I Got/Didn't Get MVP/Gold/75K Upgrade on AS (2022)
Feb 19, 2022, 4:36 pm
#91
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: PDX
Programs: AS 75K, BW Plat, Marriott Gold, IHG Plat, Hilton Gold
Posts: 10,724
All flights on single reservation:
Status: 75K
Booking class O
Booked: 12/5/21
Schedule change 1/23/22 - Lost SEA-LAX-ANC, swapped to SEA-PDX-ANC I assume this had effect on being lower on the upgrade list for replacement flights.
2/9/22
BOS-SEA
AS 840
cleared upgrade right around online check-in. There were quite a few empty seats to choose from. I was wondering why I didn't see myself on upgrade list. That's when I notice I had cleared. I went back to wait-list and refreshed and several other names also dropped off.
2/9/22
SEA-PDX
AS 117
#7 of 42, enjoyed my premium seat
2/9/22
PDX-ANC
AS 197
#5 of 38, enjoyed my premium seat
2/10/22
ANC-PDX
AS 130
#12 of 47, enjoyed my premium seat
2/10/22
PDX-HNL
AS 889
Upgraded just after online check-in. Seat was auto assigned. I'm sure being solo traveler must have bumper me up above all the couples on the wait-list. 11 left on wait-list
2/14/22
HNL-SAN
AS 892
upgraded 2 days in advance. There were only 2 seats taken on seat map when I went to select mine..now 2 hours left until departure. The last remaing person on the upgrade list got the seat next to mine. I figured leaving hawaii on Valentine's day would be an easy one.
2/15/22
SAN-MCO
AS 760
#2 of 8 on the upgrade list, at least the middle seat pax was a no show.
2/15/22
MCO-SAN
AS 463
upgraded around online check in open.
2/16/22
SAN-BOS
AS 1048
Initially #1 of 12 for 3 seats. Cleared after check in which meant my reservation was screwed up. boarding agent had a hard time getting me checked in luckily to had boaridng pass already to get through security. The odd part of the whole thing boardining pass was given to me through the app 48 hours before the flight.
Status: 75K
Booking class O
Booked: 12/5/21
Schedule change 1/23/22 - Lost SEA-LAX-ANC, swapped to SEA-PDX-ANC I assume this had effect on being lower on the upgrade list for replacement flights.
2/9/22
BOS-SEA
AS 840
cleared upgrade right around online check-in. There were quite a few empty seats to choose from. I was wondering why I didn't see myself on upgrade list. That's when I notice I had cleared. I went back to wait-list and refreshed and several other names also dropped off.
2/9/22
SEA-PDX
AS 117
#7 of 42, enjoyed my premium seat
2/9/22
PDX-ANC
AS 197
#5 of 38, enjoyed my premium seat
2/10/22
ANC-PDX
AS 130
#12 of 47, enjoyed my premium seat
2/10/22
PDX-HNL
AS 889
Upgraded just after online check-in. Seat was auto assigned. I'm sure being solo traveler must have bumper me up above all the couples on the wait-list. 11 left on wait-list
2/14/22
HNL-SAN
AS 892
upgraded 2 days in advance. There were only 2 seats taken on seat map when I went to select mine..now 2 hours left until departure. The last remaing person on the upgrade list got the seat next to mine. I figured leaving hawaii on Valentine's day would be an easy one.
2/15/22
SAN-MCO
AS 760
#2 of 8 on the upgrade list, at least the middle seat pax was a no show.
2/15/22
MCO-SAN
AS 463
upgraded around online check in open.
2/16/22
SAN-BOS
AS 1048
Initially #1 of 12 for 3 seats. Cleared after check in which meant my reservation was screwed up. boarding agent had a hard time getting me checked in luckily to had boaridng pass already to get through security. The odd part of the whole thing boardining pass was given to me through the app 48 hours before the flight.
