Originally Posted by
suvayanr
The first step would be planning your travel. How much do you travel. Which class?
What are you planning as long term goals, status, free domestic tickets, free international tickets, something else?
This. Once you've decided if you'll fly more than a few times on Delta, then open a Skymiles account. No sense in opening an account only to put a few hundred miles in it and never redeem them.