How Long Have You Been an Alaska Mileage Member?
Jan 12, 2022, 7:32 pm
#61
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 6,752
I probably would have asked the same question had it not for AS taking over VX.
Jan 12, 2022, 10:12 pm
#62
Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: SAN
Programs: AS Mileage Plan 100k, Bonvoy Titanium
Posts: 991
I'm also a VX refugee, but was a heavy AA flyer on flights that VX did not serve. Once VX merged, I fly AS almost exclusively.
It's amazing to me that 20 years of flying later I can still rattle off my AA number/letter combo from memory even without having been on AA metal in years, but have no idea what my Virgin Elevate or Alaska MP numbers are.
It's amazing to me that 20 years of flying later I can still rattle off my AA number/letter combo from memory even without having been on AA metal in years, but have no idea what my Virgin Elevate or Alaska MP numbers are.
Jan 12, 2022, 10:22 pm
#63
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 1999
Location: Over the Bay Bridge, CA
Programs: Jumbo mas
Posts: 38,582
I'm also a VX refugee, but was a heavy AA flyer on flights that VX did not serve. Once VX merged, I fly AS almost exclusively.
It's amazing to me that 20 years of flying later I can still rattle off my AA number/letter combo from memory even without having been on AA metal in years, but have no idea what my Virgin Elevate or Alaska MP numbers are.
It's amazing to me that 20 years of flying later I can still rattle off my AA number/letter combo from memory even without having been on AA metal in years, but have no idea what my Virgin Elevate or Alaska MP numbers are.
Jan 12, 2022, 10:37 pm
#64
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: GEG
Programs: Marriott Lifetime Platinum, Hilton Diamond, Lifetime SkyClub, AS MVP
Posts: 2,407
Jan 12, 2022, 10:38 pm
#65
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: LAX
Programs: MVP100K, A-list, Marriott/IHG Plat, CHP525 Ticket Plat, CHP Solo Carpool 100K, Costco EXP, Tinder 1K
Posts: 819
Jan 13, 2022, 3:08 am
#66
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 6,752
I'm also a VX refugee, but was a heavy AA flyer on flights that VX did not serve. Once VX merged, I fly AS almost exclusively.
It's amazing to me that 20 years of flying later I can still rattle off my AA number/letter combo from memory even without having been on AA metal in years, but have no idea what my Virgin Elevate or Alaska MP numbers are.
It's amazing to me that 20 years of flying later I can still rattle off my AA number/letter combo from memory even without having been on AA metal in years, but have no idea what my Virgin Elevate or Alaska MP numbers are.
Jan 14, 2022, 9:29 am
#69
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: SEA
Programs: Alaska Airlines, Marriott, Hilton, Enterprise, Best Western
Posts: 78
Since 1988 -- 1,521,000 "lifetime Alaska miles." Would be well over 2 million if AS flew to the East Coast in the 90s. I regularly flew to Boston, Minneapolis, and Atlanta on Northwest Airlines. Set my kids up with their accounts when they were 8 and 5 (x3). They are now 24 and 21 (x3).
Last edited by jujea; Jan 14, 2022 at 9:37 am
Jan 16, 2022, 10:07 pm
#74
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: East Ester, Alaska
Programs: Alaska Million Miler, United Million Miler, Wyndham Rewards Diamond, Choice Hotels Diamond
Posts: 12,145
I signed on in May of 1984. My Mileage plan number begins with *1*. It was called something like Gold Coast Rewards back then.
My only regret is not having bought the lifetime Boardroom membership at $700. After having purchased a lifetime membership to Continental's Presidents Club for $300, the Boardroom seemed a bit overpriced at the time - especially since there were only a couple of lounges. If I had signed on for the lifetime membership though, I would have been rewarded with a nice wooden paneled briefcase.
Although my Mileage Plan account only credits me for about 1.4 million, per my log (which includes award flights and a ton of flights operated by Alaska metal on tickets purchased through DL, NW or AA) I should be passing the 2 million miles flown threshold sometime this fall.
My only regret is not having bought the lifetime Boardroom membership at $700. After having purchased a lifetime membership to Continental's Presidents Club for $300, the Boardroom seemed a bit overpriced at the time - especially since there were only a couple of lounges. If I had signed on for the lifetime membership though, I would have been rewarded with a nice wooden paneled briefcase.
Although my Mileage Plan account only credits me for about 1.4 million, per my log (which includes award flights and a ton of flights operated by Alaska metal on tickets purchased through DL, NW or AA) I should be passing the 2 million miles flown threshold sometime this fall.
Last edited by Seat 2A; Jan 17, 2022 at 3:47 pm
