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MVP Gold 75k Status Match includes Guest Upgrades and Lounge Passes
Good golly miss Molly!!!! Alaska Airlines status match is truly the gift that keep on giving. I honestly can’t wait to start flying with Alaska and Virgin America to give them some love back. I had really matched to Alaska MVP Gold 75k because of the 125% bonus and how valuable the points are. Today I was perusing my benefits online and my newly minted MVP Gold 75k profile when I noticed I had been given 4 Guest upgrades and 4 lounge passes! I have to admit, I didn’t think that would be a part of the match, much like the 50k bonus isn’t. Now I know, MVP Gold 75k Status Match includes Guest Upgrades and Lounge Passes! BYAWWWW
Here are my 4 Guest Upgrades:
This was my question…
What’s better than lighting your own trip up with an upgrade? Throwing that bump to someone else…Love it! Thanks Alaska Air.
And my 4 Alaska Lounge passes
I seriously can’t believe how great this match is.
I just keeping finding more perks that I love, they made the earn rates even better, but I will admit this is a match from AA’s Executive Platinum. I would assume that every match to MVPG75 gives these same benefits, but I can only speak for myself. What have other people’s experiences been with their matches?
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Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
Welcome Offer
Earn 75,000 bonus points after you spend $5,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account openingÂ
Annual Fee
$95
Points Earned
Transferrable Chase Ultimate Rewards
- 5x on all travel purchased through Chase Travelâ„
- 3x on dining, including eligible delivery services for takeout & dining out
- 3x on select streaming services
- 3x on online grocery purchases
- (excluding Target, Walmart and wholesale clubs)
- $50 Annual Chase Travel Hotel Credit via Chase Travelâ„
- The begins immediately for new cardmembers and after your account anniversary for existing cardmembers
- 2x on all other travel
- 10% Anniversary Points Boost
- each account anniversary you’ll earn bonus points equal to 10% of your total purchases made the previous year
- Points are transferrable to 14 Ultimate Rewards partners
- No foreign transaction fees
- Suite of Travel and Purchase Coverage
- Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver is my favorite
- Complimentary DashPass which unlocks $0 delivery fees & lower service fees for a min. of one year when you activate by 12/31/27. Plus, a $10 promo each month on non-restaurant orders
- $95 Annual Fee
We keep an up to date spreadsheet that lists the best ever offers: You can find that spreadsheet here.
Historically 80k is a very, very good offer and hit in both 2022 and 2023. In 2021, we saw the offer hit an all time high of 100k. Who knows if that will ever come back.
Main Cast:Â
Cards that earn flexible points and should be used on the bulk of your purchases.
Supporting Cast:
Cards that earn fixed points in the currency of the airline/hotel and can not be transferred at attractive rates. These cards yield benefits that make it worth keeping, but not necessarily worth putting a lot of your everyday spend on.Â
The Chase Sapphire Preferred® is exceptional starter card and offers transferrable Ultimate Rewards, and pairs well with other Chase cards.
If you carry this card alongside Chase’s cashback cards like the Chase Freedom Flex®  and Chase Freedom Unlimited® or the business versions: Ink Business Cash® , Ink Business Unlimited® you can combine the points into Preferred account and transfer into hotel and airline partners
Annual fee is quite low at $95 a year + you get a 10% anniversary bonus on points + $50 hotel credit in Chase travel.
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