i just received my gold elite kit for 2003. apparently it's "brown elite" this year. not a hint of gold to the card... :-)

the gold letter also states that alaska airlines upgrade certificates may be requested at nwa.com/elite. i don't see a link there to make the request, but it looks like the information ther is still based on the 2002 program.

as an east-coast flyer, i don't use the AS certificates often, but when i do find myself flying up and down the west coast about once a year, they come in handy, and they do encourage me to fly alaska. (i'm 2 for 3 on upgrades with the certificates, which isn't bad at all considering all three attempts were on full flights originating or terminating in vegas..)

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/biggrin.gif I guess gold can be said of things equivocally. The high school I was graduated from has green and gold for colors. Things were mostly black and green, but whenever "gold" was used it was always bright yellow. I guess metallic fabric would have looked kinda funny on baseball uniforms anyway.

As for the gold elite card, I'll just call it my NWpantone 730 card and move on.

Silver Elite has been Blue Elite ever since they introduced the Platinum level.

Has anybody found where to get the AS certificates? I looked all over but no dice.

I'm thinking about a trip to Alaska this summer and since I can't get an F award I might be willing to buy a ticket and play the upgrade lottery.

-cwk.

I suspect that nwa.com/elite will be updated on March 1st. Right now the site remains unchanged. If you need something in early March I would call the elite line.

Does anyone know how these AS certificates are going to work? Is there a limit to how many we can acquire? Can we use them for companions? Does this mean that AS members can upgrade on NW flights?

I just got my Silver Elite package today. However, there was a tear/slit on the right side of the envelope http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/mad.gif, so I want to make sure nothing was pilfered, if it wasn't an accident during mail delivery.

Can someone help me verify what's in the Silver Elite package? What I got was just 6 sheets of paper and my Silver Elite card:

Page 1: Welcome letter + card
Page 2: Silver Elite Program Summary/Program Enhancements/Benefits at a Glance/Helpful Suggestions
Pages 3-6: On each page, six advertisements/WorldPerks promos (3x2 perforated tearouts)

Thanks! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

I just received the "package" for Gold and it was page for page the same as your description, probably just on different paper. It doesnt sound like anything was missing!


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Okay, great, thanks! Just checking.

I thought Gold Elites receive some special luggage tags?

regarding Alaska upgrades:
http://www.nwa.com/features/asupgradecerts.html
Will have to wait until 03/01.

My wife and the two got their silver elite packages. As of 2/26 I still havn't got mine http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/frown.gif.

brown ink is loads cheaper to print than gold metallic ink. my "gold" 2003 card is a bit uh fecal-looking. <shrug> the metallics of yore are probably dead.