AS Mileage Plan and VX Elevate Speculation Thread [Consolidated]
Dec 19, 2016, 8:57 am
#152
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: SEA
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So it's been confirmed now that priority check-in and boarding are the only elite benefits we get on VX. Missy said in her Q&A thread that it's temporary and that benefits will be expanded sometime in 2017, but still... AS, what the hell?
Dec 19, 2016, 9:53 am
#155
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https://www.virginamerica.com/cms/el...tatus/benefits
Dec 19, 2016, 10:52 am
#156
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: 6km East of EPAYE
Programs: UA Silver, AA Platinum, AS & DL GM Marriott TE, Hilton Gold
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Dec 19, 2016, 5:57 pm
#159
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: SIN
Posts: 1,098
I just got an e-mail whereby they matched my VX FF number with my AS FF number, and auto-matched my VX status to my AS status. That was a rather quick way to MVP Gold without any effort on my part. 4 GGUs also showed up in my AS account.
Dec 19, 2016, 7:04 pm
#160
Join Date: Apr 2012
Programs: 25 million points to burn!
Posts: 1,522
40K SPG became worth about $2500. That's about 6cpp. Pretty good, but I was hoping for better, for sure. I wanted to get 100K AS miles out of it; that was gonna be the real prize. Oh well, it's better than 1:1 at least.
Dec 19, 2016, 8:27 pm
#161
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Dec 19, 2016, 8:36 pm
#162
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Somewhere over the rainbow
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+1....That is just plain D-U-M-B....the AS elites who don't read Flyertalk like a hawk are going to assume (and rightly they should in my opinion) that since they receive free bags on AS that they will also receive free bags on VX flights since VX is now owned by AS....I think they'll be a lot of AS elites that decide to give VX a try and they're not going to be happy campers when they're paying for their bags and sitting in the back of the plane....what a dumb move AS, come on, you're better than this.
Dec 19, 2016, 9:27 pm
#163
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Preferably waiting for takeoff
Programs: AA EXP, MVPG, DL Silver, United Silver, Accor Platinum, Marriott Ambassador
Posts: 458
Just checked my account, and yup - the same. Crap that was quick. Going to try and enjoy the honeymoon period as this too will fade with time.
Dec 19, 2016, 10:48 pm
#164
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: San Diego, Ca
Programs: AA 2MM LT PLT; AS MVP Gold75k; HHonors Diamond; IHG PLT
Posts: 3,502
+1....That is just plain D-U-M-B....the AS elites who don't read Flyertalk like a hawk are going to assume (and rightly they should in my opinion) that since they receive free bags on AS that they will also receive free bags on VX flights since VX is now owned by AS....I think they'll be a lot of AS elites that decide to give VX a try and they're not going to be happy campers when they're paying for their bags and sitting in the back of the plane....what a dumb move AS, come on, you're better than this.
Dec 19, 2016, 11:58 pm
#165
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: SEA
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