In August I'm moving to Seattle, and I have parents in Cleveland and a boyfriend in New York. I'll be doing around 3 round trips a year to CLE (which should total around 12000 miles) and anywhere from 8-10 trips a year to any of the NYC airports (Should be between 38400-48000 miles total). I've been periodically searching for the price for these flights, and there isn't one clear winner for which airline to pick. For SEA-CLE it is a pretty clear choice that United is the best option. For SEA-New York, it is much less clear. Delta and United are usually the best options, and sometimes one is significantly cheaper than the other. So, if you were me, would you always buy the cheaper flight and end up with a possible 25k, 25k split (or worse, something like a 40k, 10 split)? Or instead, would you try to go for 50k at United? Obviously, getting award flights is nice but I'm really thinking about status. Hopefully this is in the correct forum, and please keep in mind this is personal money (I don't have to fly for business) Thanks!