Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
If both UA and AA operate the non stops you need for work, switching to DL seems inappropriate, even if you can get a DL credit card somehow with lots of recent hard pulls. Connecting time depends on the airport, time of day, season, etc. but there are official minimum connecting times. The distance from gate to gate for DL connections can be far, especially at ATL.
The suburb of Chicago I'm going to is actually the same distance to MKE, and if I can get a lower price to bill, that'd be great and the MKE tickets seem to be cheaper. If I decided to fly into MKE...I'd have to make a connection with United and at that point, it may just be worth it to use Delta since both would require connections and I have the Delta card anyway...but that's if I decide to fly into MKE instead of ORD from here on out....