Feb 19, 2022, 8:31 pm
#92
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: LAX/SFO
Programs: Hyatt Explorist, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Gold, Fortune Wings Club Gold
Posts: 358
Date: 2/19/22
Route (Please bold if failure): LAX-SEA
Flight Number: 525
Status (MVP, Gold. 75K, 100K): Gold
Fare Class: G
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist if didn't clear: 11th and 12th (companion is on same ticket) out of 21
Date: 2/19/22
Route (Please bold if failure): SEA-PDX
Flight Number: 2003
Status (MVP, Gold. 75K, 100K): Gold
Fare Class: G
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist if didn't clear: 7th and 8th (companion is on same ticket) out of 12
Nobody cleared to F, only Premium Class.
Route (Please bold if failure): LAX-SEA
Flight Number: 525
Status (MVP, Gold. 75K, 100K): Gold
Fare Class: G
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist if didn't clear: 11th and 12th (companion is on same ticket) out of 21
Date: 2/19/22
Route (Please bold if failure): SEA-PDX
Flight Number: 2003
Status (MVP, Gold. 75K, 100K): Gold
Fare Class: G
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist if didn't clear: 7th and 8th (companion is on same ticket) out of 12
Nobody cleared to F, only Premium Class.
Feb 19, 2022, 9:10 pm
#93
Join Date: Feb 2022
Programs: Alaska MVP Gold 100K, Frontier Elite100K
Posts: 222
Looks like Gold is the new MVP. Glad I took a mileage run at the end of the year to make 100k.
Feb 19, 2022, 9:20 pm
#94
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: SEA
Programs: Alaska Airlines, Marriott, Hilton, Enterprise, Best Western
Posts: 78
Agreed! Mileage runs are the new normal. I see a few have already crossed 100k for 2023 -- congrats! Three of us hit 75k for 2023 last week on the same flight. Seems we are all very goal oriented... and a bit crazy.
Feb 19, 2022, 10:26 pm
#95
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 233
Date: 2/20/2022
Route (Please bold if failure): LAS-LAX
Flight Number: 2213
Status (MVP, Gold. 75K, 100K): Gold
Fare Class: O
Add companion, if there was one: +1 (also gold)
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist if didn't clear: T-20
Date of ticket purchase: 1/25/2022
Route (Please bold if failure): LAS-LAX
Flight Number: 2213
Status (MVP, Gold. 75K, 100K): Gold
Fare Class: O
Add companion, if there was one: +1 (also gold)
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist if didn't clear: T-20
Date of ticket purchase: 1/25/2022
Feb 20, 2022, 9:53 am
#96
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: SFO
Programs: AS 75k, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Gold, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 544
Date: 2/21/22
Route: JFK to SFO
Flight Number: AS 27
Status: 75K
Fare Class: Q
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist if didn't clear: T-120
Date of ticket purchase: 4/2/21
Again no email, set a reminder for T-120 to check and was able to pick my preferred first class seat via the app
Route: JFK to SFO
Flight Number: AS 27
Status: 75K
Fare Class: Q
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist if didn't clear: T-120
Date of ticket purchase: 4/2/21
Again no email, set a reminder for T-120 to check and was able to pick my preferred first class seat via the app
Date: 2/21/22
Route: JFK to SFO
Flight Number: AS 14
Status: 75K
Fare Class: O
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist if didn't clear: T-24
Date of ticket purchase: 2/19/22
Got an email this time! About 20 min after I checked in on the app at the 24 hr mark.
Feb 20, 2022, 3:18 pm
#97
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 340
Actually did a SDC so I could sleep in a little (but this was after I bumped my fare down to O class to save $$)
Date: 2/21/22
Route: JFK to SFO
Flight Number: AS 14
Status: 75K
Fare Class: O
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist if didn't clear: T-24
Date of ticket purchase: 2/19/22
Got an email this time! About 20 min after I checked in on the app at the 24 hr mark.
