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Old Mar 14, 2012 | 10:03 am
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PaceLaw2012
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Originally Posted by charlesinn
I live in fort lauderdale and for work i commute to anchorage and then to prudhoe bay. The flights between fort lauderdale and anchorage are usually US airways (to phoenix + anchorage) but sometimes i have to take delta / continental / american depending on times im going to work / coming back.

The flight to prudhoe bay and back to anchorage is always alaskan and nets me about 700 air miles each way.

I currently have 14,000 miles on us airways, 4,000 on delta, 4,000 on american, 3000 on continental and 1400 on alaskan (i know its stupid to split them up)

So my question is should i use my delta program for anchorage - prudhoe portion and try to use delta as much as possible when flying back from anchorage and returning or should i primarily use my alaskan miles and this way i can credit Delta + American flights.

Ive heard the US airways frequent flyer program is terrible so i dont know if i should keep using them???

I am primarily interested in using my miles for travel to europe and getting decent upgrades.

Thanks
Actually, as a Silver member who primarily flies to FLL, I'm 19/19 all time on upgrades to/from FLL. So, for me, i've definitely found US Airways to be worth it. Additionally, I find that about 90% of the time, US has the cheapest legacy fares to FLL. But, for the flights on AS, i'd definitely credit to DL. My opinon: do what most people do and have 1 account for each major alliance.
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