Originally Posted by
UA Fan
Maybe because the average flyer feels that international redemptions provide greater savings in general and that most people cannot make last minute travel plans?
Originally Posted by
ClimbGuy
I expect the average flyer to redeem 25K Y domestic tickets the most.
Unless you are an elite or spend a ton on your credit card you it is the best you can hope for
The FT userbase is likely skewed towards more international preference than the norm, but there's no need to guess what is most common amongst DL customers overall. The vast majority of their revenue and flights are domestic. You could argue that these domestic-heavy revenue customers are more focused on international awards, but that's a hard sell. Regardless, someone who cares most about international award redemptions probably isn't best served by hoarding DL miles - despite being cheaply acquired - at the exclusion of others. I hold millions of *A miles that I tend to use for international awards, but for domestic use, I'm increasingly finding Skymiles to be the *best* value - hardly "SkyPesos".