Originally Posted by
bennos
...come Jan 1 you might be PM on paper, but you'd lose out on most PM benefits when crediting to your no-status AS account (UG list, preferred seats, free EC, etc).
All valid concerns. But the OP's could continue to fly Delta thru Feb 2015, and THEN switch to flying AS (perhaps doing a status match to AS before his Delta status expires). Basically, continue to use his Skymiles status until failing to re-qualify with MQD's.