The youngest MVPG
Feb 2, 2008, 4:45 pm
#2
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Programs: AS MVP, Elevate, AAdvantage, Mileage Plus
Posts: 1,992
I wonder if there is a minimum age for getting a frequent flyer account? I'd think as soon as you are old enough to sit in your own seat, you are old enough to earn miles. I became an AS Mileage Plan member when I was two years old, although I didn't reach MVP status until I was 18. I'm sure there are some kids up in Alaska who travel enough to have elite status, though probably not by choice.
Feb 2, 2008, 5:15 pm
#3
Formerly known as stellertony
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: MEX
Programs: UA Gold, DL Gold, NEXUS, APEC
Posts: 1,146
I hit MVP for the first time a little less than a month before my 18th birthday.
I joined FT in Sept '06, had my first miles-earning flight in Oct. '06 (before they'd gone in my mom's AS account), and made MVP after a flight ANC-LAX-SLC-PHX-SLC-ANC at the end of July '07. I don't know at this point whether I'll hit MVP for '08, but here's hoping!
All the MVPGs I know personally (two or three) are men in their 50's or 60's.
I joined FT in Sept '06, had my first miles-earning flight in Oct. '06 (before they'd gone in my mom's AS account), and made MVP after a flight ANC-LAX-SLC-PHX-SLC-ANC at the end of July '07. I don't know at this point whether I'll hit MVP for '08, but here's hoping!
All the MVPGs I know personally (two or three) are men in their 50's or 60's.
Feb 3, 2008, 12:40 pm
#4
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: SEA
Programs: AS-GoldMVP,Hilton, Hyatt, Hertz
Posts: 907
My nephew is three years old and will hit gold by June this year... LOL LOL He flies everywhere with my brother and in first class yet. He just sits and plays his videos or looks out the window........and he likes when they bring him juice. LOL LOL LOL
Feb 3, 2008, 12:44 pm
#5
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 1999
Location: Over the Bay Bridge, CA
Programs: Jumbo mas
Posts: 38,654
Feb 3, 2008, 1:36 pm
#6
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: LAS
Programs: Marriott Plat, Hilton Diamond, Hertz PC
Posts: 273
Feb 3, 2008, 5:50 pm
#7
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Bay Area
Posts: 102
You'd be amazed at the number of young MVPs and GOLDs. Out of my airport I have a little girl that has been a GOLD for a number of years. Parents are divorced and she flies between each parent place quite often. That is just one of the few young ones we have in our airport that I see frequently.
Feb 4, 2008, 12:35 pm
#8
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 291
As long as a child has their own seat they can earn miles.