Originally Posted by flyingdesigner

I'm specifically asking this in the Delta forum rather than Star Alliance because I want the opinion of Delta (and Skyteam) regulars.

I'm PM on DL and have been for the last 5 years. My domestic travel is almost exclusively via DL. I travel a lot to Europe (France mostly, Switzerland second, and others the rest) and South East Asia, so my international travel patterns are pretty well covered by Skyteam partners.

I have to fly Continental in a few weeks - no reasonable way to do the route on DL - and I'm trying to figure out in which program to dump those miles. I have an Asiana account from the days back when DL didn't have much codesharing in South East Asia, but not sure that makes sense anymore as DL are pretty well covered there since the merger. And whatever program I'm going to choose, I will not likely accrue enough for status in any given year. So essentially I'm looking for a program where I can stick miles when I have to fly Star Alliance members that might make sense if I get enough miles to be able to use them for a ticket given my typical flying patterns.

Right now it is a tossup between United or Swiss.

Thanks