<\/a><\/p>\n Just when you though Alaska Airlines couldn’t possible have another goodie to offer up\u00a0to their new\u00a0customers from\u00a0the Virgin America acquisition, they again have another benefit that the airline is\u00a0giving away gratis.\u00a0\u00a0 MVP status.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Since the acquisition closed on December 14th last month the Alaska Airlines has offered a number of integration changes and benefits including:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n But wait, there’s one more thing.<\/p>\n Some of the members of Mileage Plan received the following letter:<\/p>\nOn December,19th five days after the acquisition you could:<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n
Earn reciprocal program and status miles between the Mileage Plan and Elevate programs.<\/h3>\n
Elite members of both programs received reciprocal priority check-in and boarding.<\/h3>\n
Virgin America flights can be purchased online at the Alaska Airlines website.<\/h3>\n
By the December 20th we had also learned:<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n
Virgin Elevate members were auto matched to the same status level for 2017 as 2016, regardless if they qualified in 2016 or not.<\/h3>\n
Virgin Elevate Silver would be auto matched to Alaska MVP. Virgin Elevate Gold would be auto matched to Alaska MVP Gold.<\/h3>\n
Virgin America Elevate miles would be able to transfer at a rate of 1 to 1.3 Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles.<\/h3>\n
On January 9th major updates to the integration took place including:<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n
Alaska Flyers will be able to use points to redeem Virgin America flights.<\/h3>\n
A free 10,000-mile bonus in Mileage Plan accounts.<\/h3>\n
Very generous award availability of Virgin America first class online in the website booking engine of Alaska Airline for Mileage Plan members.<\/h3>\n
Alaska Airlines has given a soft landing or upgrade to members of their Mileage Plan program by extending complimentary MVP elite status for 2017.<\/strong><\/h3>\n