Flying for Fun

The counters reset to zero but the format is still the same with different progress bars for AS & AS+Partner. I am sure it will take a few days to update & add a flight segment component.

I received an email back in early December that showed how many EQM were being carried forward and how many RDM I had earned up to that date.

Mine is well in excess of 75K & I currently on flight #2 for 2021.

James

chrisl137

My summary email included a note with how many I have.

flytoeat

Ha, cue the "mine's bigger' discussion. The new year is almost a day old after all!

Flying for Fun

Well, since the requirements for requalifing for AS Elite Status has changed, how many EQM you are carrying forward is moot; size doesn't matter, right? It doesn't really mater if it is >90K, 75K, 50K or 40K. Your EQM have no value without the AS segments.

Now it will be how soon you fly to achieve your AS segments. While under the old rules, my flights today would have requalified me for 75K, the new requirements mean I will only qualify for MVP today. MVPG will be on January 7th & MVPG75K on January 12th.

James

flytoeat

The deals and promotions are going to be plentiful this year, much as they were after the financial crisis. What seems like crazy generosity among the Flyertalk cohort really shows how desperate the airlines are to drive enough business to stop the cash bleed.

Conflipper

You mean my status for 2020 that I attain in 2019 is my status for 2021.

eponymous_coward

No. I mean if you were flying in 2020 you got extra EQM that could have given you better status in 2021. For instance: if you entered 2020 as an MVP or Gold and you kept flying you could have potentially gotten MVPG 75K if you flew enough- far easier than you would have in 2019 (and at better prices too). Not to mention that if you kept flying for nine months, you still got a bunch of RDM someone who didn't fly didn't get, even if you were 75K to start with (if you requalified for 75k by flying, you got the 50K RDM bonus), as well as empty cabins that made upgrades easy. So, uh, enjoy the extra miles from another year of what you earned flying?

Flying for Fun

Correct, unless you organically achieved a higher status in 2020, your 2020 status earned in 2019 has been extended through December 31st 2021. If you flew between January 1st & April 30th, 2020, the EQM your earned, including any 50% bonus EQM from March 17th, 2020, will be carried forward as a "head start" towards your 2022 status qualification. The 50% EQM bonus has been extended to June 30th, 2020. You only need to fly (at most) 2/3 of the miles required for each Elite tier less the offset of the EQM carried forward. If you fly in paid F or in Main with a fares class that has a class or service bonus, then even less miles flown are required.

If you earned 75K in 2019 but didn't requalify for 75K in 2020 organically, you would still be 75K in 2021 with the extension but you would not have earned the 50K RDM bonus. AS has been extremely generous in making organic requalification easier in 2020 with the 50% EQM bonus from March 17th through December 31st, 2020 as well as an opportunity to earn EQM through spending on the AS cobranded credit card.

I am not sure what there is to be upset about.

James

djp98374

Is there supposed to be any carry over miles/segments earned in 2020 that can be rolled over as a head start toward 22 status in 21?

if I was granted ststus for 2021 evrn ifi didn’t fly on them for 9 paths, should I lose something if I chose to still fly them.

NoLaGent

Yes, all EQM from Jan 1 - April 30 carries over as a start to your 2021 qualification for 2022. The segment qualifier is new and is only counted from 2021 towards 2022.

You haven't lost anything by flying, you've gained a lot more RDM than those that didn't fly.

eponymous_coward

Bingo. Between bonus EQM, cheap fares, cheap F, cashing out Wallet for RDM and EQM on the credit card, promos like crazy I can't say I feel like AS has been hosing a lot of people. Maybe you can feel grumpy about GGUs, though it's not like upgrades are super hard and half-size cabins kinda kill advance upgrade chances.

Xrayman

I also presume those segments on AS must be revenue flights??

anteater

I don’t see the distinction in the T&C but I sure hope that is correct.

JPat

Who do we complain to about the failure to extend the companion certificates from the BofA/Alaska Visa cards?
I thought I had read back in April that these were being considered for an extension as well.
In checking our accounts today I can see that no extensions have been granted.
Hardly seems fair to extract an annual fee and, due to our advanced ages, have the certs lapse because we choose to not risk COVID-19 exposure.

Flying for Fun

All Companion Certificates with a 2020 expiry date were extended to December 31, 2020. Those could have been attached to itineraries through late November, 2021. What date would yours have originally expired prior to the extension?

James