The Delta/Virgin alliance is so new that I would not hope that the availability of awards (if that is important to you) would be any better than the notoriously bad SKYPESOS with Delta. I am telling you I want to pull my hair out, no one way awards, which would make a difficult program a little easier to use adn find availibility. I accumulated 190,000 through my Suntrust debit card, but hope to soon retire it as it is twice as expensive per year as the AMEX delta card ($12 a month PLUS $75 a year for the 1:1 mile accumulation.) On the lpus side, it's the only card I know of that will give you credit for debt card purchases (think COSTCO, Amex only, if you don't have an AMEX car, which until recently I did not.) Proceed with caution with the DL program is all I am saying. Happy flying!