2018 MVP/MVPG/MVPG 75K Qualification Roll Call ...
Jan 2, 2019, 2:55 am
#406
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: sometimes, strangely, I find myself at home
Programs: I need to do better in managing my affiliations. Oops, I overshot the runway for status next year.
Posts: 649
Jan 2, 2019, 4:04 am
#407
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 10,904
You are both right.
My question was more, since I flew the miles to earn Gold on Dec 30, but I flew again on Dec 31 (before those Dec 30 miles had posted) will I automatically get the gold bonus or will I have to call in to retroactively request it?
My question was more, since I flew the miles to earn Gold on Dec 30, but I flew again on Dec 31 (before those Dec 30 miles had posted) will I automatically get the gold bonus or will I have to call in to retroactively request it?
Jan 2, 2019, 4:34 am
#408
Moderator, Amtrak & Spirit Airlines
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: EWR :rolleyes:
Programs: AC 50K, AS MVP, AA Plat Pro, DL Plat, UA Silver, IHG Spire, Marriott Titanium, Hertz PC
Posts: 9,608
I feel like I've gotten a surprising number of U upgrades as MVP this year. Some of them were definitely just due to flying weird days/hours...but on Christmas I got bumped up to U on a Boeing (at 48 hours, since insta-U was available), and today (New Year's Day) I unexpectedly got bumped to U on an Airbus on the one BOS-LAX nonstop flight. And I generally get at least a Premium upgrade, even on the LAX-NYC route.
Also, apparently even at MVP I fly too much, because across the aisle from me was someone I literally sat next to during the hell of the seat renumbering a couple of months ago.
Also, apparently even at MVP I fly too much, because across the aisle from me was someone I literally sat next to during the hell of the seat renumbering a couple of months ago.
Jan 2, 2019, 10:02 am
#409
Join Date: Jun 2018
Programs: Alaska, Bonvoy, HH
Posts: 482
Jan 2, 2019, 10:20 am
#410
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Pacific Wonderland
Programs: ʙᴏɴᴠo̱ʏ Au, IHG Au, HH Dia, Nexus, Pilot FlyingJ Preferred
Posts: 5,336
Call to request it, but there have been mixed reports on the success of doing so.
Jan 2, 2019, 11:31 am
#411
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: sometimes, strangely, I find myself at home
Programs: I need to do better in managing my affiliations. Oops, I overshot the runway for status next year.
Posts: 649
For MVPGolds, I believe it will show up as I stated.
Last edited by PaperGlider; Jan 2, 2019 at 11:36 am Reason: edited because I see Mildfrequence is a MVP level.
Jan 2, 2019, 12:08 pm
#412
Join Date: Jun 2018
Programs: Alaska, Bonvoy, HH
Posts: 482
Jan 2, 2019, 3:04 pm
#414
Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: EUG
Programs: AS MVP, HH Gold, SPG/Marriott Plat, and a bunch of other stuff I guess
Posts: 41
I qualified MVPG in 2017, but ended up a little shy of MVP by the end of 2018, so I booked a mileage run and brought along a friend on my Visa companion fare. AS performed so abysmally that my friend has declared she will never fly AS again if she has a choice. All four legs delayed, the last flight narrowly avoided diverting from EUG back to SEA for reasons I'm still not sure I understand. Unless something changes drastically I think this will be the last year of MVP for me.
Jan 2, 2019, 3:12 pm
#415
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 10,904
Were the delays AS's fault? Weather related delays and diversions are the norm for winter travel on any airline.
Which is not to say that delays cannot be the airline's fault too. I quit on Southwest (and went to VX) after 20 consecutive segments were significantly delayed. They ended up sending out an apology letter (and IIRC got fined by the DOT for scheduling unrealistic turnarounds) but by then I was long gone.
I haven't really found this to be a problem for AS though. Even flying out of SFO (which has its share of delays, to say the least) I've found the on-time performance to be decent (not perfect of course -- I had one cancellation and two significant delays this year -- but nothing out of the ordinary for a year of traveling)
Which is not to say that delays cannot be the airline's fault too. I quit on Southwest (and went to VX) after 20 consecutive segments were significantly delayed. They ended up sending out an apology letter (and IIRC got fined by the DOT for scheduling unrealistic turnarounds) but by then I was long gone.
I haven't really found this to be a problem for AS though. Even flying out of SFO (which has its share of delays, to say the least) I've found the on-time performance to be decent (not perfect of course -- I had one cancellation and two significant delays this year -- but nothing out of the ordinary for a year of traveling)
Jan 2, 2019, 9:16 pm
#418
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: British Columbia
Programs: AS MVPG100K, Marriott Marriott Titanium Elite, Hilton Gold
Posts: 7,263
Now that you are over the threshold with the miles that posted tonight I anticipate your status will update overnight. If it does, it should correctly give you the 100% MVPG Elite bonus on your 12/31 flight that should post tomorrow night.
In my experience, the Elite Status updates overnight after the qualifying miles post.
James
In my experience, the Elite Status updates overnight after the qualifying miles post.
James
Jan 2, 2019, 11:14 pm
#419
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: 42,953
Now that you are over the threshold with the miles that posted tonight I anticipate your status will update overnight. If it does, it should correctly give you the 100% MVPG Elite bonus on your 12/31 flight that should post tomorrow night.
In my experience, the Elite Status updates overnight after the qualifying miles post.
James
In my experience, the Elite Status updates overnight after the qualifying miles post.
James
However, this seems to have been updated~ and now updates within a couple days, if not overnight (as you've experienced).
Jan 3, 2019, 1:32 am
#420
Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: EUG
Programs: AS MVP, HH Gold, SPG/Marriott Plat, and a bunch of other stuff I guess
Posts: 41
Were the delays AS's fault? Weather related delays and diversions are the norm for winter travel on any airline.
Which is not to say that delays cannot be the airline's fault too. I quit on Southwest (and went to VX) after 20 consecutive segments were significantly delayed. They ended up sending out an apology letter (and IIRC got fined by the DOT for scheduling unrealistic turnarounds) but by then I was long gone.
I haven't really found this to be a problem for AS though. Even flying out of SFO (which has its share of delays, to say the least) I've found the on-time performance to be decent (not perfect of course -- I had one cancellation and two significant delays this year -- but nothing out of the ordinary for a year of traveling)
Which is not to say that delays cannot be the airline's fault too. I quit on Southwest (and went to VX) after 20 consecutive segments were significantly delayed. They ended up sending out an apology letter (and IIRC got fined by the DOT for scheduling unrealistic turnarounds) but by then I was long gone.
I haven't really found this to be a problem for AS though. Even flying out of SFO (which has its share of delays, to say the least) I've found the on-time performance to be decent (not perfect of course -- I had one cancellation and two significant delays this year -- but nothing out of the ordinary for a year of traveling)
My experience so far has been that those later flights to EUG, from PDX or SEA, are pretty consistently late or cancelled when the house of cards falls apart earlier in the day. And since AS only operates to those two cities (and keeps cutting flights while other airlines are adding them) it's harder to take them seriously as the airline of choice. UA, who I hate with the fire of a thousand suns, operates to DEN, SFO, LAX, and just announced ORD. You do the math... but I guess this is getting a little off topic for this thread so I should just let it drop there.
