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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 9:31 pm
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Originally Posted by carberrie
While Delta and their SkyTeam partner Air France may be the best for their schedule, they are the WORST for free tickets. Delta's award chart is the least generous and availability is the worse than American's or the Star Alliance options.

You may be stuck choosing between nonstop LAX-CDG versus a better mileage program.
No argument here. But if most of his traveling is to France and he desires the most convenience based on his location, Skyteam sounds like the way to go.

However, yes, if he doesn't mind connecting somewhere, I would advocate AA as it seems to be the easiest to earn and redeem.
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