Date: 2/21/22
Route: JFK to SFO
Flight Number: AS 14
Status: 75K
Fare Class: O
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist if didn't clear: T-24
Date of ticket purchase: 2/19/22
Got an email this time! About 20 min after I checked in on the app at the 24 hr mark.
Feb 20, 2022, 3:58 pm
#98
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: SFO
Programs: AS 75k, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Gold, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 544
Feb 21, 2022, 7:23 pm
#99
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: LAX/SFO
Programs: Hyatt Explorist, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Gold, Fortune Wings Club Gold
Posts: 358
Date: 2/21/22
Route (Please bold if failure): PDX-LAX
Flight Number: 1413
Status (MVP, Gold. 75K, 100K): Gold
Fare Class: Q
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist if didn't clear: 5th and 6th (companion is on same ticket) out of 13
Nobody cleared to F, only Premium Class.
Being 0/3 on upgrades makes me think Gold ain't useful. Was not worth the mileage run to qualify.
Route (Please bold if failure): PDX-LAX
Flight Number: 1413
Status (MVP, Gold. 75K, 100K): Gold
Fare Class: Q
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist if didn't clear: 5th and 6th (companion is on same ticket) out of 13
Nobody cleared to F, only Premium Class.
Being 0/3 on upgrades makes me think Gold ain't useful. Was not worth the mileage run to qualify.
Feb 23, 2022, 3:26 pm
#100
Join Date: Jun 2018
Programs: Alaska, Bonvoy, HH
Posts: 482
Score.
Date: 2/20/22
Route: SFO-JFK
Flight Number: 192
Status (MVP, Gold. 75K, 100K): Gold
Fare Class: O
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist if didn't clear: T-48
Purchase: 2/13/22
Date: 2/22/22
Route: JFK-SEA
Flight Number: 221
Status (MVP, Gold. 75K, 100K): Gold
Fare Class: O
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist if didn't clear: T-48
Purchase: 2/13/22
Date: 2/20/22
Route: SFO-JFK
Flight Number: 192
Status (MVP, Gold. 75K, 100K): Gold
Fare Class: O
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist if didn't clear: T-48
Purchase: 2/13/22
Date: 2/22/22
Route: JFK-SEA
Flight Number: 221
Status (MVP, Gold. 75K, 100K): Gold
Fare Class: O
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist if didn't clear: T-48
Purchase: 2/13/22
Feb 24, 2022, 7:37 pm
#101
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Manhattan Beach, California
Programs: BMI Diamond Club Gold forever
Posts: 6,367
Purchased SJD-PDX kind of last minute when we decided to do midwinter break in San Jose del Cabo this week. It was hundreds cheaper than SJD-SEA and empty in main cabin elite and premium seating.
5 MVPs, all on separate PNRs, Premium seats were available earlier this week, we cleared to F about an hour after check in. Would have loved to stay a couple more days, but heading back on Friday in F for $225 per pax is hard to beat. The 10pm drive back to seattle may have me thinking twice about flying into PDX ;-)
5 MVPs, all on separate PNRs, Premium seats were available earlier this week, we cleared to F about an hour after check in. Would have loved to stay a couple more days, but heading back on Friday in F for $225 per pax is hard to beat. The 10pm drive back to seattle may have me thinking twice about flying into PDX ;-)
Feb 25, 2022, 12:47 pm
#102
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: BWI,SFO,SJC,IAD,LAX,DCA
Programs: mvp75k, DL-0body
Posts: 310
Date: 2/26/22
Route: SFO-DCA
Flight Number: 1001
Status (MVP, Gold. 75K, 100K): 75K
Fare Class: G
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist if didn't clear: T-18
Purchase: 11/21.
Note: 19 still on waiting list ( if I read correctly). I hope they hold the (only) NS route and open up more, the alternative is UA via IAD
... AS, are you listening ?
And the flight are fully booked with 3 seats left ...
