't have any floatplanes I think).
I'd think PDX would be cheaper than BLI though.
I'd think PDX would be cheaper than BLI though.
Dec 16, 2015, 1:40 pm
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Dec 16, 2015, 1:42 pm
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