Originally Posted by aankar

Since the merger of Delta and NWA the FF program has been changed to the chagrin of all.Delta has increased the mileage requirements making getting award tickets impossible.eg I spent 150K miles for a business class tkt last year for LAX-SYD but this year the mileage requirement is 240K on "low dates:" and 305K miles (yes 305K miles) for "med dates".Incidentally in most months Delta offers only 1 "low" date and only 2 award tickets on those flights.
Also the SW upgrades are useless because the M fare which is the minimal requirement is 4-6 times the T fare.So Delta has pulled a fast one on us that have flwon and enjoyed NWA all these years.