Route: SFO-DCA
Flight Number: 1001
Status (MVP, Gold. 75K, 100K): 75K
Fare Class: G
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist if didn't clear: T-18
Purchase: 11/21.
Note: 19 still on waiting list ( if I read correctly). I hope they hold the (only) NS route and open up more, the alternative is UA via IAD
... AS, are you listening ?And the flight are fully booked with 3 seats left
...
Feb 28, 2022, 1:48 pm
#103
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: SFO
Programs: AS 75k, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Gold, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 544
Date: 3/4/22
Route: SEA to DEN
Flight Number: AS 1151
Status: 75K
Fare Class: G
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist if didn't clear: somewhere between T-96 and T-120
Date of ticket purchase: 2/2/22
No email, just checked the app and saw that leg was upgraded. No luck on SFO to SEA yet, but it looks very full. Also going to try for an SDC anyway, so we'll see what happens!
Route: SEA to DEN
Flight Number: AS 1151
Status: 75K
Fare Class: G
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist if didn't clear: somewhere between T-96 and T-120
Date of ticket purchase: 2/2/22
No email, just checked the app and saw that leg was upgraded. No luck on SFO to SEA yet, but it looks very full. Also going to try for an SDC anyway, so we'll see what happens!
Mar 1, 2022, 3:08 pm
#104
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: PDX
Programs: AS MVP Gold and hotel status through their credit cards as needed :)
Posts: 268
Date: 2/2/22
Route PDX-SAN
Flight Number: AS 724
Status: MVPG
Fare Class: Q
6 of 21 on WL
Date:2/5/22
Route: san-PDX
Flight Number: AS 603
Status: MVPG
Fare Class: G
Cleared 48 hours in advance (evening flight on Sat night) and entire upgrade list cleared
Date:2/23/22
Route: PDX-SAN
Flight Number: AS 2395
Status: MVPG
Fare Class: V
5 out of 14
Date:2/28/22
Route: SAN-PDX
Flight Number: AS 498
Status: MVPG
Fare Class: O class
4 out of 13. Moved to premium at gate from exit row seat.
I agree with whomever said that MVPG isn't up to much these days. I also can't ever find MVPG guest upgrades on the flights I am booking (just booked flights for mid-April PDX-EWR and back)
Route PDX-SAN
Flight Number: AS 724
Status: MVPG
Fare Class: Q
6 of 21 on WL
Date:2/5/22
Route: san-PDX
Flight Number: AS 603
Status: MVPG
Fare Class: G
Cleared 48 hours in advance (evening flight on Sat night) and entire upgrade list cleared
Date:2/23/22
Route: PDX-SAN
Flight Number: AS 2395
Status: MVPG
Fare Class: V
5 out of 14
Date:2/28/22
Route: SAN-PDX
Flight Number: AS 498
Status: MVPG
Fare Class: O class
4 out of 13. Moved to premium at gate from exit row seat.
I agree with whomever said that MVPG isn't up to much these days. I also can't ever find MVPG guest upgrades on the flights I am booking (just booked flights for mid-April PDX-EWR and back)
Last edited by LHG; Mar 2, 2022 at 9:41 pm Reason: did the opposite (bold not bold)
Mar 1, 2022, 5:27 pm
#105
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2017
Programs: AS 75K, DL Silver, UA Platinum, Hilton Gold, Hyatt Discoverist, Marriott Platinum + LT Gold
Posts: 10,505
Semi mileage run this week: staying the night in SF
EWR-SFO (G fare)
SFO-JFK (G fare)
I think both cleared near/around the 75K window; although EWR to SFO cleared later.
Had some issue selecting new seat on the outbound; also cannot pre-order food on the EWR to SFO segment. No issues on the SFO to JFK segment.
EWR-SFO (G fare)
SFO-JFK (G fare)
I think both cleared near/around the 75K window; although EWR to SFO cleared later.
Had some issue selecting new seat on the outbound; also cannot pre-order food on the EWR to SFO segment. No issues on the SFO to JFK segment.