Originally Posted by
blacksnow
I have 25k miles on Delta and just flew one flight on United as yet.
I have got a job which requires me to travel every week. I really want to think before deciding which airline to fly.
I will be flying out of ORD to BGM Mon to Thursday and I want to know which airline to fly to make most out of this opportunity.
My options are Delta, US airways and United.
Flying delta tempts me because I already have 25 K on it.
Please suggest.
I strongly advise you not to credit to DL as they have very poor award availability. If you happen to fly them at least credit the miles to AS as you can redeem AS miles on AA. Since you are ORD based AA has a hub there and so you will have several non-stops flights when redeeming them. Plus if AA does start service to BMG you can credit DL and AA flights to them and get a free flight faster.
OTOH, for UA and US open either one and credit both flights to one account as they are partners. If CO has a flight you can earn on it as well as the three are partners. UA has something called starnet blocking, there is a big thread in the UA forum, but if you will fly 100K miles a year or 100 segments (someone correct me about this if I'm wrong) you can get 1K status and six intl SWU's.
See some benefits of CO here:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/conti...oughts-co.html
It would be good to know what your preferences are - upgrades, intl awards, mileage requirements for awards, frequent destinations for leisure, what you like to use the miles for (i.e. if it is for something other than flights, e.g., hotels)