are you close to MM?
Dec 7, 2017, 6:52 pm
#16
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 998
Just finished booking my last few flights for 2017, 6715 BIS miles in Dec which should bring me to 855,814 BIS. That leaves me 144,186 miles to go, which since I typically get 95-115k per year will take me 1.5 years before getting it. I know I am very tempted to try for getting it next year by adding in some MRs but think that about 44k might be a bit too much in MRs - :haha!
Dec 8, 2017, 8:58 am
#17
Original Poster
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Seattle
Programs: AS MM, MVPGold100k, Hilton Diamond, Hertz Presidents Circle
Posts: 1,475
Dec 10, 2017, 3:23 pm
#19
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Seattle, WA
Programs: Alaska 100K - MM, defender of shoes on the carpeted bulkhead 4ever, AA LT PLT, Hyatt Glob, HH Dia
Posts: 7,443
Dec 13, 2017, 12:01 pm
#20
Original Poster
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Seattle
Programs: AS MM, MVPGold100k, Hilton Diamond, Hertz Presidents Circle
Posts: 1,475
I was sitting in 6D last night on a OAK SEA flight, the guy in 6F was less than 3k from hitting MM. He said it will happen next week on his DEN trip but he was not all that excited about it. He was not sure what would happen if anything. It was interesting chatting with him, especially about being in the "back" LOL.
Dec 13, 2017, 1:20 pm
#23
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
I have a significant amount of award travel this spring, so doubtful by summer. 3 Int'l trips in F (one direction in J). Not sure if I can take it all right now, but that has my vacation sucked up pretty good. Might be this year or next.
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Dec 13, 2017, 2:35 pm
#25
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: BOS/ORH
Programs: AS 75K
Posts: 18,323
Dec 13, 2017, 11:59 pm
#26
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Anchorage, AK
Programs: Lifetime AS 1MM & MVPG, AS MVPG100K, AA, DL, HH-G
Posts: 8,251
Beckoa came to MSY to escort me home on my 1MM flights (along with another friend) 18 months ago. I think he has be a bit jealous and pushing to get to 1MM just to keep up since then. He will most definitely pass me as my travel patterns slow into retirement and he continues his epic run into the AS record books. 2018 will most likely be my last run at 75K.
Dec 14, 2017, 7:59 am
#28
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: BOS/ORH
Programs: AS 75K
Posts: 18,323
Oh it was great, nearly every flight was upgraded into F or domestic and J for intl when on UA metal. When i did it I was worried because it was during the CO merger but never had a single issue. I got a several chances to fly long haul premium awards on some of *A's best carriers. F on SQ (not suites 
), LH, TG, OZ & NH and J on NZ, OZ & BR. All thanks to a few glitches and the insane routing rules of the pre-deval chart.
), LH, TG, OZ & NH and J on NZ, OZ & BR. All thanks to a few glitches and the insane routing rules of the pre-deval chart.
Dec 14, 2017, 12:14 pm
#29
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: East Ester, Alaska
Programs: Alaska Million Miler, United Million Miler, Wyndham Rewards Diamond, Choice Hotels Diamond
Posts: 12,148
I finally attained MM status this year - 33 years after I first joined Mileage Plan.
I'm not one that craves or even requires any kind of recognition but everybody at Alaska - from phone to counter to onboard the plane - has been super kind and I think genuinely appreciative of my rather prolonged patronage. I also really enjoy the free meals which I was unaware were also a perk. ^
I'm not one that craves or even requires any kind of recognition but everybody at Alaska - from phone to counter to onboard the plane - has been super kind and I think genuinely appreciative of my rather prolonged patronage. I also really enjoy the free meals which I was unaware were also a perk. ^
Dec 15, 2017, 12:23 am
#30
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: PDX
Programs: AS MVP Gold 75K, Hertz Pres. Circle, HHonors Gold, SPG, Global Entry
Posts: 27
Even though I've been an MVPG or 75K for well over 10 years running, I'm still a long ways from MM status. My travel is typically a combination short hops on Alaska combined with international travel on partner airlines. I average between 80 and 110 segments a year on Alaska metal but the short hops just don't add up to any sort of significant miles. Therefore, it will probably take me another 10 years to achieve MM status and I hope to be fully retired long before then!
Kudos to all the MM's out there. Anyway you look at it, that's a lot of seat time in Alaska metal.
Happy Holidays!
Kudos to all the MM's out there. Anyway you look at it, that's a lot of seat time in Alaska metal.
Happy Holidays!